Job type
PermanentLocation
SuffolkWorking Pattern
Flexible Working,Full-timeSpecialism
Property And SurveyingIndustry
Property & Real EstatePay
Salary up to £55,595Closing date
23 Apr 2024
Building Maintenance and Projects Lead, Permanent Role, East Suffolk, Salary up to £55,595
Building Maintenance and Projects Lead
Salary up to £55,595 pa
Flexible working, Hybrid
Are you an experienced and qualified building
surveyor looking for a leadership role? Do you have the skills and knowledge to
manage a team of professionals and deliver high-quality building projects and
services for a diverse range of properties? If you answered yes to these
questions, then you might be the perfect candidate for the Building Maintenance
and Projects Lead role at East Suffolk Council.
About the
organisation and area
East Suffolk is an exciting place to work and
live, with excellent transport links, combining beautiful countryside, rugged
coastline, award-winning beaches and delightful market towns.
The East Suffolk Council team play a critical role
in ensuring that managing the Council’s extensive property portfolio to deliver
the Council’s objectives. The team are working on a diverse range of exciting
and innovative projects, including bringing disused town centre sites back into
life by reconfiguring them for long term and sustainable use. They are also
delivering new seafront leisure schemes to support a growing tourism economy,
and collaborating with Coastal Partnership teams as an enabler of vital flood
defence works.
About the Role
East Suffolk Council own and manage around 3000
assets. The portfolio is varied and includes; Offices, Town Halls, Depots,
Industrial Units, Leisure Centres, Public Conveniences, Cafes & Kiosks,
Shelters, Beach Huts, Shops & Retail. East Suffolk Council’s property team
comprises over 40 property professionals who are responsible for helping
deliver over a third of the council’s income.
As the Building Maintenance and Projects Lead, you
will be responsible for leading and managing a team of up to 4 staff and
external consultants, providing a comprehensive and professional building
surveying design, inspection, contract administration, and project management
service to internal and external stakeholders.
You will also provide strategic direction and
leadership to the team and act as the technical expert in building pathology,
defect diagnosis, and facilities management related matters, ensuring
compliance with health and safety, CDM regulations, and other industry
standards.
About You
As the successful candidate, you will need to have:
• A relevant degree or equivalent qualification in
construction, building surveying or a related discipline
• A professional membership of the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent
• Significant experience in building surveying and
project management
• Experience in managing staff and consultants,
budgets, contracts, and projects
• Knowledge of building pathology, defect
diagnosis, and remedial works
• Knowledge of compliance matters including;
legionella, fire safety, asbestos, and CDM etc
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and
stakeholder management skills
As the Building Maintenance and Projects Lead, you
will work in line with ESC’s values of being Proud, Dynamic, Truthful, Good
Value, United and will contribute to our vision of promoting a bright, green,
open, free, and fair future for all East Suffolk.
What's in it
for you
This is a full-time, permanent position with a
salary range of £51,515 - £55,595 per annum. You will also enjoy a range of
benefits, including flexible working and entry to the excellent local
government pension scheme where ESC contributes 25%. Work-life balance and
wellbeing are high on the agenda. You’ll receive 25 days annual leave plus bank
holidays, rising with length of service, as well as a flexi-time scheme. We
support hybrid working between home and our two headquarters in Lowestoft and
Melton.
Working in a local government property team gives
you an unparalleled breadth of experience across a range of asset types and
capital projects.
Interviews
Interviews are likely to be held on 15
May 2024. Interviews will be held in person at the ESC offices in Melton. If you are
shortlisted, we will agree a suitable interview arrangement with you.
For more information or for a confidential
conversation about this position, please contact John Martin at Hays, the
retained consultant managing this vacancy, on 01223 464 677 or
john.martin@hays.com.
The closing
date for all applications is 24 April 2024 at 5pm.
We look forward to hearing from you!
What you need
to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply
now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
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looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion
about your career.