Senior Building Surveyor

We have an opportunity to work in a newly created role following a department restructure to ensure we are driving continuous improvement to our unique working environment.

Our Estates and Facilities department are responsible for the management of our 80+ police sites across the Avon and Somerset area. These buildings consist of police stations, training facilities, horse and dog units, custody suites and police headquarters to name just a few.

Your role will be to provide technical leadership and effectively manage the delivery of building surveying services throughout all of our estates. You will need to work efficiently in our fast paced, ever changing environment to successfully provide an competent service to our police officers, support staff and our communities.

Reporting to our Principle Surveyor, you will lead a specialist team of qualified surveyors, delivering real-time building construction, alteration and estate management services.

Main Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders, influencing and encouraging innovation
• Play a key role in agreeing budgetary spend by providing detailed costs plans and conveying complex and/or technical issues to non-technical managers to make informed decisions
• Lead on Health & Safety issues including audit, inspection, monitoring and rectification of building safety faults
• Commission and project manage building refurbishment, repair, maintenance and improvement works
• Prepare specifications and drawings for building improvement and maintenance schemes, obtaining building control and planning consents where required
• Produce necessary tender documentation
• Act as main point of contact for internal stakeholders and external contractors, before, during and at completion of any works. Providing guidance and advise throughout

Skills And Experience

• Hold a Chartered Member of the RICS (building Surveyors Division), CIOB or equivalent
• Have significant (post qualification) experience in estate and budgetary management
• Experience of planning and delivering large scale projects
• Confident in the procurement of high value contracts
• Confident communicator with experience of influencing and negotiating
• Experience of managing a team

As the new Senior Building Surveyor, you will need to have a confident and client-facing approach, with strong relationship building skills. We are looking for someone who remains calm under pressure, who can manage multiple tasks against competing priorities successfully.

If you are a Senior Building Surveyor who’s looking for new career options, then consider Avon and Somerset Police for your next role. Everyone that works here contributes to our mission of ‘ providing outstanding policing ’ this is an opportunity where you can make a real difference to people’s lives

What We Offer

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Annual leave – minimum of 23 days per year which increases with length of service, plus Bank Holidays
• Gym on-site at Police Headquarters, Portishead – open 24 hours a day
• Staff associations, wellness programs and support network groups
• Discounts on products and services for you and your family including, shopping, days out, sporting events, theme parks, restaurants and holidays
• Lifestyle benefits, including sports and social facilities and activities, cycle to work scheme and childcare vouchers