Senior Building Surveyor

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen within the Assets Service. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard-working, organised and self-motivated person with construction experience to join our Building Projects Team.

This is a Senior Building Surveyor role which requires versatile and robust management of multiple concurrent construction projects of varying sizes and complexities. You will be leading and managing a wide range of projects across the Council’s portfolio and take all stakeholders along the journey with you. You will be required to undertake building surveys, create CAD drawings and gather detailed survey information required to progress the scheme. You will produce specifications, schedules of works, cost projections, undertake site visits and produce final accounts. You will be required to write reports to a high level and follow all statutory requirements.

As part of your employment you will work a 36 hour week and receive the following benefits; access to the Local Government Pension Scheme which offers a valuable package of benefits for you and your dependants, a generous holiday entitlement of a minimum of 28 days each year (exc. bank holidays), access to a flexi-time scheme, agile and modern working practices to enable you to achieve a successful work-life balance and discounts on the use of our leisure facilities.

This is a great opportunity for someone to take their career further within the construction sector and join an amazing team. There has never been a more exciting time to join Knowsley Council.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: Michelle Higham, Group Manager (Education Buildings Programme) 07385944982  / michelle.higham@knowsley.gov.uk or alternatively James Doran on 07500765023 /  james.doran@knowsley.gov.uk 

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

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