Building Surveyor
Posted 1 week ago by Myn
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Building Surveyor involves managing and maintaining the Council's diverse property portfolio, ensuring safety, compliance, and high standards across various assets. This hands-on position requires collaboration within a multi-disciplinary environment and focuses on delivering maintenance programs and managing capital repair projects. The successful candidate will oversee budgets and contracts while maintaining accurate property data and performance metrics. Significant travel across the region is required for this position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring asset compliance, safety, and statutory maintenance
- Delivering planned and reactive maintenance programmes
- Managing capital repair projects (£100k+) from procurement through to completion
- Overseeing budgets, contracts, and procurement activity
- Working closely with internal teams and external partners
- Maintaining accurate property data, records, and performance metrics
Key Skills:
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience
- Delivering repair & maintenance programmes
- Managing contractors, budgets, and stakeholder relationships
- Strong communication and leadership
- Understanding of legal and contract frameworks
- Proficient with digital property systems
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving ability
- Understanding of Local Authority operations
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Dorset
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About the Role
We’re looking for an experienced Building Surveyor to help manage and maintain the Council’s diverse property portfolio. You’ll play a key role in ensuring safety, compliance, and high standards across a wide range of assets. This is a hands-on, delivery-focused position within a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Ensuring asset compliance, safety, and statutory maintenance
- Delivering planned and reactive maintenance programmes
- Managing capital repair projects (£100k+) from procurement through to completion
- Overseeing budgets, contracts, and procurement activity
- Working closely with internal teams and external partners
- Maintaining accurate property data, records, and performance metrics
Skills & Experience Required
Education
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience
Experience
- Delivering repair & maintenance programmes
- Managing contractors, budgets, and stakeholder relationships
Skills
- Strong communication and leadership
- Understanding of legal and contract frameworks
- Proficient with digital property systems
- Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving ability
Knowledge
- Understanding of Local Authority operations
Behaviours
- Respect
- Accountability
- Togetherness
- Openness
- Curiosity
Other Requirements
- Significant travel across the region
Working Pattern / Mobility
Travel required across Dorset