Job Title: Principal Building Surveyor
Salary Range: MG1 £54,048-£68,241
Permanent/Fixed Term/Secondment: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Wandsworth Town Hall
Are you a RICS registered Building Surveyor that can deliver from inception to completion?
The Design Service team in Richmond and Wandsworth Council’s supports a wide range of essential consultancy services to help maintain the Councils building infrastructure to make sure facilities are useful, safe, enjoyable and comfortable for service users and staff to enjoy and deliver their services to the community.
As the Principal Building Surveyor, you will be the recognised expert completing building forensics, surveys, reporting, and giving advice to a wide range of facilities including parks, leisure centres, council buildings, residential homes, crematoriums and day centres. You will be working alongside a wide range of professionals from the Council who deliver essential services where no two days are the same. You will be building professional relationships and have the ability to adapt to a diverse client base.
Can you help the people of Richmond and Wandsworth and make sure these essential services keep delivering?
About the role
Project Delivery: from inception to completion, can you deliver a project on time and to cost?
Report writing: You will need to effectively convey findings from surveys to suppliers and clients.
Building Compliance: You will ensure that all building works are compliant and that regulations are adhered to.
Deliver in competition to the private sector: You will have competition from private sector consultants and fees will need to be extremely competitive.
Customer relationships: Working with a diverse client group across many different services you will need to build relationships across these services and fully understand the needs of the service and their facilities.
Dilapidation surveys: You will need to be able to complete these surveys on behalf of the Council.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- RICS Qualified
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to adapt to a diverse range of clients
- Excellent understanding of construction regulations and standards.
- Good knowledge of AutoCAD
- Commitment to maintaining and improving the quality of services provided.
If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the ability of Richmond and Wandsworth’s ability to deliver services, possess the required qualifications, and thrive in a challenging yet highly rewarding environment, we invite you to apply for this opportunity.
Indicative Recruitment Timeline:
Applications will be reviewed on a weekly basis.
Interview Date: To be Confirmed.
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
