Job title: Building Surveyors Assistant Manager
Salary: PO4 £44,711 - £47,754
Hours: 37.5
Contract: Permanent
Location: Merrion House/site-based
As a Building Surveyors Assistant Manager you’ll have a vital role in determining and delivering the Council’s programme of planned maintenance for our large and diverse corporate estate, thus ensuring the safety, integrity and environmental performance of Leeds City Council’s buildings.
You will hold relevant professional and health and safety related qualifications and will be able to demonstrate significant skills and experience in design, maintenance, refurbishment and construction matters for public and commercial type buildings.
Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.
About you
As a Building Surveyors Assistant Manager, you will bring to the role:
- Relevant qualifications in Building Design, Surveying and Construction and in Health and Safety.
- Experience and knowledge of Building Regulations, Welfare Regulations, Fire Regulations, CDM and Health & Safety regulations and how they apply to commercial/public
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary project environment and co-ordinating inputs from across a project team.
- Drive, energy, resilience, and self-management skills as well as integrity, openness and awareness of others in delivering the service.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate to form positive relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
About the role
The Council’s Planned Maintenance team is responsible for delivering the maintenance programme for the entire corporate estate. This includes all works identified through condition surveys and fire risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with CDM requirements, health & safety and Fire Regulations.
As a Building Surveyors Assistant Manager, you will have a key responsibility in specifying the requirements for and overseeing the delivery of the planned maintenance programme for the corporate estate. This is an essential role in ensuring the safety and security of staff and site users, that the Council’s assets are protected (including a range of historic and listed buildings) and that it fulfils its duties as landlord.
Your role will also include managing surveyors and project staff, procuring contractors, evaluating tenders, monitoring performance and controlling expenditure for schemes.
Sitting within the wider Climate & Energy team, you will ensure new projects are designed to maximise the energy efficiency and decarbonisation of the Council’s buildings and will therefore make an important contribution to the achievement of our net zero carbon targets.
You will be required to provide advice as required in relation to building design, maintenance, refurbishment and construction matters, including building management and control systems.
What we offer you
We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:
- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further
How to apply
Please complete the online application form.
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If you have any queries or would like an informal chat about the role please contact Mike Flegg, Project Manager, on tel. 07909-958223 or email michael.flegg@leeds.gov.uk.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. Leeds City Council is recognised in Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index 2024. We are also an Age-friendly Employer, a Mindful Employer and a Disability Confident Leader.
All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period.
This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.
Job Description
Job Purpose: To provide a planned property project management service to the Directorate in respect of the design and construction of building and associated works. To plan and advise on the validity of future projects, and to manage and advise the surveying and project staff within the Planned
Maintenance/Decarbonisation and associated teams on all aspects of Design, CDM & Construction.
Responsibilities:
- To provide a Directorate wide service in relation to design and construction matters on new and existing buildings.
- To manage the surveying and project staff.
- To ensure all Health and Safety and CDM legislation is complied with.
- To control and monitor expenditure pertaining to construction schemes managed by the surveying and project staff
- Undertake design and detail drawings utilising AutoCad, for all relevant building related matters, Planning and Building Control applications and feasibility studies.
- To provide relevant data for input onto all the Corporate Property Management information systems. Provide and monitor performance indicator information.
- To provide specification details and any other relevant documentation to enable tenders to be sought for technical and construction works on behalf of the Directorate and provide technical assessment of tenders returned.
- To ensure orders are placed for major building projects, refurbishment or construction works and that those works are programmed, monitored, implemented, supervised and inspected
- To compile budgets for future projects, produce reports in order that funding might be obtained and expended in accordance with LCC’s Financial Regulations and Standing Orders.
- To provide advice as required in relation to building design, maintenance, refurbishment and construction matters, including building management and control systems. Ensure new projects are designed to eliminate future maintenance problems and ensure maximum energy efficiency.
- To ensure relevant forms of contracts are adhered to and that standards of work and performance are met in keeping with the Council’s policies on procurement of services and supplies.
- To oversee the effective and efficient use of resources to meet Directorate/ Divisional requirements and deadlines in keeping with Best Value aims.
- To comply with the Council’s Financial Regulations and Standing Orders and authorise the payment of project invoices.
- To work within the concept of contractor partnership as stated within “The Egan Report, Rethinking Construction” (1998).
- To represent the service at meetings when necessary.
- To produce high quality reports.
- To undertake the duties of the post in accordance with the Council’s policies and procedures including those relating Equal Opportunities and Health and Safety.
- To undertake other duties as may be required from time to time as directed by the Capital Planned Projects Manager.
Qualifications:
- Degree or equivalent significant experience in a relevant service area.
- Relevant qualification in respect of Building Design, Surveying and Construction.
- Qualification in health and safety i.e. NEBOSH (National Examining body of Occupational Safety and Health).
Essential requirements:
- Experience and knowledge of Building Regulations, Welfare regulations, Fire Regulations, CDM and Health & Safety regulations and how they apply to commercial/public buildings.
- Experience of supporting complex multi and competing workstream projects.
- Experience of managing non-complex projects or sub projects within large scale multi-disciplinary project and coordinating the associated commercial approach.
- Demonstrate drive, energy, resilience, and self- management skills as well as integrity, openness and awareness of others in delivering non-complex projects.
- Ability to present complex information in a clear and concise manner using a variety of presentational formats.
- Experience of working in a multi-discipline project environment and coordinating inputs from across a project team.
- Experience of supporting a multi-disciplinary and occasionally geographically dispersed project team.
- Experience of successful management of change programs which reflect service needs, provide value for money, and maintain quality.
- Ability to find and implement creative and innovative solutions to complex problems in a project environment.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate to form positive relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Ability to employ a range of project management tools and techniques which focus on achieving results in terms of outcomes for staff and customers.
- Experience of delivering a high level of customer satisfaction through leading non-complex projects.
- Knowledge, understanding and experience of performance management and programme and project management to drive service improvement.
- An understanding and practical experience of complex public sector projects and commercial approach from feasibility to service delivery.
Essential Behavioural & other Characteristics:
- Understand and embrace Leeds City Council Values and Behaviours and codes of conduct.
- Committed to continuous improvement in all areas and work towards delivering the Best City Ambition of Health & Wellbeing, Inclusive Growth and Zero Carbon
- Able to understand and observe Leeds City Council equality and diversity policies.
- Carry out all duties having regard to an employee’s responsibility under Health and Safety Policies.
- Willingness to actively participate in training and development activities.
- Flexible and adaptable to change to assist other services as required commensurate to grade.
- Participate in appraisal, training, and development activities.
- Be aware of and comply with Leeds City Council policies and procedures.
- Be aware of and support difference and ensure equality for all working in an anti-discriminatory manner, upholding, equality & diversity policies of Leeds City Council.
- Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment, victimisation, and any form of abuse, reporting any concerns to the appropriate person.
- The Council has adopted a flexibility protocol and the role will be expected to work within these parameters.
