Job Description

Job profile

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The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the s/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.

Job details

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Job reference

REQ001700

Date posted

28/07/2025

Apply by

11/08/2025

Salary

41,511

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Construction and Building Maintenance

Building Surveyor

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Job description

Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.

Corporate Estates Maintenance have a vacancy for an experienced Building Surveyor to join the team. The posts will require the successful person to assist in all aspects of the team's delivery and strategic initiatives for the Council relating to the property management of the Council's portfolio.



The post holders will be required to:



Participate in the successful delivery of Day to Day maintenance and Statutory maintenance functions.



Assist Principal and Senior Building Surveyors in the gathering and preparation of project briefing documents and establish initial budget estimates.



Participate in the delivery of multiple projects across various programmes of work for capital schemes across all Service Groups from conception to completion.



Participate in the development and improvement initiatives, procurement of a range of contracts as deemed necessary.



Participate in the Council's Emergency Out of Hours service, including Dangerous Structures and Works in Default.



Undertake condition surveys and establish backlog maintenance requirements to produce reports and record within the Councils software system.



The successful person will need to be a problem solver, strategic thinker, with excellent design ability holding an appropriate qualification; you will be flexible in your approach and be IT literate with good experience of MS Office and a working knowledge of AutoCAD.



The posts will involve working closely with the Electrical, Mechanical and Compliance sections within the Team assisting with the pre programme planning, project management, contract coordination and administration.



You will also participate in the delivery of the Council's Net Zero Carbon initiative, may be called upon to liaise with Senior Members of the Council and individuals at all levels within the organisation as well as with external agencies and the public. You must be flexible and be able to respond to changing demands and priorities, be able to work as an individual with self-motivation as well as being a good team player, a good communicator and be able to act with diplomacy in difficult and sensitive areas to achieve challenging targets and continuous improvement required within this high-profile service area.



The hours of work are 37 per week. The post will be based within the Corporate Maintenance Team at Valleys Innovation Centre, Abercynon. Currently a mix of office attendance and agile working.



For an informal discussion regarding the position, please contact Craig Bramwell, Phil Watts or Edwin Hanley on (01443) 281155.



Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.



The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.

An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.

As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.

In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.



In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.