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

REQ001935

Date posted

26/11/2025

Apply by

10/12/2025

Salary

49,282

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full Time

Job category/type

Architects, Engineers and Surveyors

Principal Building Surveyor

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Job description

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

An opportunity has arisen for the post of Principal Building Surveyor to join Corporate Resources Design & Maintenance.



The role will involve embarking on the delivery of projects and programmes of work associated with maintenance, minor works and other schemes for both revenue and capital budgets. This is an exciting period for the service area to build upon the successful delivery of our projects to date. The role will strategically support the Service Director as part of a multi-disciplinary team of property professionals.



The post will involve liaising with people at all levels within the organisation including Education professionals, head teachers and Elected Members, as well as with external agencies and the public. You must be able to respond flexibly to changing demands and priorities, be able to work as an individual with self-motivation as well as 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 in this high profile service area.



The post will be based be based within the Corporate Resources Team at the Valleys Innovation Centre, Navigation Park, Abercynon CF45 4SN.



For further information please contact Darren Williams, Service Director, Design and Maintenance. darren.j.williams@rctcbc.gov.uk



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

In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

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.