We Are St Helens Borough Council. Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce. Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support. Making A Difference as A Building Surveyor in the Strategic Growth Department. The Property Team at St Helens has recently been redesigned to create four specific team areas under the leadership of our Head of Property. The four teams; Customer Services & Business Support, Facilities & Building Maintenance, Design & Major Projects and Commercial Estates, have been redesigned to meet our vision of being a proactive manager of our assets and a customer focused provider of services that will facilitate outcomes for our residents and our clients through improved customer experience, better use of public estate, greater financial efficiency, achievement of our borough priorities and contribution to the Councils transformation programme. Join our team Having redesigned the service, we are now seeking ambitious individuals, with a desire to improve local authority services and with a keen focus on the customer, to complement our Property Senior Management Team. We are seeking an experienced building surveyor to join our team and provide an efficient, effective and professional service in the delivery of our reactive and planned maintenance programmes, condition surveys, school improvement programmes and planned preventative maintenance. The ideal candidate will have experience delivering all areas of surveying maintenance across a varied portfolio of buildings including; education, leisure, public buildings, libraries and commercial / rental units. Reporting to the Building Surveying Manager, the successful applicant will join an existing team of Building Surveyors, Asbestos Management Officer, Client Service Co-Ordinator, Assistant Client Services Co-ordinator and an Apprentice Surveyor whilst working alongside, in the wider Facilities and Building Maintenance Team, with our Facilities Management Officer, Assistance Facilities Management Officer, Statutory Servicing Engineers (x2) and our Energy Performance Officer. Interested to Find Out More? You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here. You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by emailing Stephen Woodward, Building Surveying Manager at stephenwoodwardsthelens.gov.uk Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitmentsthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete. Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment. Equality & Diversity St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process. NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life. All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.