What's involved with this role: Interim Building Surveyor - Property & Assets Reference no: NULBC (HQ) NUL19699 Pay rate: up to £30.77 per hour PAYE depending on experience Hours per week: 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: NEWCASTLE Hybrid working Lead and manage the Facilities Management function to meet the Council’s Corporate Objectives, its Priorities for Improvement and the Service Plan. Key Responsibilities: M anage and supervise all staff and budgets allocated to the Small Works and Repairs Section. Formulate, implement and update the Service Plan and contribute to the Corporate Plan, especially in relation to the maintenance of Council assets. Carry out staff development appraisals and set performance measures for members of the Section. Prepare estimates, budgets and performance measures for the Section. This includes managing large budgets for a wide range of repairs and improvements across the diverse building and structures stock. Ensure the efficient and effective operation of the Council’s policies, procedures, Standing Orders, Financial Regulations, delegated powers and other requirements in respect of the Section. Provide full small capital works and repair services for all premises within the Council’s asset register. Ensure appropriate inspections are carried out of Council owned buildings for repair, reactive and planned maintenance. Manage small capital works and building repairs and alterations, to public buildings, shops and industrial premises. Oversee the maintenance/management of the car parks and street/footpath lighting and signage. Manage the Statutory Inspections regime for the Council’s properties by preparing, inviting tenders, taking through the process of awarding contracts and managing service contracts. This includes boilers, lifts, and specialist electrical installations including fire fighting equipment and alarms, security and intruder alarms, warning installations, asbestos, water treatment for Legionella, etc. Li aise as necessary in the disconnection of services, sealing up and demolition of properties. Qualifications: HND/ Degree in Building surveying plus minimum 2 years post qualification in a Building surveying Role Hold a current driving licence. Use of own vehicle Knowledge: Knowledge of Statutory Legislation, financial and Contractual Regulations Demonstrable knowledge of IT packages and web based applications. Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and asset management software Experience: Significant experience within a property environment and working in a Building Surveyor environment Experience and knowledge of repairs and maintenance Experience of administration of records management and/or financial systems. Experience in the production of building contract documentation Experience and knowledge of production of Health and Safety and CDM documentation Skills & Abilities: Excellent verbal and written communication skills Problem solving skills Numeracy skills Able to work as part of a team Ability to prioritise and set own objectives Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please