Building Surveyor West District Exeter

Forest Park, Exeter, but there may be opportunities to work from another local office within the three counties. The role is part time, being 22.2 hours per week (3 days), which could be flexed across the normal working week of 8.30 to 5.00 Monday to Friday, depending on work programmes. Note that the quoted salary is for a full-time role, so the actual salary will be calculated on a pro rata basis. The team and role are supported, including a Business Support Officer based at Exeter, who will assist with tasks such as developing the work programmes, compliance, maintenance works and project delivery, along with financial monitoring and reporting.
You will be tasked with delivering a high standard of professional property services, including planning and monitoring programmes of work across our whole estate. Ensuring we are complying with all statutory regulations and internal guidelines; you will also see to it that all planned and emergency works fall within budget and are completed to agreed specifications. Your sharp business acumen will prove crucial when ensuring that value for money is being achieved, particularly when balancing your annual capital and revenue budgets. To thrive in this enticing role, you will have the ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders such as colleagues in other teams and those occupying the properties.
Key Work Areas
Deliver professional building management across the District including the management of utilities and services by the most efficient means and to agreed budgets.
Plan, specify, procure (to public procurement guidelines), implement, and monitor programmes of work including planned and reactive maintenance to a high standard whilst also ensuring compliance with statutory regulations (including health and safety legislation) and Forestry Commission processes and guidance.
Ensure the maintenance of statutory compliance across the built estate including being key in rolling out building management policy and handbooks.
Undertake regular property inspections with follow up with appropriate reporting.
Improve the financial sustainability of the built estate.
Identify ways to decarbonise the built estate by improving energy efficiency, transition away from fossil fuels and incorporate renewable energy generation.
Work with key internal and external stakeholders to establish business cases, develop projects into a pipeline and help implement through the internal investment programme.
Work collaboratively to set and manage annual revenue and any allocated capital budgets with the Land Agent and other Building Surveyor.
Provide an on the ground response to emergency or reactive buildings and services maintenance issues.
Management of the ongoing digitisation of property information via Forester Web and Sharepoint., We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
+ Delivering at Pace
+ Making Effective Decisions
+ Working Together, This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
As part of the application process you will be asked to complete a CV and personal statement as follows:
+ A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided any reasons for any gaps within the last two years.
+ A personal statement of suitability (max 750 words) explaining how you consider your personal experience is relevant to this role.
Should a large number of applications be received, an initial sift may be conducted using the CV. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift, or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
Formal interview, supplemented by a written exercise to summarise how you would approach a typical building surveying task, using an example from our portfolio of properties. Full details of the exercise will be provided to short listed candidates and preparation in advance will not be required.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview.
Further Information
A reserve list may be held for a period of 12 months from which further appointments can be made.
Any move to Forestry Commission from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out.
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New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band.
The duties of this post require the applicant to have a full current driving licence that enables them to drive in the UK. However, the Forestry Commission is willing to consider any proposals put forward by applicants that would allow them to do the job by any other means.
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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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+ Have achieved or making progress toward Chartered status with RICS or CIOB (support will be offered toward this attainment), or demonstrable relevant surveying experience.
+ You should have good and broad knowledge of building pathology and be able to analyse complex and unusual building related issues and develop detailed specifications and solutions to give the best whole life outcomes.
+ Fulfil the duties of Client under CDM 2015 Regulations, ensuring safety and value for money throughout.
+ Relevant demonstrable construction and building management experience at a management level, including NEC contract management.
+ Experience of managing budgets and procuring services effectively.
+ Competent user of MS Office - in particular Excel, Word and Outlook.
+ Ability to problem solve and work under you own direction to achieve desired outcomes.
+ Excellent communicator, with good verbal and written skills.
+ Full UK Driving Licence.
+ Experience of working on a diverse workload across a broad spectrum of building types and construction styles.
Please clearly demonstrate how the above applies to you throughout your application. Failure to do so will mean that your application is automatically sifted out.
Desirable
+ Good understanding of renewable technologies, sustainability principles and energy efficiency in buildings would be advantageous.
+ Experience of ensuring statutory compliance in relation to buildings and associated record management.
+ Knowledge of water supply, legionella, asbestos and other management regulations associated with buildings.
+ Knowledge of public sector procurement guidelines.
+ Experience of specialist software packages that support buildings and property. management, for example AutoCAD, Sketchup and GIS.
+ Project management experience.
+ Understanding of lease repairing obligations and dilapidations.

For over 100 years, Forestry England have been growing, shaping, and caring for over 1,500 of our nation’s forests for the benefit and enjoyment of all, for this generation and the next. We care for more land and trees than any other organisation in England; shaping landscapes for people, wildlife and timber. We’ve built over 1,800 miles of walking, running and cycling trails, we supply England’s largest amount of sustainably sourced timber and we conserve the homes of thousands of plants and animals. We plan and look after our vast estate today for a better tomorrow. Forestry England’s strategy to address the twin biodiversity and climate change crises, alongside enabling people to enjoy and gain wellbeing benefit from the nation’s forests is set out in the document ‘Growing the Future’ (https://www.forestryengland.uk/growing-the-future).
West Forest District is responsible for the stewardship of over 35,000 ha of woods and forests, from the Shropshire Hills to Salisbury Plain, and south-westwards down to Cornwall. The estate is comprised of freehold and leasehold properties, and our ambition is to continue to grow the estate as we acquire new land for woodland creation. The diverse property portfolio we manage may be less obvious than the trees we grow but it is just as vital in delivering our objectives. We maintain a wide variety of built properties, ranging from our working office and depot/deer larder locations, through to let cafes and large visitor facilities, such as Haldon Forest Park and Cardinham Woods, to a collection of embedded residential, agricultural, and industrial properties., The Estates Team is an integral part of the management of West District, with the Area Land Agents providing professional support to the Recreation & Engagement and Forestry & Land Management functions. The team is led by the Head of Estates and is split into two halves. The first, is the Estate Management team and provides general support to the delivery teams, as well as leading on case management for liability claims and legal disputes. The second, is The Buildings Management and Projects Team who are tasked with coordinating the management of the District’s buildings and delivery of commercial developments as we strive towards carbon neutrality and providing modern efficient infrastructure to support our front-line delivery. This role will join The Buildings Management and Projects Team, predominantly covering the southern half of the District, being Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. It is likely that the candidate will be based at the office at Haldon

Alongside your salary of £37,485, Forestry Commission contributes £10,121 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%