Senior Surveyor Facilities Manager

Are you ready for a rewarding Career? To enable us to deliver outstanding policing for everyone, we need a diverse workforce with a range of skills and abilities to deliver a first-class service to the communities of Gwent.

We are looking for a Senior Surveyor/ Facilities Manager to join our Estates and Facilities Management team at Gwent Police. We have set ourselves ambitious targets to upgrade, modernise and optimise our Work spaces and Estate and you will be pivotal in delivering our ambitions around these and sustainability from a built infrastructure perspective.

The role will require the post holder to:

Provide specialist technical leadership to enable effective and efficient control of our diverse property portfolio.
Oversee Planned Maintenance, Minor Capital Works Programme, Workplace Modernisation and Facilities Management from inception to delivery., Manage Maintenance.
Minor Capital Works and Facilities Management on an estate portfolio of varying types of police sites such as stations, custody suites, training centres and specialist facilities such as our mounted and dog units, ensuring structure, fabric and infrastructure is maintained, enhanced and compliant.
Provide building surveying and wider technical estates management expertise and leadership, drawing from industry best-practice.
Working in a multidisciplinary team to deliver complex, multi-stakeholder projects which make our buildings great places to work.
Support operational colleagues in the delivery of an efficient police service as well as partner organisations (fire & ambulance service) by delivering first class facilities management.
Taking leadership of Maintenance and Minor Capital Works projects alongside our project management team to ensure projects are completed on time and to budget.
Deputise for the Head of Estate and Facilities.

Chartered member of RICS, CIOB or equivalent and extensive post qualification experience.
Expert understanding of the principles of estates/property management, budget management and highly skilled in planning and managing construction projects.
Expert understanding of the principles of facilities management to include but not limited to Cleaning , Grounds , Catering , Security and Maintenance.
Solution focused in relation to design and property constraining factors and project and business issues.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to liaise effectively with key stakeholders at all levels.
Work well under pressure, demonstrating the ability and want to go the 'extra mile'.
Experienced user of bespoke industry systems such as BMS.

This opportunity will not only give you a breadth of variety due to the many different types of buildings in our portfolio, it's the chance to use your skills and expertise in a unique environment and contribute to how we police and serve our communities., Disability Confident
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If you are looking for a new opportunity and something different to anything you've done before, then consider Gwent Police, the perfect place to continue your career, make a difference and be part of our journey to be an outstanding police force.

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What are our benefits:

Here at Gwent Police, we value our employees, and we provide ample support and training to ensure you excel in your role, alongside receiving benefits such as:

Generous annual leave entitlement that rises to either 29 or 30 days depending on grade plus 8 bank holidays
Employee Assistance programme and a range of wellbeing support programmes
Free access to on-site gyms
Discounts from various retailers via the Blue Light Scheme and Vectis Card
Cycle to Work Scheme
Hybrid/Agile working (role dependant)
Flexible working opportunities
Local government pension scheme
Range of support networks
Generous maternity/paternity and adoption leave entitlements
Generous sick pay provisions
Option to become a member of UNISON, the public service union

Diversity and Welsh language

To enable us to deliver outstanding policing for everyone, we need people from all backgrounds, with a range of professional and life experiences, so that we are truly representative of our communities.