Building Surveyor - Corporate Property Services Team

Are you an architect, building surveyor, or any other construction professional looking for an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills? We are seeking talented individuals to join our innovative team and contribute to ground breaking projects.

If you are ready to take your career to the next level with a dynamic and supportive team then join our Corporate Property Services Team where we provide in-house design, surveying, MEP consultancy, and project management services. We manage building construction, refurbishment, and repairs contracts, delivering both capital projects and planned and reactive maintenance to our Corporate, Community, and School buildings.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

About the role

As a Building Surveyor, you will lead the delivery of fabric improvement and maintenance works for Corporate, Community, and School projects from initiation to handover. Your construction industry knowledge and expertise will be crucial in providing professional and technical advice within Reading Borough Council. You will engage and liaise with stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Procurement: Manage services and works contracts as required.
• Surveys: Conduct measured and structural surveys of properties.
• Technical Documentation: Prepare technical specifications, schedules of work, and tender documents.
• Design: Create architectural designs using AutoCAD software.
• Compliance: Ensure projects comply with Health and Safety and CDM Regulations.
• Refurbishment: Deliver stock condition surveys and building refurbishment works, including Health & Safety improvements.

 

About you

We are looking for someone with the expertise to provide comprehensive professional and technical services for maintenance, refurbishment, improvement, and new build schemes.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Qualifications: Degree in a construction industry qualification or HNC in Construction with post-qualification experience.
• Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge: Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of construction and best practices.
• Project Management: Experience in project management and understanding of project/programme management methodologies.

You’ll be part of a team that relies on everyone to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.  

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.  Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed

Our offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment. 

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• On-site day nursery (Kennet Day Nursery) rated Outstanding by Ofsted
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax

To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact Yvonne Mubanga - Strategic Property Services Manager: Yvonne.mubanga@reading.gov.uk

Closing Date: Tuesday 13^th May 2025

Interview Date: TBC 

 

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received.  Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment