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Join Cheltenham Borough Council as a Building Surveyor and make a real contribution to making Cheltenham a great place to live.

Location: Cheltenham, GL51 9JZ

Salary: £34,314 - £45,563 per annum, dependent on experience

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025

Come and work for an award-winning organisation!

We are an ambitious and forward-thinking council dedicated to making Cheltenham a great place to live and work. By supporting thriving communities and businesses while preserving the town’s unique character, we create opportunities for growth and innovation.

As an employer, we are committed to fairness, respect, and creating a stimulating environment where our people can thrive. With benefits like flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowances, a strong pension scheme, and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, we empower our team to reach their full potential.

Together, we’re building a vibrant future for Cheltenham and its people.

Building Surveyor – The Role:

We have two Building Surveyor roles available in our Technical and Investment team.The successful candidates will be providing support across a wide variety of buildings within the Council's housing stock. This will include responsibility for planning, procuring, managing, and delivering a high-quality planned and cyclical maintenance service, ensuring projects are customer-focused and achieve best value.We manage everything from routine maintenance to delivering multi-million-pound

redevelopment projects. At present, we are investing resources into:

- Enhancing and modernising our properties

- Delivering cutting-edge sustainability initiatives

Building Surveyor – Key Responsibilities:

- Plan, procure, manage, and deliver a high-quality planned and cyclical maintenance service,

ensuring projects are customer-focused and achieve best value

- Administer and oversee projects, including managing budgets and reporting on KPI

performance

- Assist in the development of future programmes of work by undertaking detailed property

surveys

- To ensure building work is completed to an excellent standard, in compliance with the

codes of conduct, regulations (including financial) and policies of the council

- To undertake building work in line with health and safety legislation, including monitoring

that contractors are also compliant with these regulations when working in our buildings

- Manage multiple reactive and planned maintenance projects to ensure issues are

prioritised and the annual maintenance plan is completed

- To identify when more specialist contractors are required to deal with building issues

Building Surveyor – You:

- 5 GCSE’s or equivalent including English and Maths

- HNC/HND or Degree level or equivalent in Building Surveying or Construction/Property

related subject

- Post qualification experience in an appropriate technical or professional role 

- Qualified or working towards an appropriate technical or professional qualification (RICS,

CIOB or equivalent)

- Excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of stakeholders

- Ability to plan and prioritise workloads effectively to meet deadlines

Building Surveyor- Benefits:

- An excellent pension scheme. You will be eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

- A generous holiday entitlement of 26 days rising to 31 days after five years

- A flexible and agile working environment. We aim to provide opportunities to work from home or elsewhere and offer flexibility in working hours

- A comprehensive programme of learning and development

- Two days paid time off for volunteering

- Enhanced maternity and paternity schemes

- An employee counselling service

- Free eye tests (for some posts) and contribution towards the cost of glasses

- A cycle to work scheme

- Low-cost town centre parking for some jobs, depending on work location

- A commitment to employee wellbeing

Applications:

The council is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you’re ready to make a difference while growing your expertise in a supportive, dynamic environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Closing date: Sunday 30th March 2025

To submit your application for this exciting Building Surveyor opportunity, please click on ‘Apply’ now!

Interviews will be held in-person on Wednesday 9th April, 2025