Building Surveyor - Waverley Court

Building Surveyor - Sustainable Construction Delivery Team
Waverley Court

Salary: £47,639 - £56,392
Hours: 36 per week

Additional benefits of working with City of Edinburgh Council include:

* Excellent Career Average Salary Pension
* Flexible/Hybrid Working supporting a good work life balance
* Flexible Core Hours (through agreement)
* Local diverse and interesting projects

As part of its drive to de-carbonise, the Council is looking to recruit a dynamic, client focused, personable, and technically strong Building Surveyor with good people, design, project, and contract management experience. You will be part of a growing team of building surveyors within the in-house, multi discipline design service for the Council. You will be responsible for leading on the design and implementation of high-quality construction projects, liaising with internal and external design teams.

The City of Edinburgh Council are leading the way for Public sector in the adoption of low and zero carbon technologies. CEC have adopted PassivHaus as the default standard for all its new build projects and are developing a carbon focussed approach for the large number of up-and-coming RetroFit refurbishment projects. This leads to a portfolio of interesting and market leading projects requiring high levels of technical understanding.

You should be degree qualified in Building Surveying and hold a full membership of a related professional body such as CIOB, RICS or similar.

It is expected you will have a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in building surveying, design, and project/contract management, as well as a proven record of experience of working as part of a professional design team. Experience and working knowledge in Auto CAD, MS Office and building surveying design packages is also required. The post shall cover all aspects of surveying, contract document preperation, billing, contract administration, certfiying contract payments and Designer/Principal Designer duties, as part of the CDM Regulations. You should have proficient experience and working knowledge in Auto CAD, NBS Specifications, MS Office and various design packages. You should also have a valid CSCS card.

A good understanding of Building Surveying and experience of Retrofit design principles would also be an advantage as would experience of embedding renewable technologies into projects. You should have good communication skills, both written and verbal, and be able to present well as a representative of the Council.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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