Condition Surveyor (Building) - Waverley Court

Job Description

Corporate Services

Condition Surveyor (Building) 
Waverley Court

Salary: £42,717 - £50,550 per year
Hours: 36 per week

The City of Edinburgh Council is a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation committed to making Edinburgh a great place to live, work, and visit. We take pride in our diverse workforce and strive to create an inclusive environment where innovation and excellence thrive. If you are a talented and experienced surveyor looking to make a significant impact on a vibrant city, we invite you to join our team.

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic individual to take an active role in supporting Scotland’s Capital City on its vision to create a smaller, modern, more efficient, and carbon neutral property estate. As a Condition Surveyor (Building) you’ll be a key member of our Strategic Asset Improvement Team. You’ll deliver a vital technical service which will help ensure that the Council’s estate is a safe place to use, work and learn in.

Working as part of a team, you will be responsible for conducting building condition surveys across the Council's operational estate (i.e. schools, libraries etc) to identify and assess the condition of building fabric. Key duties of the role include identifying the necessary improvements to properties to contribute to the minimisation of Health & Safety risks and improve property performance and lifespan. You’ll be responsible for creating property condition reports including detail on estimate remediation costs. You will also contribute to the Council's wider strategic property planning needs including supporting the delivery of the Council's Corporate Property Strategy. The Council is at the forefront of low carbon building design and retrofit and you will play a key role in continuing to drive the energy retrofit agenda supporting the wider decarbonisation of the Council's estate.

Based within the Strategic Asset Planning, the post holder will work closely with colleagues from disciplines across the built environment including facilities management and design teams, as well as liaising with wider Council services.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

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

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