Building and Property Surveyor

Job Title: Building and Property Surveyor
Type: Permanent
Location: Home working with Site Visits across South and West Wales
Salary: £45,928 - £51,962 plus car allowance and mileage
Hours: Full time 34.75 hours a week

BRC are working closely with a local charity based in South and West Wales. This role is responsible for organising a variety of building and estate management work including building repair, maintenance and improvement, boundary matters including emergency works and disputes, development opportunities etc. This role requires regular travel in South and West Wales, and occasional overnight stays.

Duties:

• To support the Maintenance Team to achieve their job purpose and the objectives of the Representative Body
• Specify, plan, and coordinate building maintenance, repair and improvement projects, including works to Listed Buildings and Scheduled Ancient Monuments.
• Ensure best value work is undertaken, as defined within the Procurement Policy.
• Liaise with stakeholders and reasonably account for their needs and the impact of any works, ensuring that information is provided to those that need it.
• Work with budget holders to create and monitor budgets for related properties and projects, promptly reporting any need for variation.
• Allocate maintenance and service tasks to approved contractors, consultants, or suitable in-house staff.
• Monitor and supervise delivery of works to agreed standards and timescales, ensuring safe and compliant working practices at all times.
• Manage assigned properties and tasks to ensure they are safe and compliant with relevant legislation and policies.
• Provide risk assessments, where appropriate, to enable safe working practices for the Maintenance Team and support external contractors.
• Provide surveys, reports, and advice on property maintenance, repairs, and condition, to ensure properties are safe and meet required standards.
• Monitor changes in legislation and best practice to support the Head of Building Surveying and Director of Property Services in developing relevant policies and procedures.
• Advise the Head of Building Surveying and Director of Climate Change of opportunities to work towards Net Zero Carbon goals.
• Resolve boundary disputes with the help of appropriate external consultants.
• Monitor and assess performance of external consultants and contractors.
• Regularly update shared records to enable collaborative case work management.
• Provide feedback for working systems and processes to ensure they are efficient and best meet needs.
• Complete annual training and additional CPD hours in line with current RICS requirements for Building Surveyors.
• Deputise for the Head of Building Surveying in their absence.
• Other duties as reasonably required.

Essential Requirements:

• A Chartered Surveyor, or similarly qualified person, with strong experience of managing building works and a varied property portfolio.
• Up to date knowledge of Health and Safety legislation, CDM regulations and other relevant statutory requirements.
• Well organised but with the flexibility necessary to manage planned projects and emergency situations.
• Sound knowledge and experience of building surveying, property management, insurance and related matters.
• Good understanding of the way in which property management budgets are constructed, managed and controlled.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the diplomacy necessary to deal with sensitive matters.
• An understanding of the importance of proportional risk management.
• Excellent communicator both written and oral.
• Reliable record keeping.
• Good computer skills and the ability to learn new software.
• Driving licence.

Desirable Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience of working through democratically organised procedures e.g. committee and board systems.
• Experience of working for the charitable or public sectors.
• Experience of using SharePoint as a file repository system.

For more information, please call Megan Smith or Emma Keir on

To apply, please submit your CV outlining your relevant experience and qualifications.

We will be reviewing applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.