Durham University - Senior Heritage Surveyor

Job Description

Job Title:

Senior Heritage Surveyor

• delivering a wide-range of customer-facing services, including contract management; estates and facilities relationships management; housekeeping and cleaning, business resilience, event management; reception helpdesk; university retail; business support; health and safety; and management information. The University is responsible for multiple buildings within the World Heritage Site, including Durham Castle. This is a living World Heritage Site, which is a place of residence and work for many members of the University community. The Senior Heritage Surveyor will provide support and expertise relating to all aspects of building surveying and the application of conservation principles across the University’s vast heritage property portfolio. The role will act as the lead technical professional for the University providing specialist expertise relating to all aspects of building conservation, repair and maintenance. With responsibility for the development and delivery of a programme of conservation works to historic buildings across the University estate. The role will require the post holder to form strong working relationships with in-house staff, as well as external agencies and contractors

Department:

Estates and Facilities Directorate Building Surveyors (Infrastructure) Head of Asset Maintenance

Responsible to: Resposible for:

Grade:

Grade 8

Salary range: Working arrangements:

£42,149-£50,296

Permanent Full-time, Nominal 35 hours, Hybrid Working Arrangements

The Directorate and role purpose The Estates and Facilities Directorate provides a number of essential services to Durham University and is responsible for managing, maintaining and developing the infrastructure and building fabric of the various campuses, including: • maintaining and regularly reviewing a maintenance programme which takes account of short, medium and long term needs of all buildings and University grounds • implementing the works identified and funded within the various maintenance programmes and operating a system for dealing with day-to day requirements, including the provision of an out-of-hours emergency service • providing a professional, technical service to the University for the design, construction and procurement of new buildings and adaptation works to existing buildings • identifying and recording the use of space and advising on ways of increasing space utilisation • property and asset management • acquisition and disposal of built environment related assets • procuring and managing utilities and services • providing postal, delivery and security arrangements and advice to the University; and

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