Durham University - Building Surveyor

Building Surveyor

Job Title:

Building Surveyor

• the delivery of 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 Building Surveyor will provide a professional effective and efficient building surveying and reactive, cyclical and planned preventative maintenance service utilising in-house, contract staff and external contractors.

Department:

Estates and Facilities Estates Operations

Responsible to:

Head of Asset Maintenance

Grade:

Grade 7

Salary range: Contract type: Working arrangements:

£33,199 - £39,609

Permanent

Nominal 35 hours

The Department 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 mainte- nance 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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