Technical Services Manager (Surveying and Engineering)

Job title:

Technical Services Manager (Surveying and Engineering)

Company

Guildford Borough Council

Job description

Assets and Property Services at Guildford Borough Council are responsible for ensuring the Council delivers on its corporate asset strategy by having the right assets to meet strategic and commercial outcomes and ensuring they are maintained to the right standard to meet those needs.We are recruiting a Technical Services Manager with specialist property expertise to lead the team responsible for the maintenance and repair of our corporate non-housing assets.The role would ideally suit an experienced RICS surveyor looking for a new opportunity that goes wider than just surveying to include civil engineering and facilities compliance maintenance. The team completes around £2m maintenance and capital works annually and employs 8 members of staff.Buildings include a head office, waste depot, industrial premises, sports pavilions, multi-storey car parks and a crematorium as well as miscellaneous properties such as tunnels, closed burial grounds and several heritage sites. Infrastructure assets include bridges, surface car parks, roads, and footways.We assist a variety of customers including Council service teams, commercial tenants and external stakeholders. You will work with Council officers, senior management, councillors, tenants, and stakeholder representatives, providing technical guidance and delivering our annual asset maintenance programme on time and to budget.Excellent communication skills are required to represent the service at board and committee level and demonstrable team leadership experience is essential. Numerical skills are essential to prepare and monitor budgets accurately.We guarantee no two days are the same. The team is hardworking and constantly busy dealing with many assets at any one time and a varied workload. As such, the role suits someone experienced in managing teams that work under pressure, who can delegate effectively and is self-motivated.We want to attract the best personnel, and so we provide training opportunities, including support towards professional qualifications. We also offer flexible working arrangements including the ability to vary your start and finish times around core hours and an agile working policy enabling you to work from home for 50% of your working week. We offer many other benefits including health and wellbeing initiatives, an employee assistance programme and discount off a range of well-known high street shops and supermarkets.Please contact Marieke van der Reijden, Assistant Director for Assets and Property, for an informal discussion about the role.

Expected salary

£59417 per year

Location

Guildford, Surrey

Job date

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 23:31:34 GMT

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