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Assistant Building Surveyor
| Posting date: | 16 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,001.00 to £40,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31,067 - £33,366 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 May 2025 |
| Location: | Darlington, DL1 5QT |
| Company: | Darlington Borough Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 278068 |
Summary
**RESTRICTED - INTERNALandnbsp; APPLICANTS ONLY**
The role of the Assistant Building Surveyor is critical to maintaining and upgrading the Councils Housing stock, you will be required to investigate, assess and record the materials, age and condition of Council housing assets, ensuring you collect and record information accurately, assisting with investment plans, capital programmes and net zero carbon strategyandnbsp;
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The post holder will be required to provide assistance to the Building Surveyors in delivering a comprehensive surveying, specification and estimating function. To procure and manage contracts.andnbsp;
You must be confident with the use of IT and capable of navigating through MS Office, Outlook and have knowledge and skills in the use of databases and autocad.andnbsp;
andnbsp;
You must be confident to work independently although support from the broader team is always available. We require dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking people to join our team, it is preferable that you have some experience of working in a person-centred environment or with older and more vulnerable client groups although full induction and ongoing training is provided.andnbsp;
For detailed information on this role, please refer to theandnbsp; Riole Profile and Supoorting Document.andnbsp;
For a further informal discussion please contact Matthew Plews, Building Surveying Manager on 01325 405929.
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The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:andnbsp;
andnbsp;
andbull; 32 Days holidays plus Bank Holidays, withandnbsp;
the option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working)andnbsp;
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additionalandnbsp;Voluntary Contributionsandnbsp;
Flexi-time schemeandnbsp;
Flexible workingandnbsp;
Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemesandnbsp;
Staff equality forumsandnbsp;
Green Car Leasing Schemeandnbsp;
andnbsp;Access to a wide range of training, learning and developmentandnbsp;
Physiotherapy serviceandnbsp;
Confidential counselling serviceandnbsp;
Great wellbeing offerandnbsp;
Cycle to Work Schemeandnbsp;
Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discountsandnbsp;
Local and National retailer discountsandnbsp;
Arriva Employee Travel Clubandnbsp;
For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Total Reward Booklet:andnbsp;
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/17398/total-reward-booklet.pdfandnbsp;
andnbsp;
Find out further information about us and what itandrsquo;s like to work for our great team by visiting the Jobs and Careers home page.andnbsp;
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/andnbsp;
andnbsp;
General Information for Applicants:
All applicant email correspondence will come from donotreply@northeastjobs.org.uk and may be directed to your Junk folder depending on the settings of your email account. Please check both your email and Junk folder as all applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted.andnbsp;
If you are experiencing problems applying for this vacancy via North East Jobs, please contact the HR Team on 01325 403217 or HR@darlington.gov.uk , who will be happy to assist.
andnbsp;
The role of the Assistant Building Surveyor is critical to maintaining and upgrading the Councils Housing stock, you will be required to investigate, assess and record the materials, age and condition of Council housing assets, ensuring you collect and record information accurately, assisting with investment plans, capital programmes and net zero carbon strategyandnbsp;
andnbsp;
The post holder will be required to provide assistance to the Building Surveyors in delivering a comprehensive surveying, specification and estimating function. To procure and manage contracts.andnbsp;
You must be confident with the use of IT and capable of navigating through MS Office, Outlook and have knowledge and skills in the use of databases and autocad.andnbsp;
andnbsp;
You must be confident to work independently although support from the broader team is always available. We require dynamic, innovative and forward-thinking people to join our team, it is preferable that you have some experience of working in a person-centred environment or with older and more vulnerable client groups although full induction and ongoing training is provided.andnbsp;
For detailed information on this role, please refer to theandnbsp; Riole Profile and Supoorting Document.andnbsp;
For a further informal discussion please contact Matthew Plews, Building Surveying Manager on 01325 405929.
andnbsp;
The rewards for working at Darlington Borough Council go beyond the salary you will receive; we have numerous additional benefits such as:andnbsp;
andnbsp;
andbull; 32 Days holidays plus Bank Holidays, withandnbsp;
the option to purchase additional Annual Leave (pro-rata for part time working)andnbsp;
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme with option to make Additionalandnbsp;Voluntary Contributionsandnbsp;
Flexi-time schemeandnbsp;
Flexible workingandnbsp;
Generous Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave schemesandnbsp;
Staff equality forumsandnbsp;
Green Car Leasing Schemeandnbsp;
andnbsp;Access to a wide range of training, learning and developmentandnbsp;
Physiotherapy serviceandnbsp;
Confidential counselling serviceandnbsp;
Great wellbeing offerandnbsp;
Cycle to Work Schemeandnbsp;
Dolphin Centre Fit for Life Discountsandnbsp;
Local and National retailer discountsandnbsp;
Arriva Employee Travel Clubandnbsp;
For the full range of benefits we offer, please see our Total Reward Booklet:andnbsp;
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/media/17398/total-reward-booklet.pdfandnbsp;
andnbsp;
Find out further information about us and what itandrsquo;s like to work for our great team by visiting the Jobs and Careers home page.andnbsp;
https://www.darlington.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/andnbsp;
andnbsp;
General Information for Applicants:
All applicant email correspondence will come from donotreply@northeastjobs.org.uk and may be directed to your Junk folder depending on the settings of your email account. Please check both your email and Junk folder as all applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted.andnbsp;
If you are experiencing problems applying for this vacancy via North East Jobs, please contact the HR Team on 01325 403217 or HR@darlington.gov.uk , who will be happy to assist.
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