Graduate Building Surveyor

Job introduction

Graduate Building Surveyors – 1 Posts Grade SO1/2  £28,226 to £32,798

Hove Town Hall, Hove

37 Hours per week with flexible hybrid working

No two days are the same in Brighton & Hove City Council’s Building Surveying Team! If you like genuine diversity in your Building Surveying work and are looking to learn new skills, then we have fantastic opportunities for you. We have created two new Graduate Building Surveyor roles in the team to help you build work experience upon your academic qualification.

This council has set the City an ambitious carbon neutral target by 2030 and this is the chance for you to contribute to that in a positive, meaningful way.

About the role

From finding solutions to rectifying defects, undertaking all kinds of refurbishments to organising a far-reaching programme of planned maintenance works, we deal with schools, social care premises, non-housing buildings, listed historic buildings, etc. You will work with our Mechanical and Electrical Engineers as part of a design team approach to refurbishment projects that reduce carbon.

We need team players who are strong on Health and Safety, confident on AutoCAD, proactive in monitoring contractor performance on site, a flexible approach, good communication skills with the ability to work under pressure in our trusted, busy team of professionals.

You will be well supported by the team as you grow your career whether you are qualified or working towards qualification as a Building Surveyor of the RICS, CIOB or similar approved. We will help you through your APC with work time to study and provide a programme of in-house training and CPDs to help you grow and succeed. As an incentive, when you qualify we will even pay your annual subs.

You will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of Client teams across the City who will value and respect your input. We remain sustainably independent as we generate fees through the works we manage. Always busy, we continue to secure further programmes of work and need to fill these posts with the right people

A message to you from one of the team ‘Having worked for BHCC for a few years now, there is one thing that has struck me – the variety of work. From the Brighton Centre to schools, the seafront and historic clocktowers, I have carried out repairs, maintained and restored such a varying degree of construction types. No project ever feels daunting as there is a wealth of experience in our team, that I know I can rely upon for support and advice whenever needed.’

In return you will enjoy a package of benefits that includes;

• a healthy work life balance with flexible working hours and hybrid working from home and at Hove Town Hall
• a laptop and iPhone for the days you work from home
• an attractive pension scheme
• generous annual leave from 23 days plus bank holidays plus 2 extra statutory plus 2 concessionary days per annum and flexi-days if you accrue additional hours
• 24/7 access to free advice and support via the employee assistance programme
• lifestyle benefits such as season ticket loans, travel and leisure discounts
• tax-free benefits including the cycle to work scheme

Based at Hove Town Hall there will be opportunity for hybrid working to help ensure a real work life balance.

If you would like to find out more please e-mail the best number to call you back on to the Head of Building Surveying & Utilities Management martin.hilson@brighton-hove.gov.uk  or Senior Building Surveyors will.davis@brighton-hove.gov.uk, stuart.cager@brighton-hove.gov.uk or martyn.heasman@brighton-hove.gov.uk

Please read our Apply for a job at the council (brighton-hove.gov.uk) pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your CV and answers to some shortlisting questions. Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (CV guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

Work Permits: We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) Points-based Immigration System. Please see Gov.uk for more information on the Skilled Worker Visa.

Part office / part home – hybrid -  We offer the opportunity for the suitable candidate to choose to  work in a hybrid way. Your specific working arrangements will be subject to team and service working arrangements already in place alongside Government guidance.  Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).