Estates Surveyor

On behalf of DWP, we are looking for an Estates Surveyor (Inside IR35) for a 12 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (three days per week office based - Norwich, Nottingham, Leicester & York).

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is responsible for welfare, pensions, and child maintenance policy. As the UK's biggest public service department, it administers the State Pension and a range of working age, disability and ill health benefits to around 20 million claimants and customers. As such, we operate on a scale that is almost unmatched anywhere in Europe and most people in Britain come into contact with us at some point in their lives.

Working with DWP, you will be helping us to drive our priorities to:

* Help people to move into work and support those already in work to progress, with the aim of increasing overall workforce participation
* Help people to plan and save for later life, while providing a safety net for those who need it now
* Provide effective, efficient, and innovative services to the millions of claimants who rely on us every day, including the most vulnerable in society
* Improve experience of our services while maximising value for money for the taxpayer.

Job Purpose:

Supporting the Asset Manager (LCW/Surveying) with delivery of the Life Cycle Works (LCW) strategy, you will manage the process of carrying out asset surveys across the estate and specifying the scope of works for LCW programmes.

The role will include supporting the Estate's strategy portfolio appraisal and continued investment or disposal across a wide and varied portfolio, through the application or alignment to ISO 55001 with the aim of optimising the asset portfolio for DWP employees, customers and other stakeholders whilst at the same time maintaining the critical requirement of asset compliance.

You will play a key role in our department's goal of improving the estate to provide a safer, more productive environment for staff and customers, whilst reducing the Department's carbon footprint. You will support the delivery of the Department's asset strategy commitments, working closely with the Service Delivery team and the national Facilities Management (FM) supply chain to optimise asset performance.

As an Estates Surveyor, your main responsibilities will be to:

* Support the Asset Manager (LCW/Surveying) in the delivery of the Asset Management Strategy for the Estates property portfolio.
* Shadow third party surveyors conducting asset collection surveys across the estate to ensure defined protocols for surveying are being followed.
* Review and validate third party asset validation reports and provide technical feedback including submitting asset change requests where applicable.
* Review applications for maintenance / upgrading works providing technical advice where applicable.
* Deliver the end-to-end asset surveying process from planning of asset surveys through to issue of a scope of works for a proposed project and initial cost estimate.
* Maintain the progress of the asset survey programme for the area of responsibility, ensuring the program is delivered in accordance with the schedule.
* Compile the asset survey results in a formal report with CIBSE condition ratings and photographic/documentary evidence and ensures that they are incorporated in the forward maintenance requirements.

Essential:

* Significant experience of asset condition surveying within a large commercial property portfolio.
* Extensive and detailed technical knowledge of building asset types and asset lifecycle management within diverse range of portfolios (Corporate, multi occupied, public facing)
* MRICS
* Has surveyed and planned lifecycle programs on large property portfolios.
* Up to date knowledge of the legislation, best practice and industry standards in relation to providing a safe, sustainable and compliant Estate.
* In depth knowledge of building asset types, their significance on legal compliance and improvements needed to support the Department's commitment to Net Zero Carbon and Greening Government Commitments.
* Understanding of end-to-end commercial construction project delivery process.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, DWP guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

Armed Forces Covenant

DWP guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different