Building Officer

Building Officer

Location: Darlington

Temporary to permanent

Salary £36,337 plus benefits

37.5 hours

My client is looking for a Building Officer to join their team on a temporary to permanent basis.

This is an opportunity to work with a well known facilities management company in the North East, who work closely with a number of NHS Trusts.

The Role

You will report directly to the Estates Operations Manager for overall delivery of small works contracts.

- Responsible for building maintenance on a day to day basis, including dealing effectively with operational incidents as and when they arise.

-Effectively diagnose building faults and instigate repairs.

-Design and preparation of drawings and specifications for revenue and capital works carried out by contract and direct labour.

-Contract administration, including preparation of tender documents, forms of contract, in compliance with policies and procedures.

-Costing and delivery of minor new works requests and ward allocation works to the request of customer to the environmental benefit of Users.

-Control of contractors on maintenance and capital projects.

-Investigate building condition and complaints, including health and safety at work matters and incident reporting.

-Preparation of feasibility studies and estimates for schemes.

-Exchange technical information with specialists/non specialists.

-Preparation of reports on building related issues.

-Provide effective financial control of schemes.

-Organise and implement programmes of building maintenance, taking into account the operational requirements of the unit.

-Control, use, purchase and storage of materials and equipment, including stocktaking, authorising work, raising official orders and authorising payments.

-Preparation and submission of plans and specifications for Building and Planning Regulation approval. Also to ensure all works are carried out in accordance with Health and Safety, CDM, DDA and all other allied legislation.

-Contribute to the formulation of improved operational and maintenance programmes.

-Carry out building condition surveys and maintain computer database.

Keeping Estates record drawings up to date using Autocad software.

-Carry out risk assessments for building related issues.

-Operate a sound personnel safety policy for all building staff.

-Monitor building standards and quality control.

-Clerk of work duties as agreed.

-Contribute to grounds and gardens maintenance, including inclement weather procedures.

-Carry out sickness absence monitoring for workforce, including maintaining records.

-Liaise with development and engineering colleagues as required, and also with users, department heads and staff, contractors, etcetera, in order to plan and prioritise maintenance projects.

-Oversee commissioning of completed schemes

-Overtime working will be required from time to time and the post holder may, on occasions, be asked to return to work to deal with emergency situations that may arise outside of normal working hours.

-Hours worked beyond the normal working week will be paid for at the appropriate overtime rates.

The Person

Must have completed a recognised building related apprecticeship

Project management & supervisory experience

Min HND/HNC qualified

Capable of managing multi trade workforce

Good communications skills ( written & verbal)

IT skills

Display a good knowledge of H&S legislation

Full clean driving licence.

If you are interested, please apply immediately