Senior Surveyor
- Recruiter
- Anonymous
- Location
- Chesterfield
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 25 Nov 2016
- Closes
- 10 Dec 2016
- Sectors
- Construction & Skilled Trades, Surveying
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Kier Workplace Services provides specialist teams and technology solutions to help plan, manage and improve our clients' workplaces. This provides our clients with access to solutions not readily available in their own organisations. It also enables our clients to focus on their core business, while Kier takes care of the rest.
Our key clients include the Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company, Legal and General, Kent County Council, Oldham Council, BAE and the London Borough of Southwark. We also work with a number of schools and academies, the Welsh Government and hold a major contract with the NHS in Yorkshire and Humber.
Kier Workplace Services is looking to recruit a Senior Surveyor to efficiently manage Chesterfield Borough Council's investment portfolio of retail, commercial and industrial property, including the granting of leases, licences and carrying out rent reviews and lease renewals to secure maximisation of the net revenue income stream.
The successful candidate will secure maximum benefit from the letting of property, providing a comprehensive valuation service to all Council services, dealing principally, but not exclusively, with estates management issues in respect of all Council land and property.
Key Responsibilities
* To assist in the nurture and maintenance of positive relationships with the Client team and the Clients key stakeholders, ensuring client's expectations are delivered to the highest possible standard.
* To work proactively within the team to ensure services are delivered within professional and contractual conduct and performance standards.
* To participate in property reviews to identify areas for improvement in the use and occupation of both operational and non-operational property (including property under the immediate control of other service heads) and to assist in making recommendations for change or for the disposal of poorly performing assets.
* To prepare formal reports for Corporate Management Team and Council Members and attendance at Committee, Cabinet, Council and Lead Member meetings.
* To take an active role in various officer and project working groups.
* To ensure that vacant properties are expeditiously let to satisfy financial and job creation criteria.
* Assistance with the maintenance of an up-to-date property ownership terrier and database in respect of all Council property.
* To assist in the acquisition and disposal of assets in accordance with financial and operational needs.
* To assist in the works of appraisal, feasibility studies and cost benefit analysis and the undertaking of such works as are necessary and consistent with the council's pursuit of Best Value.
* To assist in valuation work in accordance with RICS and CIPFA valuation standards, to include, inter alia, asset, right to buy and rating valuations and any negotiations or appeals, including preparation and presentation of expert evidence at any such appeals or tribunals arising there from.
* To assist with the setting and controlling of budgets for properties within the Asset Management portfolio and property budgets delegated to the Asset Management Service by other Heads of Service.
* To issue orders in accordance with the Client and Kier's Financial Regulations and processes.
* To undertake work in association with good Health and Safety and Risk Management.
* practices in respect of certain property within the portfolio.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
* To have a degree in general practice surveying.
* To have obtained MRICS APC qualification.
* Practical experience and knowledge of property management and property reviews to identify areas for improvement in the use and occupation of both operational and non-operational property.
* Must be a good communicator, both verbally and in writing.
* To be a registered valuer.
Please note the successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check
About Kier:
Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate globally across a range of sectors including defence, education, health, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
With a network of 88 UK offices Kier offers national coverage across all of its core activities. Employing 22,000 people, Kier has the financial strength and technical expertise to undertake some of the most significant construction, civil engineering and service contracts in the country.
Kier is an equality and diversity employer
Our key clients include the Royal Opera House, Royal Shakespeare Company, Legal and General, Kent County Council, Oldham Council, BAE and the London Borough of Southwark. We also work with a number of schools and academies, the Welsh Government and hold a major contract with the NHS in Yorkshire and Humber.
Kier Workplace Services is looking to recruit a Senior Surveyor to efficiently manage Chesterfield Borough Council's investment portfolio of retail, commercial and industrial property, including the granting of leases, licences and carrying out rent reviews and lease renewals to secure maximisation of the net revenue income stream.
The successful candidate will secure maximum benefit from the letting of property, providing a comprehensive valuation service to all Council services, dealing principally, but not exclusively, with estates management issues in respect of all Council land and property.
Key Responsibilities
* To assist in the nurture and maintenance of positive relationships with the Client team and the Clients key stakeholders, ensuring client's expectations are delivered to the highest possible standard.
* To work proactively within the team to ensure services are delivered within professional and contractual conduct and performance standards.
* To participate in property reviews to identify areas for improvement in the use and occupation of both operational and non-operational property (including property under the immediate control of other service heads) and to assist in making recommendations for change or for the disposal of poorly performing assets.
* To prepare formal reports for Corporate Management Team and Council Members and attendance at Committee, Cabinet, Council and Lead Member meetings.
* To take an active role in various officer and project working groups.
* To ensure that vacant properties are expeditiously let to satisfy financial and job creation criteria.
* Assistance with the maintenance of an up-to-date property ownership terrier and database in respect of all Council property.
* To assist in the acquisition and disposal of assets in accordance with financial and operational needs.
* To assist in the works of appraisal, feasibility studies and cost benefit analysis and the undertaking of such works as are necessary and consistent with the council's pursuit of Best Value.
* To assist in valuation work in accordance with RICS and CIPFA valuation standards, to include, inter alia, asset, right to buy and rating valuations and any negotiations or appeals, including preparation and presentation of expert evidence at any such appeals or tribunals arising there from.
* To assist with the setting and controlling of budgets for properties within the Asset Management portfolio and property budgets delegated to the Asset Management Service by other Heads of Service.
* To issue orders in accordance with the Client and Kier's Financial Regulations and processes.
* To undertake work in association with good Health and Safety and Risk Management.
* practices in respect of certain property within the portfolio.
Key Skills and Qualifications:
* To have a degree in general practice surveying.
* To have obtained MRICS APC qualification.
* Practical experience and knowledge of property management and property reviews to identify areas for improvement in the use and occupation of both operational and non-operational property.
* Must be a good communicator, both verbally and in writing.
* To be a registered valuer.
Please note the successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check
About Kier:
Kier Group plc. is a leading construction, property, residential and services group which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate globally across a range of sectors including defence, education, health, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, we are a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
With a network of 88 UK offices Kier offers national coverage across all of its core activities. Employing 22,000 people, Kier has the financial strength and technical expertise to undertake some of the most significant construction, civil engineering and service contracts in the country.
Kier is an equality and diversity employer