Technical and Surveying Specialist
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom£42,123 - £46,579 per annumCloses: 18 Sep
Newcastle City Council is looking to appoint a Technical and Surveying Specialist within Estate Management, with a clear focus on electrical compliance, statutory assurance and oversight of the 5-year Electrical Installation Condition Report programme.
The post will provide specialist client-side electrical expertise to help manage compliance across the Council’s estate, including operational buildings, commercial property, parks buildings and assets where Newcastle City Council holds statutory responsibility.
The role will support effective estate management by strengthening programme control, contractor challenge, remedial action tracking, quality assurance and reporting to senior managers on electrical compliance risks.
The successful candidate will lead or support key estate management and electrical compliance tasks, including:
What we are looking for
Why work for us.
Benefits:
Who we are
Newcastle is an ambitious City; it always has been. It’s an iconic City with a rich heritage but one that also shapes the future of the region.
Here at Newcastle City Council, we have a real passion to improve the lives of residents and visitors in the city through the wide variety of essential public services we deliver and the relationships we influence.
From our city leaders to every member of our team, we’re all committed to making Newcastle a city that is vibrant and thriving.
Our values
Everyone who works within one of our valuable public services makes an important contribution to delivering our vision and priorities of the city. How we do things is as important as what we do. In everything we do we strive to embed and live the Council’s values
Proud
Fair
Ambitious
We strive to be an organisation where equality, diversity and inclusion is part of who we are and how we work and where every member of our team is treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where you can bring your whole self to work and succeed in being your best.
Our people deliver amazing services, initiatives and projects to benefit the lives of our residents. They also develop, manage, and maintain the City’s vital infrastructure and public spaces that our societies and communities rely on.
If you want to become an integral part of the team to make a citywide difference for our residents and visitors, then we want to hear from you.
For more information on the post or an informal discussion, please contact Stuart Turnbull (Senior Specialist Estate & Playground Management) Mobile 07967158908
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.
Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.
The post will provide specialist client-side electrical expertise to help manage compliance across the Council’s estate, including operational buildings, commercial property, parks buildings and assets where Newcastle City Council holds statutory responsibility.
The role will support effective estate management by strengthening programme control, contractor challenge, remedial action tracking, quality assurance and reporting to senior managers on electrical compliance risks.
The successful candidate will lead or support key estate management and electrical compliance tasks, including:
- Oversight of the 5-year Electrical Installation Condition Report programme.
- Tracking, validating and escalating electrical remedial actions, including C1, C2 and further investigation items.
- Providing technical challenge and quality assurance of contractor inspection reports, certification and completed works.
- Supporting commercial lease transitions and tenant compliance assurance where statutory responsibilities sit with Newcastle City Council.
- Maintaining accurate compliance data and improving reporting through Civica or future compliance systems.
- Providing professional electrical advice to support safe, compliant and value-for-money management of the Council’s estate.
What we are looking for
- We are looking for people with experience of electrical compliance, estate management and client-side technical assurance, including:
- Electrical compliance across complex operational and commercial property portfolios.
- Managing EICR programmes, interpreting inspection outcomes and ensuring remedial actions are completed and evidenced.
- Working with contractors, surveyors, designers, estates colleagues and building managers to resolve compliance risks.
- Using compliance data to support reporting, escalation, prioritisation and assurance to senior management.
- Operating in a customer-focused and commercially aware estate management environment.
- Maintaining professional competence and applying relevant health and safety and electrical safety requirements.
Why work for us.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary, Grade N8 (£40,777 - £45,091) per annum.
- 37 hours per week.If a competitive salary and pension with the option to opt in to an AVC scheme wasn’t enough you will also have:
- A generous annual leave allowance.
- The option to buy additional annual leave.
- Access to family friendly policies including maternity and adoption leave, maternity support leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, special leave, leave when caring for a terminally ill dependent, leave for armed forces reservists, disability related special leave, career breaks and paid leave to support the electoral process.
- An enhanced work life balance including agile working, part-year working, compressed hours and flexi time where appropriate.
- Access to numerous salary sacrifice schemes including home electronics, car lease and gym membership.
- Access to physiotherapy, counselling services and eye tests for VDE users through our Occupational Health Service.
- Access to an extensive wellbeing programme including access to a 24 hour employee assistance programme for you and your immediate family.
- Access to Mental Health First Aiders.
- Ability to join staff network groups to meet and share information and raise awareness and include, Black and Minority Ethnic network, Disabled Employee network and LGBT+ network
- Ability to join a trade union.
- Access to a staff travel scheme.
- Access to learning and development opportunities including a comprehensive corporate induction programme, access to e-learning, an annual performance appraisal, upskilling apprenticeships, access to Learning Resource Centres
- A rewarding and most importantly access to a challenging career.
Who we are
Newcastle is an ambitious City; it always has been. It’s an iconic City with a rich heritage but one that also shapes the future of the region.
Here at Newcastle City Council, we have a real passion to improve the lives of residents and visitors in the city through the wide variety of essential public services we deliver and the relationships we influence.
From our city leaders to every member of our team, we’re all committed to making Newcastle a city that is vibrant and thriving.
Our values
Everyone who works within one of our valuable public services makes an important contribution to delivering our vision and priorities of the city. How we do things is as important as what we do. In everything we do we strive to embed and live the Council’s values
Proud
Fair
Ambitious
We strive to be an organisation where equality, diversity and inclusion is part of who we are and how we work and where every member of our team is treated fairly, with dignity and respect. We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where you can bring your whole self to work and succeed in being your best.
Our people deliver amazing services, initiatives and projects to benefit the lives of our residents. They also develop, manage, and maintain the City’s vital infrastructure and public spaces that our societies and communities rely on.
If you want to become an integral part of the team to make a citywide difference for our residents and visitors, then we want to hear from you.
For more information on the post or an informal discussion, please contact Stuart Turnbull (Senior Specialist Estate & Playground Management) Mobile 07967158908
Apply online at www.northeastjobs.org.uk, select 'Apply Now' and complete our online application form. Before completing the form please ensure you read the supporting documents.
Any communication sent to you regarding your application will be sent to the email address you have set up on your Northeast Jobs account, so you will need to ensure that you check your inbox.