Building Surveyor, Cheltenham Borough Council

Cheltenham Borough Council

Join Cheltenham Borough Council as a Building Surveyor and make a real contribution to making Cheltenham a great place to live.

Location: Municipal Offices, Promenade, Cheltenham GL50 9SA
Salary: £35,412 to £48,053 per annum
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time
Closing date: 15 September 2025

Come and work for an award-winning organisation!

We are an ambitious and forward-thinking council dedicated to making Cheltenham a great place to live and work. By supporting thriving communities and businesses while preserving the town’s unique character, we create opportunities for growth and innovation.

As an employer, we are committed to fairness, respect, and creating a stimulating environment where our people can thrive. With benefits like flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowances, a strong pension scheme, and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, we empower our team to reach their full potential.

Together, we’re building a vibrant future for Cheltenham and its people.

Building Surveyor – The Role:

CBC own and manage some of the most significant buildings and structures in Cheltenham; with over 4,500 council homes, commercial, leisure, and municipal buildings, including listed buildings with histories spanning hundreds of years, swimming pools, war memorials and even a football stadium!

Our Property Team cover everything from day-to-day maintenance to the delivery of multi-million pound redevelopment projects. Right now, we’re investing record sums into improving our special places, delivering ahead-of-the-game sustainability initiatives, property refurbishments, meeting new legislative requirements, and a number of exciting new-build projects.

Our vacancy for a Building Surveyor means you will be providing support across a wide variety of buildings within the Councils Property Stock, including planning, procurement and delivery of high quality reactive and planned maintenance projects. You will contribute to effective and efficient asset management strategies through undertaking property surveys and assisting in development and delivery of programmes of work.

Building Surveyor – Key Responsibilities:

To ensure building work is completed in compliance with the codes of conduct, regulations (including financial) and policies of the council

To undertake building work in line with health and safety legislation, including monitoring that contractors are also compliant with these regulations when working in our buildings

Manage multiple reactive and planned maintenance projects to ensure issues are prioritised and the annual maintenance plan is completed

To ensure contractors are procured in line with our Local Government procurement regulations

To provide scrutiny and challenge to contractor costs, standard of work and timeliness of resolution of issues

To build and maintain positive relationships with tenants, leaseholders, service managers and other key stakeholders who use our buildings

To identify when more specialist contractors are required to deal with building issues

To be proactive in proposing changes to our processes to deliver value for money from our buildings and our building service

Building Surveyor – You:

5 GCSE’s including English and Maths

Degree in Building Surveying or Construction/Property related subject

Qualified or working towards an appropriate technical or professional qualification (RICS, CIOB or equivalent)

Evidence of continued training and professional development in a related field

Experience of building relationships with a range of stakeholders

Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines

Excellent communication skills and able to manage multiple projects at multiple locations to address both reactive repairs work and delivery of the planned maintenance programme

Ability to plan and prioritise workloads effectively to meet deadlines

Closing date: 15th September 2025

To submit your application for this exciting Building Surveyor opportunity, please click on ‘Apply’ now!

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