Job Description

Job Title: Building Surveyor

Location: Dorchester

Contract Type: Temporary (3 months)

Salary: 400- 500 per day (DOE)

Hours: 37 hours

About Us

Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

About Us

Connect2Dorset is a managed service agency owned by Dorset Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of being ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Building Surveyor to support Dorset Council's property portfolio. This is a hands-on role ensuring safety, compliance, and high standards across a diverse range of assets.

What is the day-to-day of the role:

• Ensure asset compliance, safety, and maintenance.
• Deliver planned/reactive maintenance programmes for a portfolio of assets.
• Manage capital repairs projects ( 100k plus), through procurement and implementation.
• Manage budgets, contracts, and procurement.
• Collaborate across teams and with external partners.
• Maintain property data and performance metrics.
• Participate in an out-of-hours emergency on-call rota, providing support for urgent property-related issues. The rota operates on a Monday to Sunday basis approximately once every 8-10 weeks. This forms part of the role, with no additional payment, and call volumes are typically low (around 5-6 calls during an on-call week).

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Degree-level or equivalent.
• Experience: Delivering R&M programmes of work, managing contractors, budgets, and stakeholder relationships.
• Skills: Strong communication and leadership, legal and contract understanding, digital property systems proficiency.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Knowledge: Local Authority operations.
• Behaviours: Respect, Accountability, Togetherness, Openness, Curiosity.
• Other: Significant travel required. Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours emergency on-call rota as part of the role.

Connect2Dorset is a trading style of Dorset & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Dorset Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dorset is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.