Estates Work Supervisor

What you’ll do…

Help change the look and feel of our built estate by assisting the district building surveyor and estate’s department in delivering professional management of buildings, utilities and general estate services by the most efficient means possible.

You will plan, specify and supervise a range of contracts to maintain, repair and improve the built estate and ensure statutory compliance. The EWS will implement and monitor programmes of work to a high standard ensuring compliance with legislation and Forestry England processes, policy and guidance.

Where you’ll work…

Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3LD. There will be considerable travel around the North East of the district.

Reporting to the Building Surveyor the EWS will plan, specify and supervise a range of contracts to maintain, repair and improve the Built Estate and ensure statutory compliance. The EWS will implement and monitor programmes of work to a high standard ensuring compliance with legislation and Forestry Commission processes policy and guidance. This will mean the EWS will promote adherence to relevant policies, procedures, regulations and legislation, including equality and diversity and health and safety, ensuring that recognised control procedures and practices are maintained. To do this the EWS must be able to confidently handle

challenging conversations and be competent at organising stakeholders and coordinating work. The role will also require the accurate management and filing of data / records within both national and district management systems.

The EWS will support and guide staff involved in the management and maintenance of all Commission property. This will include carrying out Building inspection reports (BIRs) and assisting the wider Estate’s department to review BIRs produced by building managers. The EWS will help plan and implement the remedial works identified from these inspections.

The EWS will, with reference to the wider Estate’s department, liaise with tenants to implement and review works carried out on let properties. The EWS will plan and monitor the progress and quality of routine contract work and assist the wider Estate’s department to do the same on more complex projects. This will be achieved

by visiting active contract sites for pre-start meetings and making subsequent visits at a frequency appropriate to the contract to monitor progress, quality and health and safety etc. The EWS will robustly respond to any breaches of contract conditions, including health and safety. Experience of producing and complying with risk

assessments and method statements will be essential, an understanding of CDM requirements is desirable for both the requirements of the client and contractor(s).

The EWS will complete or oversee contractors completion of those regular resumption items assigned to the role for the management of the built Estate including compliance related activities such as waste management, private sewage, asbestos management, water hygiene and private water supply, fire risk management,

electrical and gas safety etc.

Additional Key Work Areas

• Carrying out Building inspection reports (BIRs) and assisting the wider Estate’s department to review BIRs produced by building managers.
• Plan and implement the remedial works identified from BIR's.
• Liaise with tenants to implement and review works carried out on let properties.
• Visit active contract sites for pre-start meetings and make subsequent visits to monitor progress, quality and health and safety. Robustly respond to any breaches of contract conditions.
• Produce Risk Assessments and method statements for a wide range of projects.
• And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours.

How to apply…

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk.

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Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

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