Project Surveyor

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End Date: 13 August 2026 (26 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR0000759
** Number of Vacancies:
** 4
* * Time Type:
** Full time
** Worker Type:
** Regular
* * Proposed Interview Date:
** Tuesday, August 25, 2026
** Hours of Work:
** 37
* * Hiring Manager:
** Leanne Kendall
** Contact Number:
*** Job Description

Summary:

** This is a Full Time Permanent Position x 4    Interviews will take place on 25 & 26 August    About Us     Hull City Council established its Building Safety Team in 2024 in response to major legislative changes, including the Building Safety Act, Fire Safety Act, and Fire Safety (England) Regulations, introduced following the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Our team is dedicated to ensuring the safety of multi-occupancy dwellings across the city. This includes oversight of:

• 19 high-rise buildings  
• 7 medium-rise buildings  
• 4 sheltered blocks  
• 445 low-rise blocks    We work in close partnership with the Housing Investment Team, which manages responsive and cyclical maintenance, specialist compliance works, planned improvement projects, and refurbishment schemes for a stock of 24,000 domestic properties. In addition, we collaborate with the High-Rise Tenancy and Facilities Management teams to deliver a comprehensive approach to building safety.

The Role     An exciting opportunity has arisen for four full-time, permanent Project Surveyors to join the Building Safety Team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review fire risk assessments and implement necessary compliance works.

• Conduct routine communal inspections across high-rise, sheltered, and low-rise blocks, identifying repairs to meet fire safety and health & safety standards.

• Oversee delivery of fire safety improvement projects, including:
o Fire door replacements  o Installation of dry risers  o Fire compartmentation upgrades  o Installation of sprinkler systems   o Installation of fire detection systems    
• Ensuring compliance with ‘The Big 6’ (Fire, Gas, Electrical, Water Hygiene, Asbestos, and Lifts).

• Produce detailed specifications and prepare Building Control applications.

• Provide technical fire safety knowledge to other council departments.

What We’re Looking For:

The successful candidates will be professional, empathetic, and able to handle sensitive issues appropriately, referring to relevant services when necessary.  To maintain high standards of competence within the Building Safety Team, ongoing training and development will be provided. Candidates must demonstrate essential skills, knowledge, experience, and behaviours aligned with the role.
Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
Working Arrangements:
The role offers flexibility, with work based across offices, home, and site locations, depending on team needs and daily requirements.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Leanne Kendall, Programme Manager   or Wayne Kendall, Programme Manager      ROLE & PURPOSE OF JOB:
To provide professional technical expertise for the purpose of delivering a full Corporate Surveying Service within a legal framework. This is to be achieved by conducting a range of surveys to prescribed schedules, auditing of works completed against prescribed standards, and preparing relevant documentation and specifications to support tender processes and contract delivery.
The post holder will also be responsible for delegated contract management and budget control for capital & revenue maintenance schemes to the Council’s housing stock of approximately 29,000 properties, garages sites and communal areas. This involves the performance management of a number of concurrent maintenance contracts to ensure works are completed to plan and to exacting levels of quality and compliance.

This will require attendance on site and at meetings with a range of stakeholders to assure regular communication and to resolve issues/complaints.
Progress and cabinet reports must also be provided according to prescribed governance arrangements.
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