Job Description

Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. We do work that matters to millions. And we do it in millions of different ways.

This is an exciting time to join Network Rail. We\'re passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by \xe2\x80\x9cputting passengers first\xe2\x80\x9d. Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves - what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?

You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes:

\xc2\xb7 North West Route, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cumbria.

\xc2\xb7 Central Route, covering the West Midlands and Chiltern areas.

\xc2\xb7 West Coast South Route, covering the south of Crewe to London Euston.

There is also a Regional Team which supports Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.

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For us, \'Diversity\' means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. \'Inclusion\' means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking. We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider flexible working applications. If we can make it work - we will! .

Brief Description

The purpose of this role is to undertake annual property inspections and report on the condition of Network Rail building assets, including stations, depots and lineside buildings to the Route Asset Manager to enable development of robust asset management strategy and ongoing maintenance and renewal plans in line with safety priorities and budget allocation. If you\'re looking for an opportunity to join an exciting, diverse business sector, learning new skills and developing existing ones, our Operational Property Inspection team is the place for you. Network Rail is one of the largest land and property owners in the country and is responsible for the maintenance of over 3,000 buildings within the NW&C territory alone.

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About the role (External)

As a Building Surveyor, your role will consist of various tasks including:

1. Managing and delivering a defined asset condition survey work bank, aligning with statutory compliance requirements, ensuring surveys are completed to prescribed deadlines and relevant company standards

2. Actively contributing to the development of vigorous survey programmes and regularly reporting to the Assistant Delivery Manager on progress against the programmes.

3. Developing survey strategies for individual work bank and providing written delivery plans for each detailed survey on a yearly basis.

4. Reporting asset conditions via standard company pro forma and through the company asset management system software, ensuring all asset survey information is uploaded and updated as required.

5. Liaising with Asset Engineers to assist with development of maintenance priority lists and 5 year business plans based on asset conditions as reported during annual asset condition surveys. Highlighting key risk areas and defect trends found back to Asset Engineer.

6. Assisting the Asset Engineer to produce written technical work scopes and schedules where required for our maintenance teams to deliver planned maintenance activities and reactive repairs.

7. Monitoring ongoing planned and reactive maintenance schemes and reporting progress and quality issues back to the Asset Engineer.

8. Where required, attending hand-back of planned maintenance schemes in place of the Asset Engineer, ensuring all works are completed as per design and to satisfactory quality and accept asset back into maintenance portfolio utilising company processes, policies and standards.

9. Undertaking all required training and continued professional development to ensure continued compliance with our standards and rail specific competencies, including personal track safety.

10. Following all Network Rail policies, processes and standards and completing all mandatory periodic reports and checklist documentation.

11. CDM Regulations 2015: Completing the role responsibilities allocated to the role of \'Building Surveyor\' under the Route Asset Manager\'s CDM 2015 RACI, and ensuring all responsibilities are delivered on behalf of the business in line with company standards.

12. Working nights and weekends when necessary.

13. Occasional working away from home as required by the business.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• Educated to HNC / HND level or equivalent in Building Studies
• Experience in surveying asset property portfolios.
• Computer-literate, including knowledge of Microsoft programmes including Word and Excel.
• Strong communication skills.
• Full Driving Licence.

We would also like but it isn\'t crucial to have/to be:

• Understanding of track safety and railway possessions regime.
• Experience of surveying property within the public sector transport environment or similar.
• Experience in property asset management & data collection systems (Atrium/OPAS and SDE).
• Educated to Degree level.
• Knowledge/use of AutoCAD.
• Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent (CIOB).
• Land surveying/Total Stations/3D Modelling

How to apply (External)

We are a Disability Confident Leader and want to make the most of the skills and talents disabled people bring to the workplace - skills and talents we need in our business

Want to find out about what fantastic benefits we offer?

Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Salary: \xc2\xa332,000-\xc2\xa336,000

Closing date: Thursday 07 September 2023. Late applications will not be accepted.

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