Somerset Council
Senior Building Surveyor Projects
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Senior Building Surveyor - Projects
Closing date: 16/08/2026
Salary: £47,280 - £51,771 per annum, including recruitment allowance of £10,000 available until 30/06/2029.
Role summary
You’ll be responsible for managing and delivering a portfolio of construction, condition, and capital improvement projects.
These projects will carry budgets ranging from approximately £250k - £2m, and will be key to achieving the Council’s strategic objectives.
Your role will be to ensure that these projects are delivered safely, compliantly, and within the allocated budget. You will be working on these projects from inception through to completion, procuring and project managing them, undertaking feasibility studies, and developing concept designs.
Success in this role will allow you to positively contribute to the provision of high-quality, compliant environments for staff, stakeholders, and service users. You will be successfully achieving value-driven outcomes and helping the Council to achieve key strategic objectives.
What you’ll do - key responsibilities
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- Support the delivery of the Council’s key strategic aims and objectives.
- Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, organisational policy, and codes of conduct.
- Use professional skills and experience to recommend optimum project management & works delivery / supply chains.
- Lead on various directly delivered projects from inception to completion.
- Undertake RIBA stages 1-6 for intermediate scale and complexity projects and programmes.
- Act as lead client as required for projects and programmes of more significant complexity, impact, or risk.
- Undertake feasibility studies for various projects to RIBA stage 3.
What we’re looking for – knowledge, experience & skills
- Prior experience as a Building Surveyor (or similar role) delivering a wide range of maintenance and improvement projects.
- Evidence of working with and influencing a range of stakeholders and partners.
- Proven project management experience using PRINCE2 principles.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the Building Regulations and Planning process.
- Good working knowledge of statutory compliance legislation, standard forms of construction contracts, and construction procurement practices and procedures.
- Relevant RICS accredited degree.
- Associate membership of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
- Proven financial, project, and contract management skills.
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Additional Information
This is a full-time position working 37 hours per week.
This role will be based in County Hall, Taunton, but will also include regular travel to a variety of sites around Somerset.
A driving licence and access to a car is essential for the role.
30 days of annual leave (additional to bank holidays)
Regretfully, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. We are only able to proceed with candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without the need for visa sponsorship.
Job Description: RP197 Senior Building Surveyor - Projects.pdf
For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Nicola Johns, Lead Building Surveyor - Client, via email at nicola.johns@somerset.gov.uk.
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