Asset Surveyor (London & South East)

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is one of the government's largest public service departments with a sizeable annual budget, serving over 20 million citizens.

The estate spans 1.4 million square metres across 800+ sites and supports around 78,000 colleagues.

As an Asset Surveyor, you will play a key role in the department's goal of improving the estate to provide a safer, more productive environment for staff and customers, whilst reducing the Department's carbon footprint.

You will support the delivery of the Department's asset strategy commitments, working closely with the Service Delivery team and the national Facilities Management (FM) supply chain to optimise asset performance.

Key Accountabilities:

• Support the Lead Asset Surveyor and Investment Planning Lead (LCW/Surveying) in the delivery of the Asset Management Strategy for the Estates property portfolio.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of all building fabric and M&E assets and asset condition, through interaction with operational estates functions and surveys and site visits.
• Shadow third-party surveyors conducting asset collection surveys across the estate to ensure defined protocols for surveying are being followed.
• Review and validate third-party asset validation reports and provide technical feedback including submitting asset change requests where applicable.
• Provide technical assurance on maintenance Work Order system, reviewing proposals for maintenance/upgrading works and providing technical advice where applicable.
• Provide Quality Assurance reviews of survey data.
• Provide technical review of Forward Maintenance Register.
• Review contractors' proposals for compliance with DWP Design Standards.
• Collaborate with colleagues in the Asset Management team to identify poor-performing assets, repeat failures and obsolete assets for review/inclusion in the LCW planning process.
• Maintain asset condition data and LCW maintenance register 'Demand Plan' by undertaking periodic condition surveys across a geographical area of responsibility containing circa 100+ sites.
• Undertake prioritisation of LCW Demand in accordance with predetermined criticality, performance and condition criteria.
• Contribute to the development of the LCW pipeline plan, understanding limitations of budget, portfolio strategy, and delivery capacity.
• Develop project scopes and total budget costs for inclusion in the LCW planning process.
• Support the DWP Projects Delivery Team in the delivery of the LCW programme, with internal 'Client' responsibility for delivery of LCW projects within a geographical region.
• Foster a 'one team' culture of quality and continuous improvement across the extended organisation to include the Integrator and supplier partners, on a day-to-day as well as strategic basis.
• Support the management of assets and development of asset strategies, within a large portfolio, in support of achieving defined Sustainability and Net Zero Carbon objectives.
• Support DWP occupation by performing surveying duties as required.
• Support and deputise for the Lead Surveyor and Investment Planning Lead as required.

Person Specification:

• Significant experience of asset condition surveying within a large commercial property portfolio.
• Extensive and detailed technical knowledge of building pathology and asset lifecycle management within a diverse range of portfolios (Corporate, multi-occupied, public-facing).
• Has surveyed and planned lifecycle work programs on large property portfolios.
• Up-to-date knowledge of the legislation, best practice and industry standards in relation to providing a safe, sustainable and compliant Estate.
• In-depth knowledge of building asset types, their significance on legal compliance and improvements needed to support the Department's commitment to Net Zero Carbon and Greening Government Commitments.
• Understanding of end-to-end commercial construction project delivery process.
• Commercial awareness and astuteness connected with contractual obligations and interpretation with supply chain partners.
• Extensive experience of defining project scopes, estimating project costs, asset surveying and the use of CIBSE asset condition classifications.
• Ability to analyse significant amounts of data produced by computer-aided facilities management systems supporting a large portfolio and identify opportunities or risks for the department.
• Strong project management skills and persuasive in identifying key areas of work required.
• Experienced in working with multiple stakeholders across a multi-site estate.
• Ability to travel frequently to perform site visits and surveying duties across a geographical region, including overnight stays where appropriate.

Benefits:

• Salary of £44,447 - £51,528 per year
• Department for Work and Pensions contributes £12,876 towards being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.
• Working patterns to support work/life balance such as job sharing, term-time working, flexi-time and compressed hours.
• Generous annual leave – at least 23 days on entry, increasing up to 30 days over time (pro-rata for part-time employees), plus 9 days public and privilege leave.
• Support for financial wellbeing, including interest-free season ticket loans for travel, a cycle to work scheme and an employee discount scheme.
• Health and wellbeing support including our Employee Assistance Programme for specialist advice and counselling and the opportunity to join HASSRA, a first-class programme of competitions, activities and benefits for its members (subscription payable monthly).
• Family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity and shared parental leave pay after 1 year's continuous service.
• Funded learning and development to support progress in your role and career. This includes industry-recognised qualifications and accreditations, coaching, mentoring and talent development programmes.
• An inclusive and diverse environment with opportunities to join professional and interpersonal networks including Women's Network, National Race Network, National Disability Network (THRIVE) and many more.