Estates Work Supervisor

To assist the District Building Surveyor and Estate’s department in delivering professional management of buildings, utilities and general estate services by the most efficient means across the District.

This is the largest Forestry Commission District in England, covering some 86,000 Ha. It produces about 600,000 tonnes of timber and attracts over one million visits per annum. The District has over 140 properties including houses, farms, operational, and commercial properties together with the Forest Centres at Grizedale, Kielder, Hamsterley, Whinlatter and Gisburn. The District has one of the largest private water supplies in the UK at Kielder and numerous smaller spring supplies to houses, visitor centres and third party properties. The Estates team deals with compliance, day to day management and ambitious projects.

Key Work Areas

Reporting to the Building Surveyor the EWS will plan, specify and supervise a range of contracts to maintain, repair and improve a diverse 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 Forestry 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 and its application, 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.

Professional Expertise

Essential:

• An understanding of property and contract management and supervising works on site
• Demonstrable experience in clearly and concisely communicating both verbally and in writing.
• Experience and competency in IT packages including MS Office.
• Experience with producing and reviewing risk assessments and method statements.
• A full driving licence that enables unrestricted driving in the UK.

Desirable:

• A Higher National Qualification or similar, in construction, construction management, building services or similar.
• Experience with basic specifications and coordinating programmes of work.
• Experience of undertaking or overseeing statutory compliance tasks
• An understanding of the CDM 2015 regulations
• Experience in GIS software

Please clearly demonstrate how the above applies to you throughout your application. Failure to do so will mean that your application is automatically sifted out.

We’ll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Making Effective Decisions
• Managing a Quality Service

• Learning and development tailored to your role
• An environment with flexible working options
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
• 25 days holiday, increasing to 30 days after 5 years plus 10.5 Public, Privilege and Additional Holidays

Job contact :

• Name : Paul Scott
• Email : paul.scott@forestryengland.uk
• Telephone : 07771815207

Recruitment team

• Email : fcerecruitment.grs@cabinetoffice.gov.uk