Estates Work Supervisor

Job summary

What you’ll do…

Help change the look and feel of our built estate by assisting the district building surveyor and estate’s department in delivering professional management of buildings, utilities and general estate services by the most efficient means possible.

You will plan, specify and supervise a range of contracts to maintain, repair and improve the 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 England processes, policy and guidance.

Where you’ll work…

Bellingham, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3LD. There will be considerable travel around the North East of the district.

Job description

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

Additional Key Work Areas

• Carrying out Building inspection reports (BIRs) and assisting the wider Estate’s department to review BIRs produced by building managers.
• Plan and implement the remedial works identified from BIR's.
• Liaise with tenants to implement and review works carried out on let properties.
• Visit active contract sites for pre-start meetings and make subsequent visits to monitor progress, quality and health and safety. Robustly respond to any breaches of contract conditions.
• Produce Risk Assessments and method statements for a wide range of projects.
• And any other tasks, reasonably requested by your line manager.

Person specification

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential Professional and Technical experience

• Previous experience in 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,

Desirable Professional and Technical experience

• A Higher National Qualification 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,

Qualifications

Essential

• a GCSE in Maths and English or functional skills equivalent.
• A full driving licence that enables unrestricted driving in the UK.

Behaviours

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

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

Benefits

Alongside your salary of £30,105, Forestry Commission contributes

£8,721 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides (opens in a new window).

• 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 employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window) , and will assess your Behaviours.

How to apply…

We cannot accept applications via email. Please follow the steps outlined below. Any CVs and/or personal statements sent outside the system will not be considered for shortlisting.

You will be asked to write a 200 word statement on your relevant experience and career history, along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words. You will be assessed on both during sifting. More details about how to apply are listed on the application form.

The Behaviours being assessed at interview are –

• Delivering at Pace
• Managing a Quality Service
• Working Together

You may also be assessed on Experience, Strength based questions, and/or the Technical Success Profile at the interview. The technical element could include a presentation, practical or written task.

Successful candidates will undergo a criminal record check and the government baseline personnel security standard check.

If you require any reasonable adjustments, please email fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk .

If you're planning to use AI to support your application, please ensure you've read our guidelines here first.

Read more about our application process and working with us on the Forestry England website.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a basic (or equivalent) criminal record check.

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window) .

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the

Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window)

and the

Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window) .

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The Civil Service welcomes applications from people who have recently left prison or have an unspent conviction. Read more about prison leaver recruitment (opens in new window) .

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : FC Recruitment Team
• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : fcrecruitmentteam@forestryengland.uk

Further information

Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of appointment on the basis of fair and open competition and appointment on merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and you wish to make a complaint, you should in the first instance contact FCE by email: englandhr.services@forestryengland.uk. If you are not satisfied with the response you receive, you can contact the Civil Service Commission, which regulates all Civil Service recruitment.

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