Buildings Officer

The role of Buildings Officer is to ensure the safety of all council buildings, including maintenance planning, compliance testing, and Health & Safety.

The role requires flexibility to meet service needs and a non 9-5 attitude.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain the Council’s building stock, including planned and reactive maintenance
• Lease management
• Ad hoc project management
• Cost analysis of services and contracts
• Monitoring of buildings, including heating, lighting, lifts, and contractors
• Carry out and record daily Health & Safety checks, including weekly fire alarm testing; take relevant action and repairs
• Maintain the contract for compliance testing/management
• Cleaning management (COSHH) and coordination of cleaning duties
• Management of utilities, including contract renewal
• Waste management
• Risk assessments
• Undertake repairs/minor maintenance jobs; arrange contractors for major faults
• Undertake various duties during all elections, including additional hours
• Out of hours work as requested by the RFO/Office Operations Manager, including caretaking. This may include evenings and some weekends, subject to agreement and prior notice
• All site key holder/alarm call outs
• Assistance with room/hall setup as requested by the Events Manager
• Undertake any duties as reasonably requested by the RFO/Town Clerk

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this post. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and outputs required of employees assigned to the role.

Essential Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

• Health & Safety
• Compliance Testing
• COSHH
• Waste Management
• Competent communication both written and verbally

Desirable Skills

• Utilities Management
• Lease Management
• Health and Safety (IOSH) qualification

Personal Competencies and Qualities

• Solutions focused
• Team player with a ‘muck in’ attitude
• Willingness to assist outside standard duties and hours
• Willingness to undertake training as required
• Reasonable standard of physical fitness

Please only apply for the role if your CV demonstrates the essential skills noted within this advert.

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