Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered.  Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Background of department/role

The Estates Team is an integral part of the larger Estates and Facilities Services Department. They are responsible for ensuring that the University campus network and estate infrastructure is maintained to a high standard which is fit for purpose and able to support the institution in delivering its key goals and objectives.

We are currently looking to recruit a Senior Building Projects Manager. The successful candidate will have experience as a Building surveyor and within the built environment.

Applicants will be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and have substantial experience of practicing building surveying within the built environment. They must be able to manage, plan, prioritise and co-ordinate capital and revenue funded refurbishment projects for both residential and non-residential properties within the university estate and campus network. This will cover all building-related aspects, particularly, building improvements, refurbishments, reconfigurations and alterations, condition actions and dilapidations works.

Ensure that the university is compliant with all building related statutory and regulatory requirements and manage the approved contractors for building works.

The post holder will occasionally be expected to work outside normal core hours (such as at weekends to supervisor contractors, to assist at special University functions, returning weekend, open days, public events, and conferences during term time and out of term.

How to Apply
 
Start date for applications:                              5th June 2024
Closing date for applications:                         23rd  June 2024
Interviews are to be held                                3rd July 2024

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Karl Bashford, Head of Estates Operations (k.bashford782@canterbury.ac.uk) (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05011.


Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you. #yourCCCU

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.