Senior Engineer (B3) Built Environment (BS/BE)

Job title: Senior Engineer (B3) Built Environment (BS/BE)

Salary: £70,000.00 - £76,500.00 (depending on skills, knowledge and experience)   
Grade: Pay Band 3

Contract type: TfL                                                                               Reference: 5846

Team: Built Environment                                                                         Directorate: Engineering

Contract details: Permanent                                                                 Location: Southwark,London + various locations across London

Application closing date: Sunday 15th of November at 23:59

*This position is being readvertised. If you have previously applied, your application has already been reviewed, and you do not need to reapply.

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks.  Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK.  At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.   

*Hybrid working within this role enables a balance of 50 per cent of time split between the office and home over a 4-week period. Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements. 

Overview of role

Providing specialist building surveying expertise to support the inspection, assessment, maintenance and improvement of TfL's buildings and associated Built Environment assets. This includes building condition surveys, defect investigations, technical advice and specifications to support planned maintenance and capital works. Safeguarding the safety, integrity and performance of these assets throughout their lifecycle through appropriate technical assurance and asset management.

Key Accountabilities

• Ensures the safety, functionality or compliance of low to medium risk newly implemented or altered assets, engineering processes, procedures or systems
• Leads the development and implementation of low complexity engineering solutions within their stated discipline or functional specialism, through the application of defined engineering standards and governance
• Provides internal stakeholders with appropriate challenge and professional advice to ensure the development or delivery of high quality, tested engineering solutions
• Maintains working knowledge of applicable standards, design codes and legislation applicable to their discipline or functional specialism
• Evaluates, selects and applies appropriate solutions to low risk/value/complexity engineering problems that improve efficiency or effectiveness, while improving safety and reducing operating costs.
• Makes technical recommendations for own discipline or functional specialism to customers or senior management to inform technical decision making
• Supports continuous improvement through the use of best practice, innovation, whole life cost optimisation and effective root cause analysis
• Monitors and supports the development of junior engineers, graduates and apprentice surveyors, providing appropriate technical guidance, mentoring and performance feedback to build capability and ensure the consistent application of engineering standards and best practice.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Knowledge

• Chartered Building Surveyor (MRICS), with demonstrable experience in building surveying practice, including building condition assessment, defect diagnosis, maintenance and refurbishment of existing buildings. Essential
• If the candidate is an Architect the candidate shall be a Registered Architect with the Architects Registration Board (ARB). Essential
• Good knowledge of building condition surveys, planned maintenance and asset management of existing buildings. Essential
• Good knowledge of legislation, technical standards and industry best practice related to Built Environment Essential
• Good knowledge of health, safety and environmental considerations applicable to Built Environment Essential
• Good knowledge of some of the following: design, construction, operation, maintenance and assessment of Built Environment assets Essential

Skills

• Ability to develop scopes of work and specifications for the maintenance and refurbishment of building assets Essential
• Ability to undertake and critically review condition surveys, diagnose building defects and recommend remedial works Essential
• Ability to support planned maintenance and asset management of existing buildings Essential

Experience

• Significant experience in building surveying, including inspections, condition assessment, defect investigation, technical reporting and supporting maintenance or refurbishment works Essential
• Broad experience of managing multi-disciplinary engineering teams or applying subject matter expertise to resolve complex technical challenges Desirable
• Broad experience of applying professional engineering judgement to support significant value programmes, projects or operational activities Essential
• Broad experience of building relationships with and influencing a wide range of stakeholder at all levels within and outside of the organisation Essential
• Extensive experience inspecting, assessing and advising on the maintenance and refurbishment of existing buildings. Essential

Application Process

• Please apply using your CV and 1 page cover letter

• Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV 

• PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

Equality,  diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them. 

Across all recruitment activity, we recognise that selection methods may vary depending on the nature and scale of the campaign and will be applied fairly, consistently and proportionately in line with our Disability Confident commitments.   

We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below: 

Final salary pension scheme  
Free travel for you on the TfL network  
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home 
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow 
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional) 
Tax-efficient cycle-to-w