Kirklees Council - Technical Services Officer

Our vision for Kirklees is to be a district which combines a strong, sustainable economy with a great quality of life - leading to thriving communities, growing businesses, high prosperity and low inequality where people enjoy better health throughout their lives. This vision is supported by our Health and Wellbeing and Economic Strategies, backed up by Local Plan and transformative investment programmes. This is an exciting and challenging time and we want to expand our team to manage and deliver construction related projects, to achieve the Council's ambitions. We are looking for a Technical Services Officer (Structural) to support Technical Services Manager with leading and ensuring effective design and delivery of capital programmes and individual projects involving new build, extensions and remodelling schemes relating to schools, leisure centres, office accommodation, depots, care homes, listed buildings etc that form part of the Council's portfolio of buildings and land. Your key responsibilities as a Technical Services Officer (Structural) will be:

• To design/manage the performance for a range of capital projects involving multi-discipline and single discipline design teams, preparing new build, refurbishment, and remodelling building contracts.
• To act as the Councils Technical Authority in relation to its Built Environment and Assets, developing, implementing, monitoring, and amending technical specifications, strategies, practices, and standards to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.
We are looking for someone who has:
• A relevant professional or academic qualification or extensive experience that supports the skills needed for Technical Services Officer (Structural)
• Strong IT skills with experience using a variety of packages such as Microsoft Office, AutoDesk, NBS, Tekla Tedds design packages.
We need talented and ambitious people to join our team. If you are this person, we look forward to hearing from you. Individuals must be able to travel independently to and from locations away from the office such as construction sites or consultant's offices. In addition, individuals need to be able to visit construction sites, and be able to ascend and descend scaffolding as an example, on accompanied visits.

This post currently has a retention payment of £3,000 per year (subject to annual review), which is split into two fixed payments - £1,500 in June and £1,500 in December. You would become eligible for the next payment following successful completion of your probationary period and a minimum of 6 months continuous employment.

Huddersfield's town's and valley's weave together vibrant, young, dynamic communities with breath-taking Yorkshire landscape. The Kirklees area has built on its proud industrial heritage by being a place that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.