Surveyor in Blaina

Surveyor

Location: Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, NP13 3JW

Salary: £38,058 per annum

Our client was established in 2010 as a not-for-profit housing association, with almost 6,000 homes they are the largest provider of affordable homes in Blaenau Gwent. Their focus is to deliver high levels of customer satisfaction in all aspects of the service that they offer. Part of that is to ensure their customers homes meet the Welsh Housing Quality Standards, and that is why since 2010 they have invested over £130 million in their homes.

They are proud to announce that they recently achieved their Great Place to Work certification, demonstrating their commitment to ensuring the organisation fosters a culture of trust, fairness, respect and camaraderie, making it a place colleagues truly want to work.

With more than 280 people trained and dedicated to their job, they re a big employer in the area, and they re looking for a Surveyor to join the team.

The Role

The Surveyors work in the Resident Services Team and are responsible for carrying out a broad range of surveying duties to enable residents to live well in their homes and estates. This is an important customer-facing role, where you ll carry out surveys to enable future investment programs to be correctly planned and procured, manage disrepair claims and one-off projects including adaptations to ensure residents can continue to live safely and independently in the right home, resolve with boundary disputes, carry out energy surveys and carry out surveys to ensure regulatory compliance.

You ll need to apply risk-based judgement, relevant legislation, best practices, policies and procedures to enable us to manage and maintain their building stock and land holdings, ensuring they meet the current and future needs of their residents and communities.

As a Surveyor, you ll take ownership in:

• Assisting with the implementation of Tai Calon s Asset Management Strategy including options appraisals and financially viable innovative design solutions in line with the Asset Management Strategic Approach including statutory and Duty of Care compliance.
• Assisting with the preparation and annual review of a 30-year financial plan.
• Assisting with the preparation and annual review of a 5-year financial plan and investment programme.
• Carrying out any duties necessary to fulfil requirements of RICS Building Surveying Competencies.
• Managing the delivery of allocated projects in line with the RIBA Plan of Works 2020 Stages 0 to 7 inclusive to ensure required cost, time and quality requirements are planned, monitored and met.
• Assisting with the preparation and delivery of the decarbonisation works across Tai Calon.
• Providing a customer-focused property surveying service, achieving high levels of customer service.
• Providing and actively promote excellent Customer Service for both internal and external service users and stakeholders.
• Ensuring excellent customer liaison is provided to support all works within the directorate as may be required and ensure communication is prioritised and implemented throughout the directorate before, during and after works as required.
• Assisting with Procurement activities to deliver Value for Money .
• Procuring, managing and monitoring the performance of various contracts
• Providing technical advice and expert opinion on Building, Surveying and Construction related matters to staff, and stakeholders as required. Advising and guiding colleagues working on property inspections, contract, project and property related surveying works.
• Applying risk-based judgement in all decision-making and following the principles of the Construction (Design Management) Regulations to improve Health and Safety and ensure all risks involved are identified and managed.
• Working proactively with the Health and Safety Advisor to manage risks and minimise Health and Safety incidents and ensure that lessons learnt are fully and properly embedded.

Skills and Qualifications

Educated to level 4 National Qualification Framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland or willing to work towards.

Detailed knowledge and experience of building construction

Experience of using Microsoft Office including Word, Excel & PowerPoint.

Significant experience of tendering procedures and contract administration.

Significant experience of programming and controlling building work.

Significant experience of effective cost control and budget management.

Significant experience of risk assessment relating to construction work.

Significant experience in tenant liaison.

Benefits

Flexi Time

Hybrid Working

Free on-site parking

33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays)

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Occupational Sick Pay

Training and Development opportunities

A comprehensive range of company benefits, including a Cycle to Work scheme and access to HOP (Home of Perks) with a whole array of shopping discounts and cashback.

Free, confidential, 24/7 employee assistance programme (with access to flexible counselling)

To Apply

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