Building Surveyor

Contract to start on 06-03-23 until 02-06-23 with a possible extension.

We are looking for a Building Surveyor to join the Property Services team with good knowledge of day to day repairs and relevant experience of diagnosing and managing their delivery. Previous experience of working for a Local Authority or housing provider is not essential and you may have a trade background working for a Contractor delivering day to day repairs.

You will be based at the Gosport Town Hall within a Property Services team reporting to the Senior Building Surveyor.

You will carry out a wide range of duties across our varied 3,000+ housing stock, together with the asset portfolio of corporate operational, commercial and community assets.

You will predominantly be attending day to day repairs, updating stock data, evaluating and diagnosing what work is required, assessing the best options to carry out the work and issuing response repairs.

**You need to**:
1. Be able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and knowledge of general day to day response repairs in a housing or commercial environment.

2. Have good building construction technology and building pathology knowledge together with the ability to evaluate and diagnose what work is required.

5. Practical surveying skills that can be demonstrated; specifically be able to carry out stock data surveys.

6. Demonstrating you can manage a contractor using a contract, negotiating contractual matters and resolution of disputes with contractors.

7. Have knowledge and experience of cost control techniques and be able to demonstrate commercial awareness when undertaking cost estimates for larger repair work.

8. Have relevant knowledge and experience of all Microsoft packages and demonstrate practical IT skills using Excel spreadsheets or Word when writing reports or letters and be capable of using various other software packages.

9. Have planning skills and demonstrate the ability to be organised and methodical when undertaking inspections to ensure effective time management.

10. Have excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to develop working relationships with clients and customers, understand their aspirations and manage expectations. The majority of our repairs and maintenance work is undertaken in occupation, in both residential and commercial buildings, and you will be expected to liaise with all relevant parties to ensure customers and clients are kept fully informed at all times

**Salary**: £22.88-£28.57 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 5224329-02-23