Trainee Surveyor

**Trainee Surveyor**
**Salary: £28,402 - 34,381**
**Location: Oxford/Reading/Winchester - Hybrid Working**
**Contract: Permanent, 35 hours per week**

**About us**
We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations. Our vision is to improve people’s lives through high-quality homes and services.

We operate across London and southern England, providing affordable, private and social rented homes, student, NHS and temporary accommodation, as well as supported housing and homes for older people. We also offer high-quality sustainable homes for sale and shared ownership, available through our FABRICA by A2Dominion brand.

Whilst we take a commercial approach to housebuilding, all the profits the Group generates are reinvested into supporting our social purpose, helping to deliver more homes and services for customers.

**Role Overview**
We are looking for a **Trainee Surveyor **to join our Property Services team. As a member of the Surveying Team you will help deliver cyclical maintenance surveying and support duties through liaison with the A2D Operational Teams, residents, local authorities and third party providers ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction at all times.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Working long side surveyors in carry out site surveys when required and assisting in developing a scope of works when applicable
- Checking and verifying invoices for work services provided by contractors and that they align with approved scopes and SOR rates. Raising purchase orders where requested for additional scope works
- Assisting in carrying out property inspections to identify repair issues, prepare reports as required
- Work with the supply chain to ensure value for money
- Support with post inspections to ensure repairs are completed to a good standard
- Assisting in Investigating and resolving customer complaints promptly and provide regular updates to the Complaints Team and resident
- Provide client contact information to our Joint Ventures
- Assist in managing the Sub-contractor and Supplier’s
- To undergo training sessions as required to maintain up to date knowledge of building practice and property services and keep an up to date training log
- To undertake additional tasks as requested by the Senior Cyclical Surveyor
- To work towards a post graduate qualification in Building services
- Provide back room support in presentation or setup of date tables and output calculations
- To utilize and present information held within various bespoke software systems.

**More about you**:

- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent in Maths and English (Grades A*- C)
- Good working knowledge of IT including Excel and PowerPoint and ability to produce clear letters and reports
- Good understanding of Building Structures and Systems
- Hold a full driving license and access to a vehicle
- Able to accommodate work and study to achieve goals in both areas.

**Choosing us is easy**

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

- 25 days’ holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
- Up to 8% contributory pension
- Flexible working
- Investment in your learning and development.

In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.

We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.

Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people’s lives.

**A2Dominion Group is a Disability Confident Employer which means that we are committed to employing disabled people and will**:

- actively look to attract and recruit disabled people
- provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process
- offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job
- be flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job
- make reasonable adjustments as required

**Meeting the role requirements**

**A2Dominion is proud to be a family friendly employer.**

Everyone is welcome at A2Dominion Group. We know that equality, diversity, and inclusivity make us better. We embrace the unique contributions of our people and seek to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong. Find out why our people love working with us.”

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £28,402.00-£34,381.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

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