Building Surveyor
7 months ago
Salary** Circa £47,000**
Location** King's Cross, London**
Contract type** 6 Months Fixed Term**
Weekly hours** Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:00**
**What we’re looking for**:
- Do you have experience working in Social Housing maintenance & repairs?
- Are you experienced working with contractors?
- Do you have knowledge and understanding of disrepair?
- Do you have strong customer services skills?
- Do you have experience in managing an extensive, complex and varying caseload, with projects from inception to completion?
If so, this role is perfect for you
Here at Peabody, we have an opportunity for a Building Surveyor on a Fixed Term basis at our Westminster Bridge Road office.
**A bit about the role**:
As a Building Surveyor, you will provide excellent front line customer service by working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to ensure our customers’ needs are met and the departmental/team objectives are achieved.
Some of the key results for the role include:
- Managing external relationships with key stakeholders, such as Local Authorities and suppliers, that builds trust and confidence in Peabody's Service Delivery Team.
- Working closely and flexibly with other staff in delivering high quality maintenance service to our external and internal customers through the provision of professional technical advice, project and contractor management.
- Taking full responsibility and managing all assigned cases from start-to-finish in a professional and efficient manner whilst ensuring that appropriate stakeholders and appropriate databases are updated regularly.
- Providing technical advice on building defects and diagnosis to the organisation, including the day-to-day responsive repair service, as well as, from time to time, carrying out post inspections of repairs to help better manage our contractors
- Attending, and giving evidence in court in cases where building regulations have been breached and as expert witnesses on building defects.
- This role will require a UK driver’s licence and access to a vehicle._
- A minimum of 1 to 2 days working in the Westminster Bridge Road office is required._
**A bit about us**:
160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.
The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.
Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.
We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.
We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.
Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:
- Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)
- Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year
- Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal
**Are you ready to apply?**
**Interviews for this vacancy will take place during the week commencing 08/04/24.**
PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.
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