Maintenance Surveyor

Salary: £37,230 - £46,727 per annum

Location: Hybrid with Surveys covering Kent region

Hours: 36 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

We are recruiting for a Maintenance Surveyor; a hybrid role, primarily home based, covering surveys to the Kent area.

We’re looking for a Maintenance Surveyor to carry out pre & post-inspection and create reports for responsive repairs, void works and cyclical repairs and Legal Disrepair. You’ll be the face of Clarion for our customers, delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction and managing the performance and progress of our Contractors ensuring that quality works are delivered on time, with mínimal defects, to a regional budget of £16m, all within relevant statutory regulations and compliance.

We’ll look to you to deliver a professional surveying service including overseeing major and complex works, Legal Disrepair, responsive repairs, voids, aids & adaptations, carrying out diagnostic inspections, surveys & technical reports and providing accurate technical advice with competent and thorough surveys.

You’ll identify and manage insurance claims including property inspections and managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters and the insurance team, and you’ll be the technical lead during the handover of any new developments.

Other responsibilities include:
- Effective and efficient control budgetary spend of approx. £2m- Review invoices and requests for payment from contractors, challenging and resolving submissions- Deliver and effectively manage legal disrepair claims and Environmental Health Orders and provide detailed reports- Ensure effective liaison with in-house service provider, M&E contractors and external sub-contractor staff to ensure the delivery of a top quartile service- Management and coordination of empty properties to ensure mínimal rental loss and maximum return.

Preferably you’ll hold a recognised qualification in a property related discipline such as a Diploma in Surveying, Property and Maintenance Level 3, or a degree level qualification and desirably be a member of a relevant professional body such as RICS or CIOB.

You’ll need a good knowledge of the Social Housing Sector and awareness of its regulations and a demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building and regulatory standards, planning regulations, health & safety and other legislation relevant to asset management.

We’re seeking a surveyor with experience of financial management and controls within contractor management and day to day repairs delivery, Legal Disrepair case management with a good knowledge of providing a professional surveying service.

If you have excellent communications skills, and are capable of liaising with residents, contractors and other stakeholders, we very much look forward to hearing from you

What you can expect from us

Here at Clarion we’re dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle. As standard we offer;
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates- Initial 25 Days annual leave (plus bank holiday), increasing to 30 days after 3 years’ service.- A flexible benefit scheme tailored to you, inclusive of healthcare options, dental insurance, restaurant card and cycle to work along with 1% of your salary to spend on whichever approved benefit you like- Matched pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary with generous life assurance- Flexible and agile working for the majority of our employees.

Other perks- Company Bonus Scheme- Eye care vouchers- Holiday trading scheme allowing you to buy and sell leave- Free counselling and legal advice scheme for you and your family- Interest free loans for season ticket and study leave

Our commitment to equality and diversity means that we are keen to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, including but not limited to part-time working and job share, enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and compassionate leave.

Closing Date: Tuesday 2nd January 2024 at midnight.

Applicants must be able to travel across the region as required.

About Clarion Housing Group

Clarion Housing Group is the country’s largest social landlord with more than 350,000 people nationwide calling a Clarion home their own.

Our mission is to provide affordable homes for those who need them most, and our development arm (Latimer) builds thousands of new homes each year across the country.

We know that having a safe and secure home enables people to build better lives, and we believe being a good social landlord is about making a difference to our residents and communities.

Our charitable foundation, Clarion Futures, works with charities, social enterprises and other organisations to provide employment support and apprenticeship opportunities to residents, as well as money management advice and help getting online.

Diversity and Inclusion

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