Building Surveyor

What You Can Expect From Us

• We offer a competitive salary of £39,050 per annum
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or through the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

We are now recruiting an
Adaptations Surveyor
to join our property team on a
permanent
basis
based within the Merseyside area
.

This is a home based role where there is no daily requirement to attend an office but it is expected that the successful candidates will cover the North West and be required to travel to various offices for an anchor day each week and for any other meetings/training as and when required.

Occasional work outside of office hours as and when required to attend meetings.

The purpose of this role is to support the Delivery and Adaptations Team in to ensure consistently high standards of quality control through onsite technical assessment, preparation of concise drawing and specifications adherence to documentation ensuring robust control of health and safety standards in compliance with health and safety legislation.

You will assess and plan building modifications to meet the specific needs of individuals, particularly those with disabilities or age-related needs, considering factors like accessibility, safety, and practicality. You will coordinate the work with contractors, architects, and other professionals involved in the project. You may also supervise the implementation of the adaptations to ensure they are carried out according to plan and that all modifications adhere to relevant building regulations, accessibility standards, and other relevant legislation.

Key Responsibilities
Data Recording

• Support the Capital Investment and Adaptations Team by ensuring that accurate and up to date records in connection with Capital work and in accordance with policies and procedures

Contract Management

• Ensure compliance with the contract specification preparing defect schedules for rectification and monitoring performance standards, minimising risk, monitoring progress, preparing payment valuations and overseeing financial management of the project, reporting as appropriate.

Quality Control

• Provide effective supervision to ensure consistently high quality standards through robust monitoring and supervision for each project, via site visits, assessing all aspects of quality control.

System Administration

• Ensure effective administration of systems for the adaptations works, to ensure creation of work orders, payments etc. in delivering the induvial projects.

Partnership Working

• Set up effective Stakeholder Communications register

Health and Safety

• Ensure health and safety compliance with legislative requirements including CDM and associated legislation.

What skills, knowledge and experience do you need?

• Track record of managing programmes to a high level of quality and performance
• Technically competent and demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building standards, planning regulations, regulatory standards, and leasehold legislation
• Knowledge of construction contracts and their effective administration
• Experience of managing onsite health and safety management and compliance to the requirements of CDM
• Experience managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experience of managing contractors to meet defined objectives or targets
• A knowledge and level of competency using CAD
• Previous experience of managing similar projects

Essential Qualifications

• An HNC or equivalent pass in a building related discipline.

Desirable Qualifications

• Professional qualification in a property/building related specialism MCIOB, MRICS, MICE etc.

About Onward
Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across in 52 neighbourhoods across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on

and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.
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