Technical Officer

**Job Title**:Technical Officer (Disrepair)
**Contract Type**:Permanent
**Salary**:£38,766.54 (£42,684.28 is achieved after 12 months successful performance in the role)
**Working Hours**:Full time 35 hours
**Working Pattern**:Monday to Friday
**Location**:Manchester

**The difference you will make as a **Technical Officer (Disrepair)**

Please note this role requires Technical Surveying expertise and the ability to diagnose Building defects using building pathology techniques. You will ensure effective delivery of legislative repair activity for all Group residential properties, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the required standards, providing efficient and effective technical expertise, contract management, planning and administrative support as required. Support the Senior Technical Officer and Repairs Manager in providing a technical consultative service to Asset Services to ensure the Group continues to meet its regulatory and legislative responsibility in maintaining property in a sound and safe condition

**About you**

We are looking for someone with
- Technical Surveying expertise and the ability to diagnose Building defects using building pathology techniques.
- Experience in the building industry, ideally working within a customer focussed housing repair and maintenance team with a strong understanding of building maintenance terminology and repair activities.
- Thorough understanding of housing condition legislation, including Disrepair and FFHHA
- Understanding of HHSRS, Party Wall Act, Environmental Health Act and Building Regulations
- Experience of successfully undertaking site visits including post inspections and identification of building defects

**Why Riverside?**

At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference - enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

- Competitive pay & generous pension
- 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Flexible working options available
- Investment in your learning, personal development and technologyA wide range of benefits

**Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside**:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.
- This role also falls under our Ethnic Diversity guaranteed interview scheme. If you are Ethnically Diverse and demonstrate you meet the minimum criteria for the role you will be guaranteed an interview. _

Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

**Role Profile**
- Support the Senior Technical Officer in delivering a programme of repairs and structural works, including associated cost profiles, working with key stakeholders including residents and Asset Services colleagues to agree project delivery requirements.
- Undertake Housing Condition & Fitness For Human Habitation Act repair surveys for residential properties to assess defects and condition of works, both maintenance and structural, identifying the most efficient and cost effective solutions to ensure standards are maintained in terms of quality and compliance.
- Manage contractors throughout any works instructed, including day to day contract management services for works activity including commissioning appropriate work orders, including monitoring progress to completion, ensuring contract obligations are fulfilled in line with agreed performance frameworks, identifying under performance and escalating via agreed routes as required.
- Work alongside legal professionals in the preparation of evidence to be presented in court.
- Support the business in processing of Home Improvement requests, including site surveys and co-ordination of H&S information relevant requested works.
- Support the Insurance Manager and Senior Technical Officer on insurance related works such as fire / flood damaged properties, providing technical appraisal of the remedial works with loss adjusters.
- Provide robust backing information to ensure the authorisation of payments in line with the Group’s financial controls, contributing to the development and review of relevant budgets including processing payments for approved contracted works, ensuring Asset Management ex