Planned Improvement Project Surveyor

**Planned Improvement Project Surveyor (Level 3)**

**Permanent: Full time (37 hrs)**

**Flexible working opportunities - hybrid working**

**Salary: £47,000**

**Location: Trowbridge, Melksham and surrounding areas**

**Closing date: midday Friday 17th November**

**Interview date: 21st and 22nd November**

**Who are we?**

Selwood Housing Group is a not-for-profit housing association committed to providing affordable local homes for our customers. We have nearly 7,000 homes for affordable rent and shared ownership in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset and employ over 300 staff from our offices in Trowbridge and Melksham.

**The role**

In this this role is you'll be working as part of the Selwood Housing group, ensuring our properties are maintained to the highest standards.

You'll be responsible for handling contract administration and management, offering guidance on program management, quality, design, and costs. This includes preparing tender documents in compliance with CDM regulations to guarantee that all major programs and projects meet the necessary standards and provide the best value.

Our Planned Improvement Project surveyors oversee significant work programs throughout our housing stock, which includes refurbishing sheltered housing, replacing windows, roof replacement and addressing issues like historic damp and mould that require specialised surveys. Your role will be crucial in ensuring our properties receive the care and attention they deserve.

**Key Duties**:

- Undertaking procurement activities for new and existing contracts
- Manage contractors input and outputs in completing works.
- Check accuracy of invoices submitted by contractors to maximise cost efficiency.
- Review and report on contractual and legal documentation, reports, design drawings and specifications including all external works and site wide elements.
- Provide clear and honest communication with our customers and employ tact and diplomacy when explaining the services we provide to manage expectations appropriately

**Experience**
- Contract management experience essential
- Repairs and Maintenance experience essential
- Reporting skills will be helpful to track targets and compare data for key performance indications
- Procuring and management of major works projects from inception to completion

**What we need**

For this role you’ll need to have the following skills and experience;
- GCSE or ‘O’ Level standard (or equivalent) with grade C or above in English and Maths
- HNC in Building or Surveying or equivalent experience.
- Experience with maintenance management and/or construction management.
- Strong understanding of managing contracts within budgetary constraints
- Knowledge of computer systems in a maintenance environment

**What we offer**

Our main benefits include;
- 27 holiday plus bank holidays
- 2 paid gifted days; one for your birthday and one over Christmas
- Buy / sell up to 1 week’s holiday
- Life assurance
- Flexible working opportunities - giving you flexibility on how long, where and when you work to support better customer service and promote a work/life balance.
- Competitive pension (you pay 4%, we pay 4% or choose to opt into our enhanced pension scheme, where you pay 4%, we pay 9%)
- Cycle to work scheme

Selwood Housing Group is a not-for-profit housing association committed to providing affordable local homes for our customers. We have 7000 homes for affordable rent and shared ownership in Wiltshire, Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset and employ just over 300 employees from our offices in Trowbridge and Melksham. Please visit our **website** for further information.

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