Disrepair/damp Surveyor

**What's involved with this role:
**Job Ref: Haringey RQ1241374**

**DBS disclosure required**

Carry out the building surveying functions required to manage the repair and maintenance requirements of a portfolio of approximately 20,000 homes, including the structure and fabric of the buildings, internal and communal areas, and the estate grounds. Manage the local delivery of repairs and contractors to ensure compliance with requirements. Work effectively with other teams in the directorate to deliver a seamless, holistic service to customers.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide an effective minor through to extensive works maintenance surveying service to all (void and occupied) properties, to assess condition and identify building defects, to diagnose and specify appropriate remedies.
- Provide technical advice and support to all services.
- Implement quality, financial, and budgetary control systems in accordance with service requirements and performance targets.
- Assist with insurance claims requiring technical input, specifying, and implementing works as necessary.
- Set up and administer planned/cyclical maintenance programmes within specified areas.
- Carry out pre and post inspections as necessary to ensure specified works are undertaken to contract standards.
- Support the objectives of the HRS Trade Supervisors in delivery of the service.
- Prepare schedules of repairs, specifications and technical drawings and issue or supervise works to general repairs, voids, disabled adaptations or specialist works.
- Support disrepair claims including issuing or supervising, specifying and implementing agreed schedules of works in order to minimise the loss to the organisation.
- Assist with the Right to Buy process as required, ensuring section 20 notification to Leaseholders where applicable and assisting with service charge queries.

**To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF.**

**If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additiona**l **information for clarity.**

Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
**Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.**

Qualifications:

- Part 1 RICS/CIOB or equivalent in relevant course of study or equivalent experience
- HNC/HND or equivalent in building surveying or a closely related discipline
- Full UK Driving License (Manual)

Knowledge:

- Knowledge and understanding of notifications under H & S legislation

**Experience**:

- Experience of managing repair and maintenance services in residential buildings, including the specification of works and diagnosis of building defects Financial and quality control
- Experience and proven capability of making complex technical/professional decisions, in particular the specification of remedial works
- Experience of project managing building works
- Experience of managing and administering contracts for repair and maintenance

Skills & Abilities:

- Ability to prepare and present reports
- Ability to write clear letters/memos, procedures etc
- Ability to advise, liaise and consult with Clients, public, staff and contractors
- Ability to provide a high standard of customer care to residents in the community

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**Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please