What's involved with this role:
Interim Building Surveyor x 2 - Property Services
Job Ref: Portsmouth
Pay Rate: GBP21.36 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday - Friday, 8am to 4pm
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
City: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
A Building Surveyor is required to join the Property Services team with good knowledge of day-to-day repairs and relevant experience of diagnosing and managing their delivery. The successful candidate will be part of the repairs management team; previous management experience is not essential and you will be supported to develop your skills and gain managing experience using the 'Systems Thinking' methodology.
Key Responsibilities:
* Responsible for providing a building repair and voids service ensuring that it is undertaken in accordance with our NEC3 term service contract including all contractor payments and undertaking all appropriate audits.
* Surveying our assets, updating stock data, assessing the condition of our assets, evaluating and diagnosing what work is required, assessing the best options to carry out the work, issuing repairs and managing a varied range of planned repair projects.
* Repair projects that you may carry out and supervise include decorations to external and communal areas, cladding, fire upgrading work, window replacement, re-roofing, electrical work, extensions, and structural repairs.
* Support and deputise for the Building Repairs Manager to ensure the building repairs team have capacity to effectively manage all demands received by utilising all the resources available including developing apprentices and surveyors.
* Manage apprentices and/or surveyors supporting the team to provide a repairs service including support management of day to day repairs, DFG works, GRA assets, complaints and legal claims.
* Liaise with customers and stakeholders regarding the repairs and maintenance service, investigating complaints and disrepair claims as appropriate.
* Manage the repairs and maintenance of the assets you are responsible for and ensure that we have accurate stock data information as appropriate.
* Assess the condition of the assets, use measures to assess the effectiveness of the service, identify planned maintenance projects and prioritise demands to inform planned programmes of work.
Qualification:
1. HNC, HND, BTEC HND or higher, in a building discipline.
2. A full driving licence and provide a car for work, as you will be visiting sites across Portsmouth.
Skills & Experience:
1. Previous experience of working for a Local Authority or housing provider is not essential.
2. Able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and knowledge of general day to day response repairs in a housing or commercial environment.
3. Good building construction technology and building pathology knowledge together with the ability to evaluate and diagnose what work is required.
4. Practical surveying skills that can be demonstrated; specifically be able to carry out stock data surveys.
5. Demonstrating you can manage a contractor using a contract, negotiating contractual matters and resolution of disputes with contractors.
6. Good knowledge and experience of applying building related legislation, contract law and guidance.
7. Knowledge and experience of cost control techniques and be able to demonstrate commercial awareness when undertaking cost estimates for larger repair work.
8. Planning skills and demonstrate the ability to be organised and methodical when undertaking inspections.
9. Knowledge and be able to advise others of building construction technology and building pathology.
10. Knowledge and be able to apply building related legislation, contract law and guidance.
11. Have knowledge and experience of construction related health & safety legislation generally with the ability to advise others.
12. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
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