Building Surveyor
6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Dorset, Somerset region
£40,482.00
Certain Advantage is working in partnership with Local Housing Association. They are hiring a Surveyor on a 6 month Fixed Term Contract covering the Dorset and Somerset region.
Role Purpose
To provide technical surveying across a geographical portfolio of properties and contract management for a defined planned maintenance programme across the region, contributing to the development and implementation of the vision, Corporate Strategy, culture, and organisational effectiveness.
Main Key Accountabilities
* Planned maintenance delivery through external contractors
* Minor works
* Refurbishment works
* Planned, repairs & void surveying
* Health and Safety work such as fire safety programmes
* Work to homeowners, leaseholders, and market rent customers
Minimum Requirements
* Current, full driving license or ability to travel around the local vicinity
* Experience of surveying and contract management in the social housing sector
* Experience of monitoring works budgets c. £500k
* Ability to build and maintain relationships with internal and external customers, anticipating their needs
* Experience managing procurement processes
* Performance Management relating to contracts and delivery
* Project Management coordination
* Coordinating Health and Safety
* Working knowledge of current Health and Safety regulations in the building and construction sector
* Knowledge of current methods, standards, and initiatives relating to repair and refurbishment of residential dwellings
* Commercial awareness with understanding of financial and contractual considerations
* Risk Management - theory and application
* Knowledge of Building and Maintenance legislation
* Contract management experience
* Ability to prioritise, organise, and deliver to challenging targets
* Demonstrable commercial acumen
* Confident user of IT and Microsoft products
* Creative and practical problem-solving ability
* Astute analytical skills
* Driven to meet challenges and targets while maintaining professionalism
* Able to provide a flexible approach to work, occasionally undertaking work outside normal office hours
You will be working from Monday to Thursday out and about in our communities, with Friday typically being an admin meeting day.
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