What's involved with this role: Interim Maintenance Surveyor for Property Services Reference no: CLA 0009 B217 / 1 Pay Rate: £20.88 per hour PAYE 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: LEATHERHEAD Basic DBS disclosure required Expected to cover anywhere in the south region if needed. You will be responsible for pre/post-inspection and reports for responsive repairs, void works and cyclical repairs within the relevant area of operation, consulting and engaging with customers, leaseholders and with internal and external stakeholders in the region. Ensure the highest customer standards of delivery are achieved, minimal defects, and a high level of customer satisfaction is achieved. Effectively managing the performance and on site progress of contractors ensuring that works are delivered on time, to a regional budget of £10m, to quality standards and achieve value for money in line with all relevant statutory regulations and compliance. Key Responsibilities: Deliver an effective & efficient Repairs & Maintenance service at an operational level to include a regionally based professional surveying service, disrepair works, Major/Complex Works, FRA, responsive repairs, voids and aids and adaptations. Prepare and carry out diagnostic inspections, surveys & technical reports in accordance with Group practice. Providing accurate technical advice with competent & thorough surveys/post-inspections. Identifies and manages insurance claims ensuring the most economically advantageous outcome for the organisation. To include, property inspections, managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters/insurance team. Technical lead within the Housing team during the handover of any new developments to ensure quality control through to completion and the end of defects. Effective and efficiently control budgetary spend of approx. £2m within the individual area of operation, ensuring revenue and capital spend are recorded accurately. Review invoices and requests for payment from contractors, challenge and resolve submissions where required. Deliver and effectively manage legal disrepair claims and Environmental Health Orders in line with group process and provide detailed reports, and manage complex repairs to an agreed outcome to protect interests. Key requirements: Diploma in Surveying, Property and Maintenance Level 3. Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. RICS or CIOB. Knowledge of the Social Housing Sector and awareness of its regulations. A demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building standards, planning regulations, regulatory standards, health & safety and other legislation relevant to asset management. Knowledge of financial management and controls within a contractor management and day to day repairs delivery context and ability to flag adverse spend and mitigate risks of overspends. Excellent communications skills, both oral and written with colleagues, residents, service providers, contractors, consultants and other stakeholders. Effective liaison skills with staff, residents, service providers, contractors and consultants. Desirable: Experience of successful working in Repairs & Maintenance in a housing association or local authority 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. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. "XI ALD 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.