Adaptation Surveyor

Dacorum Borough Council; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Dacorum Borough Council is seeking a candidate for an entry-level position within the Property Service Planned and Adaptations team. The role entails providing specifications for capital works, managing budgets, and maintaining strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders. Applicants must possess organisational skills, a valid UK driving licence, and have a collaborative approach. This full-time role offers a competitive salary based on experience and is essential for contributing to community-focused projects.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering adaptations to properties.
• Knowledge of CDM 2015, Building Regulations.
• Valid UK driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Provide specifications for planned works based on external recommendations.
• Manage budgets and monitor programme adherence.
• Assist in managing complex customer complaints.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Negotiation

Relationship building

Job description

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Dacorum Borough Council provided pay range

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Base pay range

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for this vacancy within the Property Service Planned and Adaptations team.

You will be required to provide a specification and scope of work for capital planned works based on recommendations provided by Hertfordshire County Council, NHS and Hospital Occupational Therapists teams.

Budget monitoring and adhering to planned programmes are essential to successful delivery of the works. Experience of delivering adaptations to tenanted and void properties is desirable including knowledge of CDM 2015, Building Regulations, Decent Homes Standard and The Equalities Act 2010.

The ability to build strong and meaningful relationships with colleagues and contractors is required as well as tact, diplomacy, ability to negotiate and achieve defined performance targets. You will have excellent written and oral communication skills and be able to assist in the management of complex customer complaint resolutions and management of expectations. Good organisational skills are needed to manage your own workload, providing regular and clear updates and feedback to the team for audit and progress purposes.

Applicants must have a driving licence that is valid in the UK, and use of a car to enable site visits.

A check will be undertaken with the Disclosure and Barring Service to ensure that the successful candidate has no relevant convictions.

The deadline for applications will be midnight on the closing date shown in the advert details.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Management

• Industries

  Civic and Social Organizations

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