Building Surveying Manager

Belmont Recruitment; Mid Suffolk; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Belmont Recruitment is seeking a Building Surveying Manager for a permanent, hybrid role based at IP2 0EF. You will manage a team of Chartered surveyors and officers, lead high value projects, and drive service improvements across housing and maintenance programmes.

You will coordinate with senior management, councillors, and contractors to ensure targets are met, while handling complex projects and ensuring quality and compliance across all activities.

Qualifications

• BSc in Building Services or equivalent with at least 5 years' experience.
• Experience supervising staff.
• Experience dealing with tenants, contractors, agencies and other staff.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Chartered surveying professionals and technical officers, including allocation, programming, monitoring and progression of work.
• Lead project teams for high value and complex projects, coordinating with Housing Senior Management, CMT and Councillors.
• Lead service improvement teams, develop policies/procedures, and run service improvement panels.
• Investigate and follow through on service area complaints or disputes with contractors, liaising with stakeholders.
• Coordinate responsive repairs, major capital HRA improvements and planned maintenance programmes with stakeholders; monitor budgets and practices.

Skills

Staff supervision

Stakeholder management

Contractor coordination

Education

Bachelor of Science in Building Services or equivalent

Job description

Good Afternoon,

We are looking for a Building Surveying Manager this role will be based at: IP2 0EF, Hybrid 2 days on site.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Chartered surveying professionals and technical officers including allocation, programming, monitoring and progressing work of the team, management and appraisal of the team. Provide cover for the Principal Contracts Manager and represent the council at various forums related to maintenance and improvement work and/ or at Executive meetings or meetings with Councillors.
• Lead project teams for delivering high value and complex projects including selecting and organising the team and co-ordinating their activities. Liaise with various stakeholders that may include Housing Senior Management team, Principal Managers, CMT, Councillors to ensure a co-ordinated approach to maintenance and allocation of work to ensure targets are met.
• Lead service improvement teams including the investigation of best working practices, the introduction of new policies/ procedures, and developing and leading service improvement panels, to assist in the overall improvement of customer focused services.
• Fully investigate and follow through to conclusion service area complaints (from customers) or major disputes with contractors (that may involve processes such as legal adjudication) including liaising with all relevant stakeholders.
• Formulating and coordinating the responsive repairs programme, major capital HRA improvements programme, and planned maintenance programme liasing with all stakeholders. Monitor and manage significant budgets, frequencies, and current working practices to help establish work more suitable for inclusion in maintenance improvement programmes.

Requirements

• Building services related Bachelor of Science degree or equivalent professional building related qualification and 5 years qualitative experience
• Staff supervision experience
• Experience in dealing with tenants, contractors, agencies and other staff

We are offering a permanent position.