Housing Standards Senior Level Surveyor

North Yorkshire Council; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Harrogate is seeking a member for their Housing Safety Team. This position involves conducting compliance inspections, producing schedules for housing improvements, and supporting surveyors. Key skills include health and safety knowledge and excellent communication abilities. The role comes with generous benefits including 28 to 34 days of holiday, a strong pension scheme, and fitness discounts.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Local government pension scheme

Fitness discounts

Lifestyle savings

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of health and safety relating to built assets.
• Knowledge of building compliance legislation and data protection regulations.
• Ability to solve problems and deliver pragmatic solutions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct onsite compliance inspections like fire alarm testing.
• Produce schedules of works for void properties to meet lettable standards.
• Conduct energy performance assessments.

Skills

Health and safety knowledge

Communication skills

Problem-solving skills

Customer service skills

Job description

The purpose of our Service is to provide quality, affordable, healthy, and sustainable homes that meet the present and future needs of all our tenants.

The Housing Standards team is made up of five closely linked areas of housing expertise, i.e., construction, repairs, improvements, contract management, and safety. Each team consists of suitably qualified, skilled, and experienced trade operatives, surveyors, or contract supervisors.

The role

As a member of the Housing Safety Team, you will contribute to the overall success of the Housing Standards Team through a combination of reactive and planned surveys/risk assessments. These surveys/risk assessments will inform the Housing Improvement, Decarbonisation, and compliance programs of work.

The team is responsible for ensuring the council’s housing assets are maintained to meet all current statutory, regulatory, and legislative standards.

You will complete onsite compliance inspections such as fire alarm testing, emergency lighting testing, and legionella controls in housing assets, conduct surveys, and produce schedules of works for void properties to meet the lettable standard, advising the income officer of works that may be recharged to the tenant, conduct energy performance assessments, and support entry and Mid-level surveyors as required.

The core focus of this job is the development and delivery of new construction projects via a large-scale approach.

For more details, please see the attached job description.

What you will bring

You will have extensive knowledge of health and safety relating to built assets, knowledge of legislation in respect of building compliance, data protection regulations, and housing construction.

Excellent communication skills are a must, both written and oral, with the ability to problem solve and find pragmatic solutions, along with excellent customer service skills.

Working for us

When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and well-being plan as part of your position. Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days, rising to 34 days (pro-rata) per year with continued service, plus public holidays. Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with a 22.6% contribution. Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save money. Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers. Plus, lots more…

Contact and apply

If you would like to learn more about our role, please contact [e-mail] for an informal conversation.

Key Documents

Job Description

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