Maintenance Surveyor - Housing

manucomm recruitment; Honiton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward thinking District Council is seeking a Temporary Housing Maintenance Surveyor to manage day-to-day repairs for tenants in East Devon. This role offers hybrid working possibilities and a salary up to £45,221 depending on experience. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, managing property maintenance, and establishing effective relationships with contractors. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications in surveying and experience in property management to be eligible for this position.

Benefits

Hybrid working possible

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in housing maintenance or property management.
• Ability to carry out pre- and post-inspections of repairs.
• Understanding of statutory compliance in property management.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day repair services for tenants.
• Manage reactive and planned property maintenance.
• Ensure compliance with Health and Safety regulations.

Skills

Property maintenance management

Relationship building

Technical problem diagnosis

Health and Safety compliance

Education

Relevant qualification in Surveying

Job description

Maintenance Surveyor – Housing

Temporary role - Immediate Start • East Devon • £20‑25 per hour • Hybrid Working MAYBE POSSIBLE • Salary up to £45,221 depending on experience plus excellent benefits

My client, a forward thinking District Council, is looking to recruit a Temporary Housing Maintenance Surveyor to work in East Devon. The successful Maintenance Surveyor will play an important part in the Property and Asset management team and will report into the contract manager.

The successful candidates' main remit will be to provide the day to day repair service to tenants and maintain the Council's housing stock.

Main duties will include:

• Dealing with the reactive and planned property maintenance requirements of the Council's dwellings within a prescribed budget and aligned to the contract, and ensuring compliance with the current Decent Homes Standard.
• Investigate repair requests, diagnose faults and complaints, commission repairs and supervise them through to completion; carrying out pre‑ and post‑inspections of repairs.
• Establish appropriate effective working relationships with the current contractor(s) which support and grow the partnership.
• Provide a supportive technical duty surveyor function to the current contractor(s) and the contact centre team on a rota basis.
• Undertake the preparation of condition surveys to enable the implementation of the planned and cyclical maintenance programmes.
• Manage the quoted works and exclusion works elements of this contract to ensure value for money and accuracy of these works in line with the contract.
• Processing/managing claims for payment in line with specific contract terms, set limits, statutory regulations, procurement rules and EDDC standing orders.
• Monitor contractors on site and report on performance issues while ensuring value for money.
• Survey properties to identify, log and deal with the presence of asbestos‑based materials.
• Be involved in regular operational meetings with the current term contractor to assess contract performance.
• Check dwellings to ensure that the Council meets its legal responsibility in relation to statutory compliance (gas, electric, fire, legionella, solid fuel, etc.).
• Support the void team where required in preparing work specifications within tight time schedules to meet performance indicators, including pre‑ and post‑inspect void works.
• Ensure contractors work safely and within the current Health and Safety/CDM requirements.
• Determine those repairs which are the tenant's responsibility and implement the Council's recharge procedure.
• Assist in the management of disrepair claims, including reviewing the matter, carrying out detailed site inspections, preparing detailed reports and initiating repairs.
• Assist in the management of complaints, acting as a point of contact, reviewing the matter, carrying out detailed site inspections, preparing detailed reports and resolving all issues.
• Help update the Council's stock survey records held by the team, using existing property databases.
• Help deal with general correspondence concerning property matters.
• Assists in advancing tenant participation and involvement to ensure that tenants and leaseholders influence the management and maintenance of their homes.
• Support the Council's approach to equalities and diversity, including safety of children and other vulnerable people.
• Take personal responsibility for the relevant aspects of the Council's Health and Safety policy.

If this role is of interest, please send your CV.

This role is commutable from Exeter, Sidmouth, Taunton, Honiton, Chard, Bridgwater, Yeovil, Exmouth.