Maintenance Surveyor - Housing

Manucomm Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking District Council is seeking a Temporary Housing Maintenance Surveyor in East Devon. The ideal candidate will manage day-to-day repairs and maintenance of council housing stock while ensuring compliance with relevant standards. Responsibilities include handling reactive maintenance, contractor management, and surveying for asbestos. This role offers a salary of £20-25 per hour and potential hybrid working arrangements. Candidates should have experience in property maintenance and a strong understanding of health and safety regulations.

Benefits

Hybrid working possibility

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in property maintenance and management.
• Ability to diagnose faults and manage contractors.
• Understanding of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Dealing with reactive and planned property maintenance.
• Investigating repair requests and commissioning repairs.
• Managing quoted works and ensuring value for money.
• Surveying properties for asbestos-based materials.

Skills

Property maintenance

Communication skills

Technical knowledge

Asbestos awareness

Health and Safety adherence

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 applicant will play an important part in the Property and Asset Management team and will report to the Contract Manager. The role involves providing day‑to‑day repair services to tenants, maintaining the Council’s housing stock, managing repair/void contracts and contractors to a high standard, and supporting the Senior Technical Officer and other technical staff in achieving the Council’s priorities.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Investigating repair requests, diagnosing faults and complaints, commissioning repairs and supervising them through to completion; carrying out pre‑ and post‑inspections of repairs.
• Establishing appropriate, effective working relationships with the current contractors to support and grow the partnership.
• Providing a supportive technical duty surveyor function to the current contractors and the contact centre team on a rota basis.
• Undertaking the preparation of condition surveys to enable the implementation of planned and cyclical maintenance programmes.
• Managing the quoted works and exclusion works elements of the 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.
• Monitoring contractors on site and reporting on performance issues while ensuring value for money.
• Surveying properties to identify, log and deal with the presence of asbestos‑based materials.
• Being involved in regular operational meetings with the current term contractor to assess contract performance.
• Checking dwellings to ensure the Council meets its legal responsibility in relation to statutory compliance, e.g. gas, electric, fire, legionella, solid fuel, etc.
• Supporting the void team where required in preparing work specifications within tight time schedules to meet performance indicators, including pre‑ and post‑inspecting void works.
• Ensuring contractors work safely and within current Health and Safety/CDM Requirements.
• Determining repairs that are the tenant’s responsibility and implementing the Council’s Recharge Procedure.
• Assisting in the management of disrepair claims, including reviewing the matter, carrying out detailed site inspections, preparing detail reports and initiating repairs.
• Assisting in the management of complaints, acting as a point of contact, reviewing the matter, carrying out detailed site inspections, preparing detail reports and resolving all issues.
• Helping to update the Council’s Stock Survey records held by the team, using existing property databases.
• Dealing with general correspondence concerning property matters.
• Assisting in advancing tenant participation and involvement to ensure tenants and leaseholders influence the management and maintenance of their homes.
• Supporting the Council’s approach to equalities and diversity, including the safety of children and other vulnerable people.
• Taking personal responsibility for the relevant aspects of the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.

Application

If this role is of interest, please send your CV. This role is commutable from Exeter, Sidmouth, Taunton, Honiton, Chard, Bridgwater, Yeovil, and Exmouth.