Repairs Surveyor

Remedy Recruitment Group; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local recruitment firm in Swindon is seeking a skilled professional to manage day-to-day repairs in both domestic and commercial properties, ensuring high-quality service and customer satisfaction. The role involves conducting safety inspections, diagnosing service faults, and liaising with contractors on health and safety matters. Candidates should possess relevant experience and skills in property management and repairs.

Responsibilities

• Manage day to day repairs in domestic and commercial buildings.
• Assist in managing the safety inspection programme.
• Undertake surveys on properties to diagnose gas service faults.
• Support neighbourhood housing officers with complex technical matters.
• Raise day to day works orders accurately and timely.
• Liaise with contractors on works and health and safety communications.
• Provide risk assessments on health and safety hazards.

Job description

Overview

Role Profile. The post holder will be a key contributor to delivering the revenue repairs service to approx. 10,500 tenanted homes, 3,000 garages and 700 corporate and commercial operational Council owned properties.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing day to day repairs in both domestic and commercial buildings and ensuring that the work is carried out to a high quality, represents excellent value for money and achieves a high level of customer satisfaction
• Assist in managing the safety inspection programme to both domestic and commercial operational properties, to ensure they are carried out in accordance to Regulations and in accordance with service standards with respect to quality and timescales, legal obligations.
• Undertake surveys on properties to diagnose gas service faults and identify the most appropriate and effective solution
• Support neighbourhood housing officers in diagnosing and dealing with complex technical matters that they may identify
• Raise day to day works orders and any necessary variation orders that are accurate and timely
• Raise follow up works orders, to ensure that systems do not fail, ensuring that these orders are accurate and timely.
• Support neighbourhood housing officers when dealing with no access cases for repairs and inspections, assist in providing evidence so that offices can apply to the courts for access.
• Support the Building services team in relation to building services contracts.
• Liaise with contractors to ensure the specified works are clearly communicated and that they are in possession of all necessary information concerning health and safety
• Provide risk assessments on health and safety hazards for contractors and any other visiting staff before work commences.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.