Site Surveyor

WATES; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Wates is seeking an experienced Site Surveyor for our Planned Maintenance team in Wolverhampton. You will manage commercial outputs, ensure cost control, and liaise with clients, requiring experience in the social housing sector. This role requires a driving license and offers a blend of office-based and client-facing responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in social housing sector.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of legislation in maintenance and property management.

Responsibilities

• Produce Applications, Accounts & Invoices timely.
• Monitor costs and ensure appropriate coding and recovery.
• Enhance communication between WPS and the client.

Skills

Financial Awareness

Commercial Awareness

Communication

Job description

The Vacancy

Here at Wates, we have an opportunity for an experienced Site Surveyor to join our WPS Planned Maintenance team in the Wolverhampton area.

You will be working with an experienced team and helping to deliver projects for one of our long-standing social housing partners. Therefore, we are looking for someone with experience in this field.

The role is split between the office and travelling to our clients' sites, so a driving license is a must.

The focus of this role will be to produce the commercial outputs, effectively monitor and exercise cost control, and liaise with client representatives to ensure compliance with contractual service standards, ensuring the company operates efficiently and profitably.

Key Accountabilities will include:

• Producing Applications, Accounts & Invoices in the appropriate format in a timely manner.

• Ensuring all costs incurred in the delivery of the service are appropriately coded, recorded, authorized, and recovered.

• Assisting in the production of management information and performance reports (internal and external) monthly in approved formats.

• Keeping commercial WIP and debt to an absolute minimum and in line with targets set by management.

• Ensuring the timely production of valuations leading to invoice production within 9 calendar days of works completion.

• Providing support and enhancing communication between WPS and the client.

We are looking for someone with financial and commercial awareness, with a clear commitment to customer-centered service. Ideally, you will already be in a similar position and have experience within the social housing sector.

To be successful in this role, you will be an excellent written and verbal communicator with an understanding of legislation in maintenance and property management.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building, and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive,’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners, and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.

• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.

• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognized as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favorably due to an offending background.