Housing Surveyor - Luton, United Kingdom - Response Personnel

Response Personnel

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Luton, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

**Housing Surveyor

Salary:
£40,000 - £45,000 dependent on experience

37 hours per week + agile working

Located:
Luton

We have a fulltime opportunity for a Housing Surveyor to work for an established not for profit housing association based in Luton.

You must hold a full driving licence for this role.

Responsibilities Housing Surveyor:

Undertaking all avoid property and repair inspections to include photographs, schedule of works and provide a report to the repairs/voids scheduler.
Monitor and manage all disrepair claims, this will include undertaking a full survey, preparing a detailed report and schedule of works.
Monitor and supervise all trades on the ground to ensure they have the necessary information and equipment to undertake their responsibilities.
Manage the team fleet to ensure it is correctly maintained, including MOT, servicing and also undertake stock checks monthly.
Carry out post inspections on all properties as required.
Being responsible for inspecting and carrying out periodic Health and Safety checks for all properties.
Liaise with contractors and all relevant other partners.
Ensure that all H&S paperwork is in order prior to works being undertaken.
Support the development of capital/compliance and cyclical investment programmes.
Project manage all capital and cyclical investments.
Carry out H&S checks on capital and cyclical works.
Support the Head of Property in recruiting and training of maintenance team.
Assist with special projects as and when reasonably required by your line manager.
Coordinate and perform day to day maintenance activities as required.
Oversee all maintenance inventory and equipment to ensure proper storage and usage.
Ensure all work is undertaken in accordance with Health and Safety legislation.
Attend emergency situations outside normal working hours, if necessary.
Deputise for Head of Property Services during absences.
Prepare and implement processes and policies.
Update knowledge by participating in training opportunities to support staff.
Provide written/verbal reports as required to Head of Property Services.
Undertake the investigation of complaints if requested.
Work to minimise any possible disrepair claims.
Understand and follow policies and procedure always, including H&S, Fairness and Lone Working.
Take responsibility for undertaking appropriate level of DBS checks every 3 years, updating your manager of any changes in your status.

Skills / Experience:
Housing Surveyor

Educated to RICS/CIOB accredited degree or equivalent programme relevant to globally recognised surveying.
Experience in repair and maintenance in residential properties and line management.
Dealing with disrepair claims.
Undertaking property inspections and preparing schedule of works.
Experience of understanding void inspections.
Good working knowledge of building regulations, including statutory/regulatory requirements and health and safety legislation.
Experience of delivering high standards of customer service to all customers, internal and external.
Have the ability to deal with conflicting priorities and complex situations.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Problem solver and sound decisionmaker.
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, able to engage people at all levels.
Excellent analytical and evaluation skills.
Excellent influencing skills.
Experience of managing and supervising staff and contractors.
Full driving licence.

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