Repairs and Maintenance Surveyor

A client of mine who is a Leading Domestic Landlord providing Social Housing, Shared Ownership and Private tenanted homes is in an exciting period of change is looking to recruit a Property Maintenance Surveyor to join their Property Services Team in their Dorset region. You will be required to be in the office daily for the first 6 months, the office location is Blandford Forum.

The role
As a Maintenance Surveyor you will be reporting into the Operations Manager, you’ll be responsible for the investigation, identification, diagnosis and problem solving of day to Property Maintenance issues within residential Homes, raised either internally or by our customers.
You’ll own the day to day technical support for your Region allowing their in house trades delivery teams and external contractors to carry works required at first visit.

You’ll also be responsible for:

• Carrying out inspections as needed prior to, during and on completion of repairs
• Providing a specification, including scope of works, quantities and budgeted costs and timescale that will resolve maintenance issues reported
• Ensuring works are completed safely, to the required standard and specification, in the most effective and efficient manner and to a high level of customer satisfaction
• Maintaining high quality data within the property systems
• Ensuring a detailed local knowledge of customer, asset and investment needs across your locality
• Developing own capability through continual personal and professional development to ensure knowledge is kept up to date

What you’ll need
To be successful in this role you will need:

• Up to date knowledge and awareness of technical, statutory, regulatory, and legislative requirements, standards, and best practice in relation to delivery of a maintenance service
• Ability to prepare and interpret specifications schedules of work using bespoke or National/published Schedule’s of Rates/Works.
• Ability to plan, track and forecast safe delivery of customer focused services, works and expenditure within agreed timescales and budgets
• Ability to operate with commercial acumen
• Knowledge of relevant health, safety and environmental legislation with focus on compliance within all activities undertaken
• Proficient use of IT Systems including Microsoft office suite with Intermediate Excel skills
• There will be some travel involved with this role so you should be happy to travel, have access to a car and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits

• £450 flex-pot annually, discounted shopping & cycling scheme
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Industry leading pension scheme, 12% matched contributions plus life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working – we’re committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover
• Discounted travel insurance

stride is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.