Interim Building Surveyor x 2 Property Services

Job Ref: Portsmouth 5257535

Pay Rate: 21.36 per hour PAYE 

Hours per week: 37 Monday Friday, 8am to 4pm

Role Length: This opening assignment is for 5-6 months

City: Portsmouth, Hampshire

Basic DBS disclosure required for this role

A Building Surveyor is required to join the Property Services team with good knowledge of day-to-day repairs and relevant experience of diagnosing and managing their delivery.

The successful candidate will be part of the repairs management team; previous management experience is not essential and you will be supported to develop your skills and gain managing experience using the Systems Thinking methodology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for providing a building repair and voids service ensuring that it is undertaken in accordance with our NEC3 term service contract including all contractor payments and undertaking all appropriate audits. The team assists us in meeting our purposes which are, to maintain and improve our properties, ensure the right repair is carried out at the right time and provide suitable homes when needed.
• Surveying our assets, updating stock data, assessing the condition of our assets, evaluating and diagnosing what work is required, assessing the best options to carry out the work, issuing repairs and managing a varied range of planned repair projects.
• Repair projects that you may carry out and supervise include decorations to external and communal areas, cladding, fire upgrading work, window replacement, re-roofing, electrical work, extensions, and structural repairs. The value of individual projects you will be responsible for managing will be up to 50,000, although typically you will undertake schemes that will have a contract value of 15,000.
• Support and deputise for the Building Repairs Manager to ensure the building repairs team have capacity to effectively manage all demands received by utilising all the resources available including developing apprentices and surveyors.
• Manage apprentices and/or surveyors supporting the team to provide a repairs service including support management of day to day repairs, DFG works, GRA assets, complaints and legal claims,
• Liaise with customers and stakeholders regarding the repairs and maintenance service, investigating complaints and disrepair claims as appropriate. Stakeholders include residents, leaseholders, local councillors, building users and other section heads and you will have responsibility for managing the repairs service and developing relationships with specific delegated stakeholders.
• Manage the repairs and maintenance of the assets you are responsible for and ensure that we have accurate stock data information as appropriate.
• Assess the condition of the assets, use measures to assess the effectiveness of the service, identify planned maintenance projects and prioritise demands to inform planned programmes of work.

Qualification:

1. HNC, HND, BTEC HND or higher, in a building discipline.
2. A full driving licence and provide a car for work, as you will be visiting sites across Portsmouth and will need to travel effectively between them. You may also be required to occasionally attend evening meetings as appropriate.

Skills & Experience:

1. Previous experience of working for a Local Authority or housing provider is not essential and you may have a trade background working for a Contractor delivering day to day repairs.
2. Able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and knowledge of general day to day response repairs in a housing or commercial environment.
3. Good building construction technology and building pathology knowledge together with the ability to evaluate and diagnose what work is required.
4. Practical surveying skills that can be demonstrated; specifically be able to carry out stock data surveys.
5. Demonstrating you can manage a contractor using a contract, negotiating contractual matters and resolution of disputes with contractors.
6. good knowledge and experience of applying building related legislation, contract law and guidance. Specifically, the Housing Act, building regulations, planning law, party wall act, fire safety, building safety, electrical inspections, gas installations, legionella, with the ability to advise others.
7. Knowledge and experience of cost control techniques and be able to demonstrate commercial awareness when undertaking cost estimates for larger repair work.
8. Planning skills and demonstrate the ability to be organised and methodical when undertaking inspections to ensure effective time management.
9. Knowledge and be able to advise others of building construction technology and building pathology.
10. Knowledge and be able to apply building related legislation, contract law and guidance. Specifically, the building regulations, planning law, party wall act, fire safety, electrical inspections, gas installations, JCT and NEC contracts.
11. Have knowledge and experience of construction related health & safety legislation generally with the ability to advise others, specifically the CDM Regulations 2015 and asbestos at work regulations 2012 with the ability to advise others.
12. Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).