Maintenance Surveyor

Job Category:   Building Services & Maintenance
Job location Muriel Matters House, Breeds Place, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 3UY,
United Kingdom
Southern Housing
Hours per week: 35
Start date: Immediate start
Salary: £23.29 per hour

The Role: 

We have a great opportunity that has arisen within our dedicated Reactive Repairs team for a Maintenance Surveyor. You will support the team in providing a robust and responsive void property repair service for Southern Housing. You will manage contractors to ensure that all Southern Housing owned and managed void properties are inspected and repaired to a high standard and on time. In doing so you will ensure that all statutory and regulatory requirements as well as health and safety compliance are met. 

Please note: Your main base will be our Sittingbourne office, with regular travel across the Kent region. You’ll have the option for working in a hybrid way when appropriate and as agreed with your manager.

What you’ll need

• Experience as a building surveyor in a maintenance environment carrying out pre and post inspections.
• Knowledge of relevant and current codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards, and materials.
• Knowledge of construction and design and construction related defects and how to avoid them.
• Knowledge of procurement law and different forms of contract
• Knowledge of contract management.
• The ability to use the appropriate IT tools to produce reports, documents, emails, including using Excel and Word to compile reports for different audiences.
• A full UK Driving Licence & access to a vehicle.