What's involved with this role: Interim Maintenance Surveyor – Property ServicesReference no: CLA 0009 7DEF / 1 Pay Rate:.....
What's involved with this role:
Interim Maintenance Surveyor – Property Services
Reference no: CLA 0009 7DEF / 1
Pay Rate: £22.66 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 4 months
City: STEVENAGE
Basic DBS disclosure required
Hybrid working
Candidates must be prepared to travel across Hertfordshire areas of Borehamwood, Luton, Bedford, Stevenage and surrounding areas.
Covering home counties, major voids. The successful candidate will be responsible for pre/post-inspection and reports for responsive repairs, void works and cyclical repairs within the relevant area of operation, consulting and engaging with customers, leaseholders and with internal and external stakeholders in the region. Ensure the highest customer standards of delivery are achieved, minimal defects, and a high level of customer satisfaction is achieved. Effectively managing the performance and on site progress of contractors ensuring that works are delivered on time, to a regional budget of £10m, to quality standards and achieve value for money in line with all relevant statutory regulations and compliance
Key Receptibilities:
Deliver an effective & efficient Repairs & Maintenance service at an operational level to include a regionally based professional surveying service, disrepair works, Major/Complex Works, FRA, responsive repairs, voids and aids and adaptations.
Prepare and carry out diagnostic inspections, surveys & technical reports in accordance with Group practice.
Providing accurate technical advice with competent & thorough surveys/post-inspections.
Identifies and manages insurance claims ensuring the most economically advantageous outcome for the organisation. To include, property inspections, managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters/insurance team.
Technical lead within the Housing team during the handover of any new developments to ensure quality control through to completion and the end of defects.
Effective and efficiently control budgetary spend of approx. £2m within the individual area of operation, ensuring revenue and capital spend are recorded accurately. Review invoices and requests for payment from contractors, challenge and resolve submissions where required.
Deliver and effectively manage legal disrepair claims and Environmental Health Orders in line with group process and provide detailed reports, and manage complex repairs to an agreed outcome to protect interests.
Ensure effective liaison with in-house service provider, M&E contractors and external sub-contractor staff to ensure the delivery of a top quartile service in line with industry standards, schedule of Rates, operational regulatory framework, health & safety (including asbestos).
Management and coordination of empty properties to ensure minimal rental loss and maximum return.
Carry out major void inspections, ensuring void works are completed to lettable standards against key performance indicators and providing detailed costing for the Options Appraisal.
Qualifications:
Diploma in Surveying, Property and Maintenance Level 3.
Membership of a relevant professional body e.g. RICS or CIOB.
Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Social Housing Sector and awareness of its regulations.
A demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building standards, planning regulations, regulatory standards, health & safety and other legislation relevant to asset management.
Knowledge of financial management and controls within a contractor management and day to day repairs delivery context and ability to flag adverse spend and mitigate risks of overspends.
Knowledge of effective professional surveying service for responsive repairs, voids and aids and adaptations to high levels of customer satisfaction.
Experience:
Management of small projects and an understanding of CDMC.
Skills & Abilities:
Excellent communications skills, both oral and written with colleagues, residents, service providers, contractors, consultants and other stakeholders.
Effective liaison skills with staff, residents, service providers, contractors and consultants.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to work in a changing environment with conflicting priorities and deadlines.
Ability to follow procedures, plan and prioritise.
Ability to write and present technical reports.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: CLA 0009 7DEF / 1
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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