Building Surveyor

BDS Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for a Building Surveyor to join the Property Services team with our housing client in South Manchester. The role has a wide range of duties including the pre-inspection of day-to-day responsive repairs, major and minor adaptations as well as legal disrepair and insurance claims. The role covers a small patch and is offered on a hybrid approach.

Contract:

Temp ongoing for at least 3 months with opportunity to extend or become permanent for the right person.

Hours:

Monday to Friday 8am - 4pm

Pay rates:
From £30-£35 per hour umbrella

• Completion of pre and post inspection of day-to-day responsive repairs as well as legal disrepairs, major and minor adaptations and insurance claims
• Ensuring tenant queries, requests and complaints are investigated and dealt with accordingly
• Provision of technical advice to both customers and colleagues
• Ensuring that all remedial works are completed in line with health and safety requirements
• Co-ordination and supervision of day-to-day repairs, major and minor adaptations
• Preparation of specifications and documents in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Supervision of contractors ensuring quality of work and response times meet the required standards and SLAs
• Working as a team and communicating with all stakeholders

• Sound knowledge of building construction and maintenance
• Experienced in surveying repairs & maintenance and damp and mold on tenant properties
• HNC (Building Construction) or equivalent qualification.
• Previous experience of working as a Property Surveyor in a social housing environment is desirable coupled with knowledge of current building and housing legislation.
• A good working knowledge of Schedule of rates is helpful.
• Full UK driving license and vehicle
• Excellent IT and problem-solving skills