Surveying Manager (Repairs & Maintenance)
Spennymoor, County Durham
Circa £50,000 per annum dependent upon skills and experience + Local Govt. Pension Scheme + other competitive benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (37 Hours per week)
Are you an experienced and passionate property maintenance professional with great customer service and leadership skills, who is ready to embrace a new career challenge?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Surveying Manager to join our team to ensure we provide an efficient inspection and surveying service, achieving service standards and completion targets, whilst sustaining tenancies and providing a brilliant customer experience.
About us
We are an award-winning not for profit housing association that currently owns nearly 9,000 homes across County Durham. We offer more than just a home. We help improve the lives of the people living in our homes and in our places. We work hard to make sure those homes are high quality, sustainable and adaptable, while meeting tenants’ current and future aspirations. We offer support that help people into work and training and increase their financial confidence and stability.
Our Plan A sets out our strategy for a realistic path to success. It's flexible. It can cope with the things we do not yet know. Importantly it’s cohesive, ensuring we are working together with our teams, partners, tenants and residents to maximise the impact we can make by improving lives through the provision of sustainable homes and places.
About the role
As the Surveying Manager, you will coordinate inspections and surveys of both occupied and void properties, ensuring reports of property disrepair are acted upon in a timely and effective manner. You will drive efficiencies through effective communications and negotiations, work prioritisation and by managing people resource to meet fluctuating levels of demand and customer requirements.
You will also be responsible for the timely review and approval of work, quality standards, and identifying and recommending opportunities to enable tenants to remain independent and sustain their tenancies.
About you
Putting our tenants at the heart of all you do comes naturally to you. We are looking for a Surveying Manager with strong technical expertise in surveying and property maintenance, combined with people management skills and the ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
With experience in contract management, you will lead in the implementation and monitoring of contractor performance in repairs and maintenance and voids service delivery and will analyse data and make informed recommendations which positively drive operational improvements and creative solutions.
Educated to Degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant Surveying/Building Studies/Construction qualification, you will be able to demonstrate your commitment to professional personal development and continuous learning.
Benefits
In return, we offer a comprehensive package of rewards and opportunities designed to recognise your contribution and support your ongoing development.
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An engaging office environment that encourages collaboration, creativity, and growth
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A competitive salary fairly evaluated under a nationally recognised job evaluation scheme
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Additional car allowance payment of £1,850 per annum
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Up to 31.5 days annual leave per year
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Flexitime and associated option to take additional leave days for credited hours up to an agreed maximum
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Life assurance (3 x times salary) for LGPS members
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Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) membership with option for additional voluntary contributions
If you are an ambitious and customer-focused professional with a passion for building quality, service excellence, we want to hear from you