Ref: RQ(phone number removed) Location: Brixton (SW2) Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Pay: £400 per day, paid weekly via umbrella. Inside IR35. No LTD/CIS Duration: Ongoing Contract – Long Term Duties To ensure an effective surveying service is provided for Housing Services in a number of key areas in accordance with specifications, procedures and legislation; which include but is not exclusive to the following: The surveyor’s role is to progress repairs on disrepair claims through to completion in properties in North and South Lambeth, review expert reports and disrepair letters of claim, carry out pre work surveys and use SOR codes to create job specifications for the works to be carried out by the Councils contractors and sub-contractors. Provision of surveying services including the delivery of works and services programmes and projects to time, cost and quality. Undertake physical pre-inspections of council stock in tenanted and communal locations. Identification and accurate diagnosis of complex repairs for occupied and void properties, ensuring all works are completed in a timely and effective manner to prevent unnecessary financial loss to the council in disrepair claims. Work closely with Disrepair Case Officers and undertake inspections and write specifications relating to new disrepair claims under Section 11 and Environmental Protection Act claims (EPAs). Provision of precise specification of repairs of a complex and technical nature to a professional standard for repairs relating to structural defects. Ensure appropriate and effective consultation with residents. Liaison with and efficient monitoring of repair contractors. Devising and recommending cost effective solutions to repair problems. Undertake quality checks and Post Inspections of completed works orders when selected. Liaise with the Repairs Cost Team as appropriate to ensure value for money with regard to quantities in, and cost of disrepair orders