Building Surveyor - Housing Association Your new company A well-known and established housing provider who puts their tenants at the heart of everything they do is seeking an experienced Surveyor to join their team due to a period of growth & acquisition. Role & Responsibilities Inspect and survey customer’s homes, providing a technical assessment and advice regarding repairs and improvements. Provide guidance to enable customers to make informed decisions around independent living, health, and wellbeing. Prepare accurate and clearly produced drawings, specifications, and schedules of rates to agreed timescales. Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of legislation and law to include Building Regulations, CDM regulations, statutory consents, Health & Safety Regulations and Party Wall matters. Agree timetables, work programmes with builders. To demonstrate a working knowledge of contract law in respect of standard forms of building contract. To inspect and certify building works for purposes of valuation and payment of contractor’s invoices. Instruct building contractors in respect of variations to specified work and assess and agree associated costs. To accept or refuse building works based on a technical assessment of quality and compliance with contract documentation. Monitor and report on the performance of building contractors as part of the agency's continuous improvement programme. Carry out risk assessments regarding personal safety and that of others within proximity of the working environment. Hold a dynamic caseload of projects from initial inspection to completion and manage them to ensure, as far as is possible, that performance targets are met. Hold case meetings as required to identify and resolve problems to assist with the smooth and efficient flow of cases. Provide technical information and reports as required to internal and external contacts. Investigate and respond to customer enquiries and complaints in a timely and efficient manner. Keep accurate records with respect to cases and that all records are factual and free from personal opinions and, where appropriate, are clearly identified as confidential. What you'll need to succeed Experience of managing a caseload. Managing/supervising contractors carrying out adaptations and repairs in domestic housing. Designing and planning extensions and major adaptations to domestic buildings, including all surveys, calculations, statutory applications, design statements and detailed tender documents. Accurately produce drawings using AutoCAD. Successfully preparing works for Planning and Building Regulations approval. Well-organised with excellent time management skills, able to arrange and manage workload demands, determine priority tasks, meet tight deadlines, and achieve goals. Knowledge of energy efficiency measures Experience of domestic construction and building repairs and maintenance Knowledge of up-to-date grants and loans available for customers. Knowledge of related services provided by the statutory and voluntary sectors. What you'll get in return Salary of £45,500 Contributory pension scheme: 4% to 10% matched contributions Hybrid working Free onsite car parking Life assurance of 4x annual salary (Terms and Conditions apply) 30 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays Two volunteer days per year Employee assistance programme (24/7 telephone advice, information portal & face-to-face counselling sessions) Corporate eye care scheme providing free eye tests and free VDU glasses or contribution towards VDU glasses Extensive annual Staff Wellbeing programme Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave provision Flexible annual benefits (for dental, healthcare, shopping vouchers, technology etc.) Annual flu vaccinations Access to an extensive range of corporate discounts on shopping, travel & days out Social events, including lunchtime walking, rounders, festive Fridays Travel loan What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. 4659471