Building Surveyor - Housing

Building Surveyor - Housing - £38800 inc car allowance, 32 days holiday plus bank holidays and good pension


Your new company

Hays are delighted to be supporting a local community focused housing association with the recruitment of a building surveyor. The organisation have clear and defined values to serve their stake holders and tenants improving outcomes for everyone. They have ambitious plans to be an environmentally and social responsible organisation, be an excellent social landlord and to develop and maintain safe places to live. As a team they are driven, passionate and hardworking and offer varied and interesting careers within their team.

Your new role

As a Surveyor in the team you will provide building surveying services to ensure the improvements and planned maintenance programmes and adaption of its housing stock are carried out. You will be assisting the Planned Works Manager to successfully deliver planned, capital and cyclical works. You will undertake feasibility surveys and condition studies and manage contracts and project works on site.

What you'll need to succeed

You will to be a conscientious and empathetic approach, remembering end users and tenants' safety and wellbeing is the priority. You will be community focused and people-centric reacting to customers needs. You will need to be confident instructing external consultants and sub-contractors and overseeing works on site. You will have proactive and be able to look at real life situations, analyse the cause, the problem and suggest solutions. You will have experience conducting surveys in occupied properties in Social Housing and managing multiple planned works programmes. You will have experience in the Construction industry, experience with social landlords and at least a HNC/HND in Building Construction or relevant subject.

What you'll get in return

The company are offering this role on a full-time, part time and flexible basis. They offer corporate sponsorship and ongoing training and development. Current employees have completed degrees and other relevant technical qualifications during their employment. You will get 32 days holiday, plus bank holidays and option to buy more. There is free parking, an attractive pension scheme and agile working.

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