Project Building Surveyor-Social Housing

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Job description

Permanent Job - Building Surveyor, Social Housing

A Housing Association has a fantastic permanent opportunity for a Senior Building Surveyor

The Role
To effectively plan and deliver Technical Building Surveying services in the Asset Investment team with the managed housing stock ensuring that value for money is delivered through all projects and to effectively target available resources and technologies to achieve the organisation's performance indicators.• The post holder is responsible to the Asset Investment Manager in the delivery of building and condition surveys, and project management services for the procurement and delivery of compliance related building alteration, potential demolition, refurbishments and capital work packages, ensuring all property related statutory, regulatory and corporate requirements are met.
• The position will play a pivotal role in the management of Asset/capital project works acting as the client's representative on building sites, ensuring a consistently high standard of quality control and supervision is maintained for each building project. Assessing contract implementation in regard to building and health and safety legislation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• To undertake, manage and deliver a range of onsite property surveys, including dilapidation, legal disrepair, mutual exchange, property buy back and "Right To Buy" surveys, and produce detailed reports and recommendations to effectively evidence and support the surveying process.
• To investigate technical building problems and defects, to undertake defect diagnosis / building pathology survey inspections and written reports, including budget cost and recommendations for remedial work and to provide liaison with delivery colleagues and external specialist contractors to ensure corrective action is undertaken.
• To successfully manage individual Asset and Regeneration project works. Monitor performance by site visits, liaising with and negotiating with contactors, clients and other professionals to ensure contracts are delivered to time, cost constraints, according to CDM requirements and quality standards. To certify straight forward certificates and orders for payment (within value limits set).
• To undertake contractual claim negotiations and to negotiate variations as necessary.
• To work in partnership with appointed contractors and partners, negotiating 'ad hoc' arrangements and ensuring that their work is carried out within corporate and directorate policies and procedures.
• To provide building work estimates, detailed specifications, scope of works, bills of quantity, drawings, subcontracting quotations and prepare monthly financial project reports as and when required, reporting these to the Asset Investment Manager.
• Supporting with the introduction of new contracts and managing these contracts alongside the Asset Investment Manager.
• Follow company procedures including finance, purchasing regulations as required to obtain tenders quotations and estimates for work packages and agreeing target costs, interim payments and final accounts in line with standard form of contract, e.g. JCT, NEC
• Offer advice regarding building surveying that include but are not limited to legal disrepairs, condition surveys, proposed property alterations, improvements, extensions, environmental issues across the business as required.
• To use and update computer-based systems, and where required, assist with the development and maintenance of computer-based and manual office systems and records.
• Offering solutions to and researching into new building technology to enable the most effective, practical and Value for Money solutions.
• To investigate and resolve customer queries within specified targets and corporate all departmental policies and procedures to ensure the highest customer satisfaction.
What you'll need to succeed
Recognised building/M&E related qualification or supervisory site management qualification or equivalent technical level of expertise demonstrated through significant work experience.
Chartered membership of RICS or CIOB (or working towards)
Excellent technical ability, with good knowledge of the appropriate quality standards, building regulations and planning requirements, specifically related to disrepair and FRA obligations.
Experience of inspecting properties and a good understanding of defects falling under relevant legislation such as, but not limited to, Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
Ability to recognise the importance of internal communication and using central systems to record information and case progression, act as a team player. Must be proactive and tenacious in finding resolutions to complaints, defects and complex repair situations. Proven experience of achieving challenging targets and objectives.

Experience of sector leading construction related and Compliance software.
Good construction knowledge including health and safety legislation, fire safety, and CDM Regulations.
Ability to identify building defects and their remedies.
Ability to implement change and drive service improvement.
Excellent planning, organisational and analytical skills.
An understanding of Contract Law and procurement framework.
What you'll get in return
This is a permanent role with a salary starting at £51500 with a Local Government Pension Scheme + plus other benefits.

What you need to do now

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