Maintenance Surveyor

If your building maintenance or construction experience has been gained working in a social housing environment, consider a move to Richmond Fellowship. One of the largest voluntary sector providers of mental health services in England, we’re looking for an accomplished Maintenance Surveyor to play a vital role within our Property Services team.  

As a Maintenance Surveyor, you’ll manage revenue investment programmes and contracts related to the delivery of cyclical decoration servicing and major void works on a day-to-day basis. You’ll also: 

• Help deliver an efficient, responsive and professional maintenance service
• Effectively manage contractors appointed to carry out improvements and repairs to Richmond Fellowship’s assets
• Monitor expenditure within approved budgets and ensure appropriate quality checks are in place to assess the standard of completed work
• Identify and assess investment, cyclical repairs and future maintenance required and provide information to help shape our Asset Management strategy
• Carry out completed property hand over inspections and agree completed works for authorisation and payment
• Get involved in ad-hoc building maintenance projects such as the design and preparation of specifications and contract administration
• Engage with internal and external customers at every opportunity and ensure a ‘right first time’ approach to all activities. 

To succeed as a Maintenance Surveyor, you’ll need experience of specifying and ordering of works, control of programme and cost monitoring against budget, plus a competent standard of drafting. You’ll also need: 

• A demonstrable ability to manage the landlord/tenant relationship and work to recognised housing management processes
• A good understanding of stock condition surveys and how to manage property related data
• Experience of contract administration, the management of individual project budgets and the use of schedules of rates for commissioning housing repairs
• Good IT skills and proficiency using PC based information systems
• A flair for planning and programming work within a partnership working environment
• Strong communication skills, lots of initiative and a real commitment to delivering a quality customer service that’s empathetic to the needs of vulnerable customers
• The ability to drive and use your own vehicle for work and willingness to sometimes attend out of hours meetings
• The ability to travel across Northern England

Richmond Fellowship, along with its partners, champions social inclusion and recovery and provides a diverse range of residential, community and employment services.

We offer great benefits, including 25 days' holiday per year, contributory pension scheme, employee assistance programme and childcare vouchers.

Ref: 15/188.

Closing date: 14^th August 2015. Interviews: 31^st August 2015.

To apply please click here.