Planned Works Asset Maintenance Surveyor

Salary: £42,090 – £44,305 per year

Braxfield Recruitment are a leading recruitment agency working within the property housing sector. We have been appointed by a housing provider based in Sussex who are looking to recruit an experienced Planned Works Asset Maintenance Surveyor on a permanent contract.
About the Organisation
A leading provider of affordable housing and care services in England, our client build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide.
Duties as a Planned Works Asset Maintenance Surveyor will include:
* Reporting to the Asset Maintenance Team Leader, you will work collaboratively with contractors and colleagues to ensure the delivery of high-quality repairs and maintenance service to our customers, ensure our properties are well maintained and contribute to the delivery of the Asset Management Operating Plan objectives.
* Providing advice and assistance to customers to help them maintain their homes and you will be responsible for managing large, planned works projects (effectively the role of Contract Administrator), monitoring budgets and the supervision of work in progress as well as ensuring compliance with relevant safety and building legislation. The key to success is ensuring excellent customer service is provided whilst achieving great value for money.
* You will be joining a team of 6 Surveyors who are predominately field based and deliver planned replacement works to around 24000 properties across the South of England. This role will predominately cover the South Coast including Havant, Brighton and Crawley and surrounding areas.
* Each surveyor acts as a “project lead” on at least one work stream / geographic area – as well as providing local support for the rest of the team and our Housing Colleagues. This can be anything from post inspecting completed planned works to helping resolve customer queries and offering advice to other areas of the business.
* As a team we meet once a month to review progress against projects as well as sharing best practice and keeping up to date with any changes in the organisation.
To be considered for the position of Asset Maintenance Surveyor you must have the following:
* Excellent level of knowledge of building construction, standards, and legislation, and an ability to diagnose and specify remedies to building defects.
* Understanding of responsive repairs, voids works, planned and cyclical repairs requirements.
* Excellent contract management and budget management skills.
* Excellent standards of customer care and the ability to deliver accurate and clear communications in writing, face to face or by telephone.
* Good IT skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office, housing and property management systems.
* Successful track record of delivering building surveying services, and management of substantial work programmes in a similar environment.
Job title: Planned Works Asset Maintenance Surveyor
Salary: £42,090 – £44,305after 12 months service
Location: Sussex (South Coast including Havant, Brighton and Crawley and surrounding areas).
Benefits:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Medical expenses cover.
* Employee assistance programme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Benefits Portal – Everyone Lifestyle Benefits.
* Eye test vouchers.
* Aspire – £100 allowance towards a course of own choice each financial year.
* Professional qualification support.
* Professional subscriptions.
* Purchase additional leave.
* Salary Sacrifice – Deduction of various benefits from ‘gross’ salary before tax and NI deducted.
* E-learning courses.
* Thank you award – by nomination.