Maintenance Surveyor

Maintenance Surveyor

Our local authority client is looking for an experienced Maintenance Surveyor to join their busy team. Full details below:

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• Responsible for the supervision of Repair and Maintenance Operatives undertaking responsive repairs to council homes.
• To inspect and order responsive repairs including the specification of materials, empty property repairs and responsive maintenance programmes / contracts and liaise with customers as required.
• Responsible for allocating work to council appointed contractors, monitoring, and signing off work following satisfactory completion.
• Responsible for responding to reports of disrepair and/or repairs service-related complaints, undertaking investigations, and working closely with legal services in respect of disrepair claims.
• To provide support and guidance to Repair and Maintenance Operatives
• To undertake site visits to assess progress and give direction to R & M Operatives
• To ensure that all customer queries are responded to within specified time frames, including request for tenants’ own improvement work.
• To work closely with Adult and Children Services with regard to adaptation requests and raise appropriate work orders for minor/intermediate adaptation works.
• To work closely with Capital Improvements in the development of the council’s rolling improvement plan
• Liaise with legal services to establish property boundary ownership and repair liabilities

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Experience of surveying in residential properties.
• Can be flexible on office location, but the successful appointment needs to be able to be based on one of the main north yorkshire council office hubs: Skipton, Harrogate, Selby, Malton, Scarborough, Northallerton

Please apply below!