Senior Building Surveyor

Niyaa People Ltd • Beaconsfield, ENG, United Kingdom • 2d ago

Job Description

I am looking for a Senior Building Surveyor to join a social housing provider in South Buckinghamshire. The Senior Building Surveyor will be responsible for a the delivery of day to day repairs, voids and minor work projects as well as a small team carrying out the majority of surveys. This role offers 26 days annual leave + bank holidays as well as home working with 1 day in the office per week.
Senior Building Surveyor duties:

Work with the Repairs and Voids Manager to set key performance targets and milestones
Supervise technical resources when required to maintain service delivery.
Take the lead on progressing disrepair claims and property insurance claims to agreed timescales and process.
Manage day to day work or minor project work to minimise exposure of both financial and health and safety related risks.
Take part in office rotas during and outside of normal office hours (occasionally) to provide an excellent responsive repair service.
Providing project update reports and post project reviews
Specifying works for structural repairs, larger projects that sit between repairs and asset.
Managing larger projects
Advise on environmental, health and safety issues of buildings and knowledge of HHSRS.
Advise on legal and planning issues.
Deal with planning and building regulation applications.

What is required for the Senior Building Surveyor role:

Have relevant qualified background BSc in a building surveying related discipline/CIOB/RICS or equivalent.
Be skilled at building effective and productive working relationships with staff, managers, partners and customers.
Be able to produce detailed written reports and have excellent verbal communication skills.
Be a confident, independent problem solver and an effective decision maker.
Have a high degree of personal drive.

Benefits of the role: