What's involved with this role: Interim Technical Repairs Surveyor – Property Services Job Ref: OBT TCL PXXLUPay Rate: £22.....
What's involved with this role:
Interim Technical Repairs Surveyor – Property Services
Job Ref: OBT TCL PXXLU
Pay Rate: £22.50 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 3 months
City: Coventry
Basic DBS disclosure required for this role
Candidates must be prepared to travel across Coventry and Northampton
Technical Repairs Surveyors will be responsible for overseeing individual caseloads consisting of live disrepair claims (including damp and associated repairs), party wall awards, repair diagnostic cases, referrals from repairs teams / health and safety and environmental teams. Surveyors will also be required to undertake training and act in an advisory capacity for colleagues across the business and will from time to time be required to give expert evidence in court.
Key Responsibilities:
Carry out site inspections and investigations, as necessary to produce detailed specifications of works using the national schedule of rates and composite values.
Prepare estimates, feasibility studies, plans, sketches and drawings as may be necessary.
Proficient in the correct diagnosis of building failures and to this end be competent in the use of devices, aids and instruments for the purpose of making assessments and diagnoses.
Carry out specialist surveys as required and undertake further specialist training as required.
Responsible to report any repairs that are identified and required to ensure we always maintain our homes or communal areas to the highest standard. This includes the logging and monitoring of repairs in line with our repairs policies.
Be organised and have good time management skills by booking survey appointments with customers directly and attending appointments on time and to ensure you cater for Orbit and its values to our customers.
NB: Please feel free to apply to us direct via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and job title exactly.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Full UK driving licence.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
Degree in the relevant field.
HND/C Building with demonstrable post qualification experience or BSc Building with post qualification experience desirable.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Previous experience of building surveying with knowledge of Stock Condition Surveys for Social Housing.
Working knowledge of current Building Safety, Health & Safety and other relevant legislation.
Able to attend our properties and diagnose repairs linked to damp and mould.
Knowledge of Legal legislation in relation to Housing disrepair and ability to interpret legislation in application of legal repair works.
Ability to communicate with customers and be a good advocate.
Ability to write and prepare specifications for repairs and maintenance work and major repairs and planned maintenance.
Working knowledge of the building industry codes of practice, measured term and building forms of contract, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations and Statutory requirements applicable to the industry desirable.
Good level of IT skills including the ability to work to an intermediate level in Excel.
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Job Ref: OBT TCL PXXLU
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
Please do try to resist contacting us with requests for progress updates.
We really do read every CV sent to us. All applications will be acknowledged by a human, not a robot, provided the job remains live and provided your CV meets the “Essential Requirements” listed.
Please note that we do our level best to take down ads as soon as roles have been filled. We are not in the business of harvesting CVs.
Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary.
