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Managing Consultant – Estates & Facilities

Jonny Scott

Job Description


MMP Consultancy is seeking a Building Surveyor to join a local authority in the South Hampshire area. This is a temporary position paying £29ph umbrella over a 37-hour working week.

As a Building Surveyor, you will work within a team supporting the Building Repairs Managers, ensuring that building repairs and voids services are delivered in line with our NEC3 term service contract. This includes managing contractor payments and audits, conducting surveys, and overseeing a wide range of planned repair projects.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Survey and assess the condition of a diverse range of assets, including corporate, operational, commercial, and community properties.
  • Manage repair projects, including decoration, cladding, fire upgrades, window replacements, roofing, electrical work, extensions, and structural repairs (typically up to £15,000 per project).
  • Work collaboratively within the team to support the delivery of the repairs service and mentor apprentices and junior surveyors.
  • Liaise with a variety of stakeholders including residents, leaseholders, local councillors, and building users to ensure excellent communication and service delivery.
  • Take responsibility for managing day-to-day repairs, planned maintenance, DFG works, and addressing complaints or legal claims.
  • Use data and performance measures to assess the condition of assets and inform planned maintenance programmes.
  • Develop and maintain positive relationships with clients and customers, ensuring exceptional service.
  • Provide advice and guidance on building legislation, contract law, and health and safety regulations.


What We're Looking For:

  • A degree or HNC in Building Surveying or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong knowledge of building construction technology, building pathology, and surveying principles.
  • Experience managing contractors and working with NEC and JCT contracts.
  • Knowledge of construction-related health and safety legislation (CDM 2015, asbestos, etc.) and the ability to coach others.
  • Ability to undertake stock condition surveys and identify potential maintenance needs.
  • Experience with public procurement procedures, cost estimation, and financial control.
  • Excellent IT skills, particularly in Excel and data management software.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with stakeholders and customers effectively.
  • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, as the role requires site visits
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list Fire Risk Assessor

Up to £350 per day Negotiable for exp. applicant (Inside IR35)

MMP Consultancy are currently seeking a Fire Risk Assessor for a local authority based in South London on an interim three-month rolling contract, undertaking Risk Assessments to social housing properties. Min £350 per day (Inside IR35 - neg.)

Will require an on-site presence between office, site and home.

Key Duties:

  • Be responsible to the team manager and for day to day management of the health and safety of building projects, maintenance contracts and fire risk assessments across the borough.
  • The allocation of work to property services officers/supervisors or external contractors/sub-contractors. To be responsible or established standards of work, cost, allocated building maintenance, building construction or related works within the team.
  • Surveying or building experience preferably with some knowledge of the principles of Fire Safety in Purpose built blocks of flats.
  • Knowledge of BS 9999, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) 2005 and PAS 79.
  • Knowledge of contract law, statutory regulations, guidelines, British standards and their implementation in relation to refurbishment and maintenance contracts.
  • Ability to supervise and support a team of staff and contractors.
  • Ability to plan and manage work to implement programmes and meet targets set by the Team Manager.

Experience Required:

  • Qualified fire risk assessor
  • Need to be a member of IFE
  • Experience of working with complex social housing tenanted blocks
  • Willing to work with current team members and work with them to mentor them and share their experience
  • Expected to input on current FRA template and make improvements where necessary and work on improving processes/policies
  • Training will be provided as a minimum requirement to carry out fire risk assessments.

Details below:

  • 35 hours per week
  • Urgent start
  • £350 per day (Inside IR35) Neg.

list Building Surveyor - Fire

Up to £300 per day Inside IR35

MMP Consultancy is currently seeking a Fire Building Surveyor (FRA) for an interim contract with a Public Sector organisation in Northamptonshire. £300 per day (Inside IR35).

Key areas of work will involve the assessment and delivery of Fire Risk works to social housing properties.

Key Duties:

* An experienced Building Surveyor is required to manage fire risk assessment (FRA) remedial works across a portfolio of 11,000 social housing properties.
* The role involves ensuring compliance with fire safety regulations, overseeing contractors, and delivering high-quality remedial works that enhance resident safety.
* Ensuring works are completed and evidenced to meet the relevant fire safety certification scheme for example FIRAS, Certifire etc.
* Contract Management of the supply chain under a JCT MT contract.
* The successful candidate will work closely with internal teams, external consultants, and contractors to ensure timely and cost-effective and robust solutions to deliver works to remedy FRA actions.

What you'll preferably to have:

Degree in Building Surveying, Fire Safety, or a related discipline
Fire safety-related qualifications (e.g., Level 3 Fire Risk Assessment, NEBOSH Fire Safety Certificate) are highly desirable.
Membership of the Institute of Fire Engineers or similar body
Chartered membership of RICS or CIOB (or working towards).

Title: Building Surveyor (Fire Risk)
Salary: £300 per day (Inside IR35) neg.
Contract: Interim - Monday to Friday 35 hours per week
Location: Northampton
Hybrid: 3 days on site / in office.

If you are not interested but know of somebody who might be, please feel free to forward the details of this role.

list Building Safety Manager

Up to £350 per day Inside IR35

MMP Consultancy are currently seeking a Building Safety Manager for an interim position with a social housing organisation based in South London.

About the role

Job Title: Building Safety Manager
Salary: £350 per day
Location: South London (Hybrid Working)
Client: Social Housing Provider (TBC on application)

We are seeking a Building Safety Manager for a major landlord, the role will require someone who will take the lead on a patch of high-rise properties, make decisions based on the best practice and future proofing principles. Management of documentation, liaison with multiple internal teams and external contractors / consultants. Ensuring the compliance of all properties within the patch and any works are being managed appropriately.

Key Duties

  • Effectively contribute to the wider Building Safety team to provide ongoing support to colleagues and others through the sharing of knowledge, experience and skills.
  • Actively supervise the safe management of higher-risk residential buildings through an operational understanding of their construction, complexity, use, hazard profile and analysis of associated risk.
  • Implement and maintain effective controls in respect of structural and fire safety ensuring that all life safety systems are effectively managed and maintained.
  • Ensure that building safety information is current, available and in the required format to the London Fire Brigade and other regulatory, and professional agencies.
  • Ensure that the resident engagement strategy is in place, that it has been communicated and understood by residents and that it is effectively applied to ensure that any safety concerns are recorded, reported, monitored, and tracked to their appropriate completion.
  • Provide a frequent and visible presence within allocated buildings to offer professional, informed advice and support to residents, authorities, and other stakeholders on the fire safety strategy to ensure they are clearly defined, and understood as to responsibilities, decisions, and actions that individuals should an event occur.
  • Ensure that regular inspections and monitoring activities are conducted to understand how residents are using the building.


Additional Requirements:

  • LFB, Facilities Management or Surveying Background Preferred
  • Building Pathology / Compliance Knowledge
  • Resident Liaison skillset
  • Building Safety knowledge

list Building Surveyor

Up to £40 per hour Temp to Perm

MMP Consultancy are seeking a Building Surveyor for a North London social housing organisation on an interim to permanent contract.

About the role

Title: Building Surveyor

Rate: £40 per hour (Inside IR35)

Client: North London Social Housing

Location: North West London Office / North London

Expenses: Business-related parking and mileage are paid.

Contract: Rolling Contract (Covering Permanent)

Vehicle: Requires Use of a Vehicle with Full UK licence

Hours: 37.5 hours

Key Duties:

* Excellent knowledge of all aspects of repairs and maintenance services in housing, to include building regulations, legislation, health & safety, best practice, and Schedule of rate codes (SOR).

* HHSRS and General damp, structural and building diagnostic knowledge (minimum 5 years).

Damp works will be in scope with planned programme as separate Repairs team is looking after generic damp and mould queries and applications.

* Carry out inspections on their own to diagnose findings.

* Carry our daily re-booked inspections, report back, raise orders and issues work via own DLO or supply cains to suit findings.

* Manage the delivery of Planned repair works - identifying repairs, faults and issues , scoping and raising specifications, technical advice, monitoring progress on and off-site, raising orders and approving/rejecting variations on SOR codes, undertaking pre, mid and post-inspections, managing work in progress (WIP), expenditure and key performance indicators (KPIs) within agreed parameters.

* Prepare and provide specifications for quotations on works that sit outside of the current schedule of rate codes (SOR).

* Manage a team of sub-contractors and operatives, overseeing their performance, inspecting their work, and providing accurate technical advice to resolve day-to-day issues.

Experience Required:

* IT experience of the use of computer, tablet, and PDA.

* Excellent customer service.

* Strong inter-personal organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities.

* Self-motivated, ownership of works with can do attitude.

* Relationship Builder.

* Excellent customer service.

list Multi Trade Carpenter

Up to £25 per hour

MMP is currently recruiting for a Multi Trade Carpenter to join a Social Housing contractor based in South and North London on a temporary to permanent basis, offering £25.89 p/h Umbrella Van & Fuel Card

The successful Trades Operative will be required too:

  • Complete repairs and maintenance within occupied and void properties as well as associated works
  • Be customer focused
  • Work towards tight deadlines
  • Have social housing experience


Pay Rate:

  • £25.89ph (Umbrella)


Hours:

  • 39 hours per week (Mon to Fri)


Qualifications Required:

  • Recognised trade qualification i.e. City and Guilds/ NVQ (certificate must be available to provide)
  • Asbestos Awareness (may be completed anytime prior to start date)
  • Basic DBS Check


You will be supplied with:

  • A van (Full UK Manual Driving License Required, maximum 6 points)
  • Fuel card
  • PDA System

list Senior Project Manager

Up to £585 per day Inside IR35

MMP Consultancy are seeking a Senior Project Manager with a North London organisation, the role will pay circa £585 per day LTD.

About the role

Title: Senior Project Manager
Rate: £585 day (Inside IR35) neg.
Client: Local Authority
Location: North London
Contract: 9 months min.
Hybrid: 4 days per week (1-2 days on site, 1 day in office)
Attendance of weekly and monthly meetings, in person.

Key Duties:

  • Lead and project manage a portfolio of major capital investments works to Haringey council's housing stock, ensuring successful delivery and that contract conditions are complied with, that budgets and timetables are adhered, that high-quality standards and value for money are provided and that statutory, regulatory and Council requirements are always delivered.
  • Lead a team of project managers and consultants responsible for the delivery of a range of projects within the housing capital investment programme of up to £20m p.a. Provide effective leadership, support and motivation and ensure the team are recruited, trained, managed, appraised and developed in accordance with internal and statutory procedures in an effective and sensitive manner.
  • Accountable for the successful delivery of all projects within your portfolio, monitoring project performance through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), project spend and other management and project information and prepare regular, ad-hoc and end of year reports for project and Asset Management teams, boards, senior managers and others and attend board and committee meetings as required.
  • Ensure high standards of project administration are always maintained, that comprehensive, accurate, up to date project documents are maintained to the required standards on all projects managed by the team including but not limited to project documentation, project budgets and project cash flow forecasts.
  • Lead on the development and delivery of all projects related resident engagement and communication plans, achieve high levels of resident satisfaction and attend resident meetings and liaise with individual residents ensuring that residents are kept fully always informed.
  • Proactively collaborate closely with colleagues across Housing and the Council, members, internal and external stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach to the delivery of works and services to residents and that the interests of the council and of residents are protected.
  • Ensure compliance with all regulatory and statutory requirements, contractual requirements, quality standards and Council governance policies, processes and procedures always and that there are robust monitoring and change control mechanisms are in place.
  • Manage and take responsibility for the resolution of members enquiries, complaints, ombudsman enquiries, freedom of information, data protection issues and leaseholder and tenant requests.
  • Ensure compliance with all leaseholder legislation, produce detailed Section 20 notices for the works that will be undertaken, ensure leaseholder consultation is effectively managed.
  • Lead on the contract management and procurement of works and services contracts to support the delivery of the Housing capital investment programme, implement a robust contract management framework and resolve any contractual and legal disputes and ensure value for money at all times.


Key Skills:

Project management - evaluate effectiveness of contracts and consultants used and make recommendations or changes as required.
Procurement - Use of tendering, framework and partnering contracts, framework consultants and full OJEU (where applicable) procedures and to lead groups to achieve efficiency and cost improvements.
Contract management - oversee contracts and procurement processes, ensuring all works are delivered in line with agreed terms and conditions. Manage Quality Control issues in consultation with sub consultants and make appropriate recommendations for change.
Budget control - develop and manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effective solutions and financial accountability.
Internal and external stakeholder engagement - liaise with residents, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure clear communication and successful project outcomes. Lead/attend meetings with stakeholders as appropriate, preparing briefing notes, presentations or reports as appropriate.
Health and Safety - oversee health & safety compliance on all projects, implementing best practice and risk management strategies.
Reporting - provide regular updates and reports to senior management on project progress, risks, and performance.

Experience / Qualifications:

* Extensive knowledge of the capital projects industry within social housing.
* Building background with a suitable qualification or demonstrated experience.
* Communication skills that will enable consistent and quality communication between staff, contractors and potentially residents.
* Strong organisational skills to ensure that appointments are met, orders are raised, and work is scheduled efficiently.
* IT knowledge and experience, with demonstrated background in raising orders, checking repair order histories and basic skills in Microsoft packages.
* Use of appraisal system desirable.