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Building Surveyor

Up to £40 per hour Temp to Perm
 
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Joe Phillips Divisional Manager – Asset Management, Property Services & Compliance

Job Description

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.

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