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Job Title: Premises Assistant
Location: Slough SL2
Hours: Monday - Friday 36 Hours a week
Rate £16 (Paye)

I'm recruiting for a Premises Assistant to join a School in Slough. Assist in maintaining and securing Trust premises and sites, ensuring a safe working environment, under the general supervision of the premises manager, Head of Estates, and Principal, and as part of a team.
Responsibilities:

Security & Maintenance
* Ensure security of buildings and grounds.
* Maintain and repair fittings, furniture, minor plumbing, and light bulbs.
* Perform minor repairs such as unblocking drains and fixing door furniture.
* Decorate buildings, including painting interiors and exteriors.
* Operate heating systems.

Cleaning & Porterage
* Clean internal and external areas.
* Perform porterage duties.
* Collect and assemble waste for collection.
* Clean windows and glazed areas following safety policies.

Team Support
* Monitor and log works carried out by contractors.
* Manage access for lettings and ensure areas are returned to original condition.
* Supervise and establish cleaning procedures, rotas, and standards.
* Ensure the cleaning team follows security requirements.

Qualifications and Skills:
* N/SVQ Level 1 or equivalent experience or qualification or willingness to achieve this.
* Carpentry, plumbing, painting and decorating
* Good interpersonal skills and an ability to relate and communicate effectively with staff, pupil's parents and contractors.
* Good written and verbal literacy and numeracy skills, Clear, legible handwriting
* Working knowledge and understanding of IT systems.

If you are interested, kindly submit your application now. Even if your application is not successful this time, you can still register for potential future opportunities. Please note that if you do not receive a response within 10 working days, your application has not been successful on this occasion and feedback may not be provided.

Job Title: Premises Manager
Location: Slough SL2
Hours: Monday - Friday 36 Hours a week
Rate: £21 (Paye)

I'm recruiting for a Premises Manager to join a School in Slough. Provide property management and security services to the academy. Work with the Estates Manager to plan, coordinate, and implement inspections, maintenance, statutory compliance, and repairs for the academy buildings and grounds. Implement centrally procured contracts. Manage premises staff, including cleaners, and liaise with contractors to maintain high service standards. Ensure site health and safety and maintain the security of the premises. Maintain school machinery and plant, and ensure the premises' internal and external fabric is safe and secure.

Responsibilities:

Management and Supervision:
* Coordinate and implement routine inspections and repairs of school buildings, equipment, and grounds..
* Advise on redecoration and refurbishment plans.
* Investigate site issues, propose solutions, and initiate repairs.
* Order and oversee repairs, managing small maintenance projects.
* Assist in preparing documentation for tenders or project specifications.
* Inspect and report/repair defects in the school's internal and external structures and equipment.
* Establish and monitor window cleaning arrangements.
* Manage and supervise contractors working on school premises.
* Report on buildings, maintenance, and health and safety issues at Academy Council meetings.
* Arrange for the opening, closing, heating, and equipment availability for school functions and outside lettings.
* Manage external grounds contractors and recommend improvements.
* Plan and manage work requests and preparations for Academy events.
* Supervise premises staff, ensuring effective working relationships, timekeeping, and maintenance of work schedules and standards.
* Conduct accident investigations.
* Conduct absence interviews and present to Governors as necessary.
* Conduct and maintain a register of risk assessments.

Security and Health and Safety:
* Complete annual Health and Safety audit and routine checks, including site and equipment inspections.
* Conduct water risk assessments and coordinate surveys with the Estates Manager..
* Maintain and update the Annual Building Inspection Plan to ensure premises are fit for purpose.
* Ensure timely repairs and report defects.
* Conduct daily and weekly inspections of play equipment, making necessary repairs.
* Arrange and implement recommendations from annual play inspections.
* Advise the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on health and safety matters.
* Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, regularly reviewing procedures.
* Undertake yearly fire risk assessment and conduct regular fire safety inspections.
* Supervise the site daily to prevent trespassing and ensure safety.
* Serve as the principal registered Key Holder, attending call-outs and taking appropriate action.


General Duties
* Address bursts, leaks, flooding, fires, and breakages safely and promptly.
* Handle electrical and gas emergencies safely and promptly.
* Supervise and establish cleaning procedures, rotas, and standards.
* Receive deliveries, move supplies, and handle furniture and equipment.
* Liaise with contractors for heating and energy management.
* Take monthly energy readings.
* Manage external bins and order skips as necessary.
* Ensure premises are free from pests and vermin.
* Keep logs of work, records, and information for insurance and inspections.

Qualifications and Skills:

* Nebosh General or equivalent
* COSHH
* Asbestos Awareness
* Legionella Awareness
* Experience of premises management, building cleaning or building management
* Use of general cleaning equipment
* Taking responsibility for security of a building
* Awareness of the requirements of health and safety legislation and good practice relevant to the duties of the post.

If you are interested, kindly submit your application now. Even if your application is not successful this time, you can still register for potential future opportunities. Please note that if you do not receive a response within 10 working days, your application has not been successful on this occasion and feedback may not be provided.

MMP is currently working with a Large Housing Association in Nottinghamshire who are seeking for a Disrepair Surveyor to join their team - please see the details below.

Role: Disrepair Surveyor

Pay: £300/Day Inside IR35

Contract Duration: 6 Months (possibility of extension)

Job Purpose:

• Strong ability to deliver Reactive Repairs diagnosis and surveys from inspection to completion.
• Be able to resolve complex building issues, disrepair cases and development of the responsive repairs team.
• Comfortable building contractor relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Experienced in use of SOR, Basket rates, SCHOTT schedules.

Job Requirements

Must be RICS Qualified or working towards RICS Qualification

MMP Consultancy is currently recruiting an enthusiastic Customer Resolution Officer to join a Housing Association on a fixed term basis, in Kent.

Please note this position offers Hybrid Working.

Responsibilities:
* Investigate and respond to customer feedback and complaints with compassion and impartiality within our timescales.
* Ensure all customers receive an equal experience and opportunity to give feedback, and tailor the service to meet the diverse needs of individuals.
* Take ownership of challenging messages and difficult conversations with customers, particularly where there are differing viewpoints.
* Keep customers informed on progress while investigating their complaint.
* Ensure that policies and procedures are followed or challenged appropriately where necessary.
* Respond in writing to customer complaints and log on systems.
* Proactively look for solutions and opportunities to improve the services.
* Collaborate with colleagues to achieve a fair and appropriate outcome for customers, challenging where necessary.
* Ensure learns from our customers' experiences, working with colleagues to identify areas of improvement.
* Actively manage your learning to keep your knowledge up to date, enabling you to respond effectively to customer feedback.

Requirements:
* Experience of working within a customer service environment and/or resolving customer enquiries and complaints.
* Experience of dealing with challenging behaviour and resolving difficult situations.
* Experience of problem solving and making decisions based on sound judgment.
* Experience of understanding and applying policies, procedures and guidelines.
* Ability to communicate clearly and use the most appropriate style and method of communication with internal and external customers and stakeholders.
* Good standard of written communication skills, able to write for a variety of audiences.

MMP is working with one of their Local Authority Clients in East London who are seeking for a new Asbestos & Legionella Manager to join the business with immediate effect. I wanted to see if this is something of interest to yourself or your network?
This will be a interim role paying £400 Per day

This role has been created to support the Housing Assets Compliance Team in delivering Asbestos & Legionella regulatory compliance and its remedial actions with expected outcomes to ensure housing buildings are safe and compliant with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 & Water Safety - The control of legionella bacteria in water systems ACOP L8, as a part of the Council's strategic objectives.

Duties:
*Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and satisfactory completion of the programs within with agreed deadlines.
*Ensures any actions are accurately allocated to relevant officers, regularly tracked, updated, maintained and completed within prescribed timescales. Provides regular and accurate reports to stakeholders as appropriate.
*Manages the change control procedure and ensures that agreed project deliverables are completed within planned cost, timescale and resource budgets, and are signed off.
*Provides effective leadership to the all teams involved and takes appropriate action where teams' performance deviates from agreed tolerances.
*Ensures that own projects are formally closed and, where appropriate, subsequently reviewed, and that lessons learned are recorded.
*Lead on the project delivery, providing the vision and ongoing leadership that ensures they are successful in delivering outcomes and intended benefits.
*Provide expert advice, interpretation, information, support and coaching to other colleagues within the Council on the full range of operational, legislative and strategic issues within the field ACM & LEGIONELLA compliance.

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Development Portfolio Client Lead on behalf of a Local Authority based in North London. The position is permanent with a salary range of £67,794 - £75,070 per annum.

The client is seeking a high-calibre Development Portfolio Client Lead to manage key mixed tenure housing schemes. This role involves overseeing significant housing developments, interfacing with internal departments and external partners, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals. You will report directly to senior Council groups and Boards, contributing to one of the largest development programs in England.

Key Responsibilities

* Project Management: Lead and deliver mixed tenure housing developments, valued at approximately £2 billion in total.
* Collaboration: Interface with internal departments (Education, Greenspaces, Town Centres, operational estate departments) and external consultant teams and development partners.
* Strategic Alignment: Ensure consistent alignment with the Council's strategic goals and report directly to senior Council groups and Boards.
* Leadership: Inspire and motivate team members, modelling the Council's values of Caring, Learning to Improve, Inclusive, and Collaborative.

Requirements

* Experience: Proven senior management experience in delivering projects/programmes within a Local Government environment.
* Expertise: Experience in housing and non-housing led regeneration, compulsory purchase orders, land assembly, and joint venture partnerships.
* Knowledge: Practical delivery of schemes from inception to occupation and project closure (RIBA stages 0-7).
* Skills: Strong leadership, strategic alignment skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Stock Condition Surveyor to join a housing association. My client have stock in and around the Ealing & West London Areas.

This role will offer flexible working.

My client are offering an hourly rate of £40p/h Umbrella.

Role Purpose:

• Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and external agencies
• Support the delivery of the planned, cyclical and maintenance programmes and services and Asset Management Strategy.
• Work proactively with residents and colleagues to ascertain programme priorities and service needs
• Play a key role in developing customer expectations and other key stakeholders involvement in a programme of projects.
• Understand, analyse and act upon all aspects of customer feedback and performance relating to your programme delivery through the use of available management information reporting tools
• Pro-actively ensure that any underperformance or service failure is addressed to ensure that programme targets and operational KPI's are met: using legal and contractual knowledge to resolve issues
• Liaise with external organisations as appropriate
• Responsible for health & safety issues within the responsibility of the post
• Knowledge of construction, engineering and compliance standards.

Key Accountabilities:

• Develop effective working relationships with colleagues and external agencies
• To undertake stock condition surveys on the organisation's properties and communal areas, collecting information with regards to stock condition, age, repairs and remaining life of building components
• Carry out stock condition surveys, HHSRS surveys, Fire Risk Assessments and DDA audits on internal and external domestic properties.
• Advise on conditions relating to property condition, providing solutions to property issues and informing future programmes of works.
• Carry out health and safety surveys in line with HHSRS.
• Carry out other surveys, e.g. DDA surveys and fire risk assessments, to update the Association's asset register and assist the Asset Management directorate in preparing schedules for service charges for renewal, repair and maintenance.
• Upload survey data onto the Asset Management database providing management information and reports as necessary.

Title: Stock Condition Surveyor

Hourly Rate: £40p/h Umbrella

Location: Ealing, West London

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Class 3 G and H Building Inspector Surveyor on behalf of a Southeast London based Local Authority on a temporary basis for 3 months initially, subject to extension.

This role requires a professional with a strong background in inspecting higher risk buildings, providing crucial support to ensure safety and compliance. The rate of pay is £55ph umbrella inside of IR35.

Key Responsibilities

* Site Inspections: Conduct inspections on high-risk buildings, including those that are 18 me-tres or taller, or have 7 stories or more, with at least 2 residential units, or function as a care home or hospital.
* Design Team Meetings: Attend design team meetings, either remotely or in person, to pro-vide expert advice and ensure compliance with regulations.
* Building Regulation Trackers: Issue and manage building regulation trackers to maintain up-to-date records of compliance.
* Regulatory Support: Support the Building Safety Regulator as part of a multidisciplinary team, ensuring all safety protocols and regulations are strictly followed.
* Office Attendance: Work from the office one day a week (Wednesdays), leveraging excel-lent transport links into London Bridge.

Requirements:

* Registration: Must be registered at Class 3 G & H or awaiting results from a competency assessment provider.
* Experience: Demonstrable experience in working with higher risk buildings, meeting the criteria mentioned above.
* Competencies: Strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively within a team environment.

MMP Consultancy are currently recruiting for a Housing Surveyor for a Local Authority in Bedfordshire on an interim basis paying circa £300/day inside IR35 for a 3 month contract, working on a hybrid basis.

The right candidate will carry out inspections for major and minor repairs, adaptation, and improvement work.

Job Requirements:

* The health, safety, and condition of dwellings by identification through inspection of void properties, and analysis of defects leading to project managing cost effective works to time, quality, and budget.

* The planning, preparation, procurement, delivery and management of revenue and capital works programmes to time, budget, and quality from inception to completion.

* Management, administration, procurement, and supervision of contractors delivering inspection, risk assessment, renovation, servicing, and maintenance to council owned property.

* Taking part as required in emergency planning.

* Carrying out surveys and inspections of properties to diagnose repair defects and order effective remedial works.

* Occasional desktop diagnosis of customer repair enquiries offering effective remedial works to reduce the number of site inspections of property completed by colleagues.

* Working with contractors, placing orders for remedial works to void properties, managing the works & monitoring from start to completion.

Job Essentials:

* HND/Degree Qualification

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Building Control Services Manager on behalf of a Local Authority based in South West London. This is a temporary 3 month contract subject to possible extension. The rate of pay is £505pd inside of IR35.

The Building Control Services Manager will be responsible for the operational management, ongoing development, and promotion of the Building Control Services within the Borough. Candidates must hold registration with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) at Class 3 and Class 4.

Key Responsibilities:

* Play a key role in the collective leadership of the Council as part of the Corporate Leadership Group.
* Provide effective project leadership to achieve desired outcomes for cross-cutting and service-related projects.
* Inspire and lead the Building Control Service, ensuring high performance within a networked operating model.
* Facilitate change and innovation, fostering a culture of smart and collaborative working.
* Mentor and guide less experienced colleagues, encouraging their career development through personal growth and outstanding performance.
* Collaborate with management and colleagues to define outcomes, set targets, and monitor performance within a culture of continual improvement.
* Maintain a licence with the Building Safety Regulator as a Registered Building Inspector.

Qualifications and Skills:

* Proven leadership and management experience within a Building Control environment.
* Strong understanding of Building Regulations and associated legislation.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to manage complex relationships and contracts.
* Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities.
* Commitment to continuous improvement and innovation.
* Chartered Building Surveyor: MRICS
* Relevant Degree in Building Surveying/ Construction

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Principal Building Surveyor on behalf of a west London based Local Authority. This a temporary ongoing contract paying £600pd inside of IR35.

Candidates must have Class 3 Registered Building Inspector.

Purpose of Job:
* Lead the delivery of technical services for the Building Control Authority, ensuring compliance with building control legislation and regulations.
* Oversee public protection by enforcing building regulations, managing demolitions, and temporary structures.
* Manage the Council's response to dangerous structures, coordinating with emergency services.
* Contribute to the leadership and management of the Building Control Authority and represent Building Control in corporate initiatives.
* Act as deputy for the Assistant Director of Building Control when necessary.

Main Responsibilities:
* Provide technical advice on building safety, regulations, and structural issues.
* Support the Building Safety Regulator in regulating high-risk buildings and enforcing regulations.
* Ensure full cost recovery for Council services as per the Building Safety (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023.
* Ensure the competency and training of building inspectors.
* Enforce building regulations using powers under the Building Safety Act 2022 and Building Act 1984.
* Investigate and resolve contraventions of building work, serving necessary notices, and prosecuting cases.
* Oversee the inspection and licensing of demolitions and temporary structures.
* Review fire safety information in planning applications and advise on compliance.
* Act as a third surveyor under the Party Wall etc Act 1996.

Qualifications:
* Class 3 Registered Building Inspector is essential
* Class 3 Building Inspector registration
* Membership of MRICS, CABE, or a similar professional body.
* Minimum of five years post-qualification experience, preferably in a Building Control environment.
* Management experience is desirable.

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Building Control Surveyor on behalf of a Local Authority in Essex. This is a permanent position with a salary range of £40,918 to £45,459.

As a Building Control Inspector/Surveyor, you will assist in delivering the Council's Building Control services by:

* Managing a diverse caseload, including complex and significant schemes.
* Ensuring compliance with Building Regulations through detailed analysis and negotiation.
* Conducting site inspections and appraising building operations.
* Providing expert advice on building control matters.
* Maintaining accurate records and contributing to the development of service delivery improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Application Management: Analyse and negotiate applications to ensure compliance with Building Regulations and council policies.
2. Site Inspections: Conduct and lead site inspections to monitor progress and compliance.
3. Compliance Determination: Determine compliance of building operations and recommend necessary improvements.
4. Guidance and Enforcement: Offer guidance on Building Regulations and initiate enforcement procedures when needed.
5. Record Maintenance: Maintain accurate Building Control information systems and prepare detailed reports.
6. Dangerous Structures: Assess and address risks posed by dangerous structures, providing prompt action to ensure public safety.
7. Service Improvement: Contribute ideas and knowledge to enhance service delivery and attract customers.
8. Advice and Partnerships: Provide pre-submission advice and nurture partnerships under the LABC Partner Authority Scheme.

Qualifications and Experience:

* HNC/HND level qualification in construction or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
* Registration (or working towards) with the Building Safety Regulator.
* Membership of a relevant professional body (e.g., RICS, CABE, CIOB).
* Strong knowledge of building construction techniques, Building Regulations, and health and safety regulations.
Desirable:
* Degree level qualification in Building Control or Surveying.
* LABC Level 6 Fire Safety validation.
* Training in dealing with dangerous structures.