Senior Stock Condition Surveyor, Greater London

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Senior Stock Condition Surveyor, Greater London

Client:

Location:

Greater London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

2b8e63d02178

Job Views:

6

Posted:

03.03.2025

Expiry Date:

17.04.2025

Job Description:

Role

– 6 months with possible extension

Working Arrangements

1. Initially the role is fully office based for the first few weeks. The role will then be hybrid, 2 days WFH.
2. Mileage expenses paid – 45p per mile
3. IT equipment provided

The successful candidate MUST have:

1. At least 4 years post Building Surveyor qualification working experience.
2. At least 4 years proven experience undertaking housing stock condition surveys including HHSRS surveys.
3. At least 4 years experience of carrying out and assessing, diagnosing, undertaking full measured surveys, and producing detailed surveys and reports on remedial works including schedule of costings.
4. UK Driving licence, access to own vehicle, and business insurance cover on your vehicle.

Our client, a South-London local authority, has 14 residential properties and the Council invests about £27m in planned maintenance and improvements each year.

The post holder plays a key role in collecting, assessing, and planning required works to the council’s housing and estates. This data and planning is essential in shaping strategic long-term investment decisions as well as building the annual and 3-year programmes of works.

Duties

1. Undertake surveys of council homes & other assets and assess them against the decent home standard and housing health and safety rating system.
2. Undertake audits and spot checks as required on the stock condition surveys undertaken & data received by consultants, to ensure consistency of assessments.
3. Ensure that the findings of the surveys can be used to inform and influence the council’s investment programmes, strategies, and policies at a strategic level as well as advising on any more immediate works if identified.
4. Provide technical and administration support to the Asset Planning Team and its service users, in providing a comprehensive service to the highest professional standards on all aspects of the planning of the Council’s housing improvements and maintenance capital programmes.
5. Assess homes against the decent home standard, HHSRS, and council standards and programmes, making recommendations on the timing of future investment in individual properties.
6. Make recommendations regarding future investment needs in order to maintain the housing stock in optimum condition including required improvements.
7. Contribute to decisions on specific ‘targeted’ surveys to ensure % of housing stock is surveyed within each survey cycle (five or seven years).
8. Contribute to council standards in relation to decent homes and responsive and planned repairs e.g., use of materials and products.
9. Assess and respond with due urgency if a potentially dangerous situation is discovered during the course of a survey, including liaising with Responsive repairs staff regarding urgent / Category 1 HHSRS hazards.

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