Project Surveyor

Location: Oldham (hybrid)

Salary: £38,724.19 per Annum.

Job Type: Permanent

Other requirements: Must hold a current valid driving license and have a car available for work at all times.

Working within multi-disciplinary teams to provide effective and high-quality asset services that ensure FCHO properties are maintained in a good state of repair, so that value for money, efficiency, high quality and compliance with legislation is achieved.

Responsibilities:

• Establish the programmes required to deliver effective asset management through investment and repairs and maintenance projects to agreed standards and comply with legislation and statutory obligations ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Prepare project proposals, including option appraisals, feasibility studies, planned maintenance reports and specific defect reports including site inspections and surveys.
• Assist with financial planning, budget setting and budget monitoring throughout the programme of works.
• Survey, report and specify works required for each project including resident communication.
• Prepare & monitor statistical information relating to performance ensuring key performance targets are met.
• Liaise and chair meetings with customers and stakeholders.
• Ensure that all complaints and requests for service are actioned and provide a customer focused service to ensure that all the customer’s concerns have been identified and resolved.
• Monitor completed works and variations.
• Liaising with stakeholders on all matters relating to the maintenance of the asset programme.
• Assist in the preparation of work specifications, bills of quantities, drawings and all other contract and tender documents for contractors and consultants.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of computer based and manual office systems and records.
• Attend, present at and report back from tenants/resident group meetings, boards and committees.
• Maintain record to support service improvements and future regulatory inspections.
• Ensure that the company’s Financial Regulations, Procurement Procedure and other relevant process and contractual obligations are correctly applied.
• Contribute to the upkeep of the Asset/Property & Land Management databases, and implement a comprehensive data collection programme of key building components, their condition and optimum replacement cycle.
• Improve the cost effectiveness of our planned maintenance by evaluating components using whole life cycle costing principles.
• Ensure impacts are monitored and acted upon with regard to improving the responsive, batched and cyclic repairs services.
• Ensure appropriate quality assurance systems are implemented to maintain robustness of data.
• Assist in the development of both borough wide and area-based investment plan delivery.
• Carry out surveys inspections of land and property specifically relating to disrepair, personal injury and health and safety issues, and make recommendations for appropriate works.

Essential Requirements:

• HND Building Studies (or equivalent)
• Health & safety regulations relating to construction (CDM, gas safety etc.)
• Supervising third parties
• Building, maintenance & surveying experience
• Monitoring finance & budgets
• Construction project delivery
• Customer consultation

Desirable:

• Membership of RICS/CIOB or other professional institutes allied to the construction industry
• CAD systems & software
• Conducting health & safety risk assessments
• Managing NEC contracts
• Surveying kitchen & bathroom installations & assessing repair requirements
• Conducting energy assessments

Benefits:

• A 37-hour working week with hybrid working options
• Holiday entitlement is 30 days plus one shut down day and eight bank holidays.
• Defined contribution pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 10%.
• Death in service benefit
• Automatic enrolment into a healthcare cash plan
• Access to an Employment Assistance Programme
• Access to Doctorline, a 24/7 worldwide GP helpline for you, your partner and your children
• Access to our colleague benefit platform which offers discounts on hundreds of high street brands
• Discounted gym membership
• Professional subscriptions are paid for by the business where they are an essential requirement of your role.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and sick pay
• Access to an on-site wellbeing room
• Access to an on-site café
• Long service awards

We are committed to building an organisation that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills & are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.