At a Glance
- Tasks: Create clear maintenance specifications and collaborate with teams to improve quality and compliance.
- Company: Join a supportive team at one of the UK's Great Places to Work!
- Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, pension contributions, and discounts on various services.
- Other info: Enjoy hybrid working and a focus on inclusion and wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on homes and services while shaping standards across the organisation.
- Qualifications: HNC, HND or Degree in Surveying or Construction-related discipline required.
The predicted salary is between 48000 - 48000 £ per year.
About the role Salary up to £48,000 per annum plus health cash plan Home, a place where you belong As our Maintenance Specification Surveyor, youll work closely with the Maintenance Contracts Manager, combining your technical knowledge and practical maintenance experience to create clear, consistent specifications that help colleagues and contractors deliver safe, high-quality work right first time.
Make sure to apply with all the requested information, as laid out in the job overview below.
Youll have the scope to shape standards across Home Group, bring maintenance thinking into projects before work starts, and challenge the repeat problems that affect our customers and homes.
What youll do Review and redesign maintenance specifications to make them clear, consistent, practical and future focused.
Work in close partnership with the Maintenance Contracts Manager and colleagues across development, delivery and planned maintenance.
Develop and manage a robust, group-wide library of specifications using NBS Chorus.
Bring maintenance requirements and lessons learned into new projects, products and delivery models at an earlier stage.
Champion standardisation that improves quality, compliance, and the customer experience.
Use your judgement to challenge outdated approaches and recommend better, longer-lasting solutions.
Why join us This role could suit a technical surveyor, specification writer, repairs professional or planned maintenance specialist who wants broader influence while working as part of a supportive team.
The role offers genuine ownership, broad exposure across the organisation and the chance to see your technical expertise translated into better homes and services.
Be part of one of the UKs Great Places to Work!
You have HNC, HND or Degree in Surveying or a Construction-related discipline Strong knowledge of repairs, maintenance, and building regulations.
Experience of drafting or reviewing specifications and working confidently with contracts, and technical information.
Confidence to build relationships, influence decisions and constructively challenge ideas.
Clear communication skills for explaining complex requirements to different audiences.
Experience of NBS Chorus or a comparable specification platform would be useful.
Stronger together We do our best work when were ourselves.
Thats why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits Youll manage your own diary.
We typically work on a hybrid basis with time in our Newcastle office and from home.
Whats in it for you?
Matching?Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary) 34 days leave, rising to 39 (this includes bank holidays and a me day). xwwtmva The option to buy 5 more each year 800 discounts on shops, holidays, days out, tech and more Top 20 in the UK for Wellbeing Work your way with flexibility to balance life and work Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support Finally For reasonable adjustments email .
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Maintenance Specification Surveyor in Northumberland employer: Home Group Limited
Home Group is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee wellbeing and professional growth, offering a supportive legal team environment in the vibrant Newcastle city centre. With a commitment to inclusion and flexibility, employees enjoy generous benefits such as 34 days of leave, a matching pension contribution, and family-friendly policies, making it a truly rewarding place to build a meaningful career in housing management law.
