Building Surveyor - Housing

We are seeking a building surveyor with experience in structural engineering to join our Housing Maintenance and Investment Team to help look after our 11,000+ homes across Milton Keynes. You will work with our maintenance contractor and other MKCC teams to ensure our homes are safe and maintained to our standards and specifications.

Ideally, you will have worked on housing stock before and enjoy taking decisions at pace which deliver the most appropriate outcome for residents and our homes. This is a site-based role.

Main Responsibilities:

• Carrying out inspections of properties on a responsive and proactive basis to investigate, identify and specify required works.
• Writing and providing technical reports to inform on remediation options, along with reviewing volumes of reports or data to help inform decisions.
• Checking work is done correctly and to the required standard, working closely with our contractors and tenants to ensure clear communication throughout the process.
• Setting and following processes and updating on works done or issues found.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Able to, and enjoys making pragmatic decisions at pace and with transparency.
• Building surveying or structural engineering degree or equivalent qualifications.
• Proven working knowledge of the regulations relating to housing and housing management.
• A proactive approach in working across teams to fix issues when they arise.
• Detail orientated and cares about ensuring the safety of our residents.
• For this role, the candidate is required to have a full UK driving licence, along with access to a vehicle. Evidence of the driving licence and vehicle insurance with business insurance will be required from the candidate should they be offered this position. Without this documentation, the candidate will not be appointable.

Package Description:

• Great holiday benefits - most roles include 28 days annual leave every year on top of public (bank) holidays, increasing to 32 days after five years.
• In addition, there is a holiday purchase scheme allowing staff to purchase up to 5 additional days of leave each year.
• Excellent pension – everyone who works for us can join the national Local Government Pension Scheme, widely regarded as one of the best available.
• A full range of family-friendly policies including enhanced maternity, adoption and paternity support and a childcare subsidy.
• Access to an award-winning employee benefits programme that includes a health cash plan, a low-cost bike purchase scheme as well as high street discounts and money off entertainment and travel.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme – low-cost leasing of electric and low emission vehicles.
• Blue Light Card - employees working within social care can qualify for an additional range of discounts from national retailers and local businesses.
• Our roles are either designated ‘site based’ or ‘home based’. ‘Site based’ roles can include up to two days a week working from home whilst ‘home based’ roles are based at home four days a week.

About The Organisation:

Milton Keynes City Council is a large, modern and financially stable employer with around 2,500 people working across our eight areas. Together we provide local residents and businesses with a wide range of important round-the-clock services and aim to make our city a better place to live.

We work hard because of the demands placed on us, like protecting children from harm or preventing homelessness. However, working for the city is always rewarding and everyone has the opportunity to make a real difference. We are very proud of our diversity and are committed to having a workforce that reflects the community we serve. Whatever your background, you will be welcome here if you share our values of being dedicated, respectful and collaborative.

We offer great training and support and because of the size and scale of the organisation there are always new opportunities to explore when it’s time for a new role.