Technical Surveyor - Property Repairs

Here at Sovereign Network Group we provide quality, affordable homes in happy, successful places. What we do makes a real difference to people's lives, and you'll share the satisfaction of doing something that really matters. We are now the 6th largest housing association by size - with almost 3000 colleagues, over 82,000 homes and over 210,000 customers across London and the South. We have an exciting opportunity for a Technical Surveyor to join our Property Services Team in our Southampton locality.

Responsibilities

• Reporting into the Operations Manager, you'll be responsible for providing a comprehensive technical surveying service, with a focus on effective delivery of maintenance services.
• The role will investigate and provide advice on the resolution of complex maintenance issues such as building disrepair, structural failure, and defect analysis, raised either internally or by our customers.
• You'll own the day to day technical advice on design, construction, maintenance, and repair to internal and external stakeholders, in-house delivery teams and external contractors.
• Inspecting properties, diagnosing the causes of damp, mould and condensation issues, and recommending effective remedial solutions.
• Preparing reports, specifications, drawings and contract documents for a range of repair and maintenance construction activity, to include working drawings and detailed cost estimates.
• Ensuring works are completed safely, to the required standard and specification, in the most effective and efficient manner and to a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Managing contracts for maintenance works - monitoring performance by site visits, liaising and negotiating with contractors, external consultants, and other professionals to ensure contracts are delivered to time, cost constraints, according to CDM requirements and to quality standards.
• Maintaining high quality data within the property systems.
• Ensuring a detailed local knowledge of customer, asset and investment needs across your locality.
• Developing own capability through continual personal and professional development to ensure knowledge is kept up to date.

Requirements

• Educated to degree level or vocational qualification in relevant construction related discipline.
• Strong knowledge around the cause of damp and mould and HHSRS especially in respect of Awaab's Law legislation.
• Up to date knowledge and awareness of technical, statutory, regulatory, and legislative requirements, standards, and best practice in relation to delivery of a maintenance service.
• Ability to prepare and interpret specifications schedules of work using bespoke or National/published Schedule's of Rates/Works.
• Ability to plan, track and forecast safe delivery of customer focused services, works and expenditure within agreed timescales and budgets.
• Ability to operate with commercial acumen.
• Knowledge of relevant health, safety and environmental legislation with focus on compliance within all activities undertaken.
• Proficient use of IT Systems including Microsoft office suite with Intermediate Excel skills.
• There will be some travel involved with this role so you should be happy to travel, have access to a car and a full UK driving licence.

Benefits

• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days).
• Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package.
• 3 additional wellbeing days and 2 paid volunteering days.
• Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and Life cover at 4x salary.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay.
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance and critical illness cover.
• Wellbeing discounts, including Gym Memberships and access to a 24/7 virtual GP service.

At Sovereign Network Group, we are passionate about inclusion for all and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. We are committed to our Equality Diversity and Inclusion strategy and believe that you can truly be yourself at SNG.

Please note a Basic DBS check will be undertaken for the successful candidate. Our purpose is to provide good, affordable homes that are the foundation for a better life - and our vision is thriving communities, over generations. We provide over 85,000 homes and invest in communities across London, the South East, South West and East of England, as well as aiming to create thousands of new affordable homes every year. Working for us is so much more than just a job.