Building Surveyor (Repairs & Maintenance) - Housing Services[Manchester City Council]
hace 11 días
Manchester
Building Surveyor Hourly Rate: £28 Location: Blackley, Manchester (M9) Job Type: Full-time, Temporary Contract Join our Housing Operations team as a Building Surveyor, focusing on housing disrepair. This role involves carrying out professional technical surveying duties, delivering high-quality inspections, schedules of work, and expert technical advice. You will act as a crucial link between contractors, legal teams, and housing officers, ensuring that cases progress efficiently and works are completed to required standards, timescales, and legal obligations. Day-to-day of the role: * Technical Inspections & Reporting: • Carry out technical inspections of disrepair properties within required timescales., • Produce clear, detailed, accurate schedules of work and technical reports., • Validate and interpret expert reports, ensuring recommendations are appropriate, cost-effective, and deliverable., • Conduct joint inspections and support the production of Scott Schedules and other legal documentation. Case & Legal Support: • Liaise with contractors, legal representatives, housing officers, and internal teams to help progress disrepair cases efficiently., • Provide technical evidence and, where necessary, act as a single joint expert or attend court as a professional witness., • Support timely case closure in line with legal and regulatory requirements. Contractor & Works Management: • Provide technical oversight to ensure works are delivered to required standards, budgets, and timescales., • Monitor contractor performance, challenge costs where necessary, and ensure works meet both quality and compliance expectations. Service Improvement & Reporting: • Contribute to improved reporting, forecasting, data accuracy, and case management processes., • Support continuous improvement of the repairs and maintenance service, ensuring a Right First Time approach., • Maintain excellent communication with residents throughout the process. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Proven experience working in housing disrepair, including inspections, diagnostics, and legal processes., • Strong understanding of building construction, standards, HHSRS, damp and mould, and local authority housing regulations., • Ability to write high-quality technical reports and manage multiple cases simultaneously., • Experience liaising with solicitors, contractors, loss adjusters, and internal stakeholders. Desirable Skills / Requirements: • Construction-related qualification or equivalent experience., • Experience of CDM, planning/building regulations, insurance claims, and voids/major works., • Strong negotiation, communication, and project management skills., • Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle. Benefits: • Competitive hourly rate., • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and impactful role within housing operations., • Exposure to diverse professional challenges and continuous professional development.