Disrepair Surveyor

• Management of Disrepair cases from inception to completion, creating detailed reports which are usable in court if required.
• Undertake expert witness reports / scott schedules as required.
• Managing a high volume of work across a designated geographical patch.
• Take full control of the surveying duties, ensuring the completion of works.
• Autonomy on decisions which are required to ensure quality work.
• Manage tenant engagement and ensure high-calibre customer service along with the Disrepair Case Officer.
• Receives support from Solicitors within the Legal Team with the strategy on how to approach certain cases if court orders are involved.
• Deliver a high-quality customer-focused repairs and maintenance service to act as essential technical support to the Repairs and Operations
• Pre and post-condition inspections of works, with a focus on quality and cost, including but not limited to checks on asbestos management, CDM regulations and void specification brief(s).
• Undertake and monitor proactively the client's responsibilities for all contracts within the posts remit.
• Provide specialist and professional reports, write specifications, manage disrepair cases, and insurance cases, and undertake estate inspections and quality assurance inspections.
• Overseer the delegated Revenue and Capital budgets for the Repair and Maintenance and one-off projects. To support the Repairs & Operations Service and across Property Management to reduce compensation costs associated with legal disrepair

Essential:

• MRICS, MCIOB or Expert Witness qualified.
• Extensive experience in delivering complex/disrepair service for social housing.
• Understanding of disrepair legislation, Including a sound knowledge of:
• The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
• Defective Premises Act 1972
• Detailed Knowledge and understanding of pre and post-inspection processes, building pathology and repairs techniques.
• Detailed Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities in relation to construction and Construction Design and Management (CDM) regulations.