Regional Building Surveyor

Your new company

Your new Organisation is responsible for the management of some 2,600 residential properties across 65 developments throughout England. Forty-eight of these developments, representing 2,000 units, are 'retirement' developments where ownership of property is restricted to those over the age of at least 55 years old.
The retirement portfolio is the predominant part of the organisation's management business.

Your new role

As Building Surveyor, you will have overall responsibility for the maintenance of the buildings and equipment on each of the developments within your geographical 'patch'.
You should appreciate that in retirement developments there are usually lifts, alarms, automatic doors and other related equipment, so a surveyor who has an understanding of such M&E-related systems would be an ideal addition to the team.

You will report to the Technical Director, who is part of the company's management team, on all aspects of contracts and the technical administration of estates under management. Furthermore, on most of the retirement developments there is also an Owners' Board, constituted of those living in the development.
You will also be expected to account to these boards on relevant technical issues. The organisation has two home-based Regional Estates Managers, each covering an appropriate geographical area. You will be expected to liaise with your Regional Manager as necessary and to keep him or her fully apprised of progress on matters on which you are working.

Day-to-day duties will include the following:

• Undertake new build development inspections/surveys
• Condition Surveys
• Mechanical and Electrical equipment surveys
• Undertake Small Works (reactive maintenance projects)
• Undertake Major Works across all sites/projects
• Risk assessments/Health and Safety responsibilities.

What you'll need to succeed

Essential Knowledge/Experience

• Extensive knowledge of the common faults in the methods of repairing, maintaining and improving a residential property, while also having a good knowledge of the legal framework relating to the construction and maintenance of residential properties.
• Knowledge of Leasehold Management and the preparation or issuing of Section 20 notices.
• Good understanding of the fundamentals of stock condition assessments and planned maintenance programming.
• At least 3 years' worth of experience of commissioning or supervising maintenance work.
• Ability to write specifications for all common areas of repair, maintenance and small-scale improvement in residential property.
• Maths and English to GCSE or equivalent and HNC/HND in Building.
• Ability to carry out basic technical drawings to explain detailed requests to contractors.
• Must have a UK driving licence.

Desirable Knowledge/Experience.

• Knowledge of the Retirement Housing Sector.
• Previous use of hand-held maintenance IT equipment
• Presentation skills in small group settings. To staff and tenants.
• Membership of a professional body i.e., CIOB or similar.

What you'll get in return

• Car allowance and 45p a mile mileage
• 25 days annual leave
• 6% company pension contribution
• Hybrid working

What you need to do now

If you are interested in the opportunity, please apply online today! Or feel free to contact a member of the Hays team today to discuss opportunities across the market.

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