Maintenance Project Surveyor

Are you an experienced Maintenance Project Surveyor looking for a new role with a great employer? Are you experienced or have worked on Retro-Fit or sustainability projects? Come join us at Home Group and be part of our fantastic repairs and maintenance team. Make a difference as you support us to continuously improve the quality standards, ensure the safety and compliance and provide sustainable and renewable measures in our properties. If you fancy working alongside a brilliant team, who are already delivering Retro-Fit and sustainability projects in the NW and NE and to continue developing your own career as you grow with us, then read on… Typical day as a Maintenance Project Surveyor

• Carrying out pre and post inspections of planned maintenance work on a variety of different property types, managing a patch covering the NW of Cumbria, and NE region ensuring that our contractors deliver high-quality work and that our customers are happy with the outcome.
• Providing technical advice and support to our contractors and suppliers so we deliver a high-quality, cost-effective and compliant service in accordance with agreed specifications, from our Retro-Fit team and designers.
• Managing contracts including progress against programmes and using customer insight to support us in delivering on our customer promise - and managing performance Indicators on our principal contractors.
• Supporting our colleagues in helping customers to combat damp and mould issues in their homes - one of the essential aspects in our Retro-Fit delivery model.
• Accurately measuring materials to enable a 'right first time' approach, ensuring they do not vary from set and agreed specifications.
Imagine ending each day knowing you've made a positive impact on our customers' lives. You can do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Places to Work in the UK!,
• Working Monday to Friday, you'll shape your own diary around work, customers' and your own commitments.
• This is a hybrid role, so you'll typically spend some days in our offices others working at home and the rest working in our properties in NW Cumbria or NE regions.
• You must be able to use technology for updating records, budget and KPI management, completing online learning and collaborating with other colleagues.
• You'll need a Standard DBS check done and we pay for that.
  
  Building surveying experience including property condition and dilapidation surveys and specifying remedial works.
• Hold a Building Surveying qualification HND, HNC or Degree Level, as well as PAS2035 qualifications, Level 2 or Level 5 - or working towards these qualifications.
• Current knowledge of building repairs, construction as well as CDM roles and responsibility.
• Able to manage, control budgets and expenditure, and performance information.
• A vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage!
• A self-starter approach, able to work unsupervised to manage your own patch, working commercially to deliver our programmes of work on time and to budget.
• Knowledge of Retro-Fit works, including installation of renewable energy measures.
• Excellent experience in performance management of Principal contractors.
• Excellent at building strong Contractor/Client relationships.
• Excellent at delivering a customer focused approach, and excellent level of customer care.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review. Our team Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You'll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home! Our Team are a supportive and dedicated team, who are working on Retro-Fit projects currently, in the NW and NE regions, and are really looking forward to welcoming you into the Retro-Fit Delivery team. If you are passionate about delivering excellent results and changing our customers lives for the better, then this is the role for you!, Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Hybrid role - working from home, or from one of our regional offices in Maryport, Cumbria, or One Strawberry Lane, Newcastle and our properties in the North West of Cumbria and North East Region. 2 Year Fixed Term Contract, full time (37.5 hpw) Salary: £39,710 pa, with great benefits including Health Cash Plan,
• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a "me day" to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We'll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more. Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• Generous pension scheme with life insurance of 3 x salary
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you're ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.