Technical Surveyor

We're recruiting a skilled Technical Surveyor to support the effective delivery of maintenance services across a varied property portfolio. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you'll provide expert technical advice on complex maintenance issues including disrepair, structural defects and building failures. You'll act as the technical authority for design, construction, maintenance and repair, working closely with internal teams, external contractors and customers to deliver safe, compliant and high-quality outcomes.

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. This role is also subject to a basic DBS disclosure.

Key duties:

• 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

Required skills:

• Educated to degree level or vocational qualification in relevant construction related discipline
• 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