Maintenance Surveyor

We are seeking a Maintenance Surveyor to join our client's Property Services Team at their Exeter Hub, covering the Devon locality, on an initial 3-month fixed-term contract.

Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will diagnose and resolve day-to-day maintenance issues, providing technical support to in-house trades and contractors to ensure works are completed efficiently, ideally on the first visit.

This role requires some travel, so you must have access to a vehicle and hold a full UK driving licence. This role is also subject to a basic DBS disclosure.

You will also be responsible for:

• Carrying out inspections as needed prior to, during and on completion of repairs
• Providing a specification, including scope of works, quantities and budgeted costs and timescale that will resolve maintenance issues reported
• 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
• 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

To be successful in this role you will need:

• 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 Schedules 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

Some company benefits include:

• Pro rata 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
• Industry leading pension scheme, 12% matched contributions plus life cover at 4x your salary
• Flexible working - we're committed to giving people flexibility as widely as possible
• Options for private medical insurance, dental insurance & critical illness cover
• Discounted travel insurance