Repairs & Maintenance Surveyor

Job description

We have a current opportunity for a Repairs & Maintenance Surveyor on a contract basis. The position will be based in Bristol.

• Carry out pre and post repairs, exchange and relet inspections as directed by the Council's scheduling system and in liaison with the Trade Teams.
• Diagnose, assess and specify work required, in consultation with the customer. Order work through the Council's IT systems.
• Manage the delivery and quality of work carried out by internal workforce Trade Teams and external contractors, in order to maximise customer experience and satisfaction, taking the lead responsibility on dealing with any issues or complaints in a timely manner, ensuring any lessons learnt from these experiences are implemented as part of driving forward improvements to the service and continuously improving customer experience.
• Own repairs and complaints taking responsibility for actioning from end-to-end of the process. Ensure that where work is delegated or carried out by other parties, such as contractors, that over-view is managed and deadlines achieved successfully.
• Ensure customers are kept informed of progress throughout the process and that the work is completed to quality, financial and time targets. Champion an excellent customer/stakeholder experience with Housing Delivery Responsive Repairs.
• Take responsibility for maintaining excellent levels of communication with customers from end to end of the service. Manage customer expectation on escorted viewing of relets. Ensure clarity on letting standards and tenant responsibility.
• Specify the property refurbishment requirements ensuring the project is delivered to the target timescale and within budget
• Manage quotes from external contractors for specialist work, including achieving value for money whenever possible. Monitor and action dependencies, such as scaffolding checks. Ensure coordination and sequencing of work between teams and contractors.
• Assist in monitoring and controlling expenditure and costs against budgets. Contribute, with the team manager to ensuring effective budgetary management of the service.

Daily rate: £30 per hour

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.