Maintenance Surveyor (Interim)

MMP are working with a Local Authority in East London who are looking for a new Maintenance Surveyor to join their team.

Job title: Maintenance Surveyor
Hourly Rate: 33.08 (Umbrella) - 35 hours per week.
Location: East London

About the role:

* Deliver the full range of technical repairs inspection service., including Disrepairs and Voids, to maintain our clients housing stock, meeting statutory and industry standards and ensuring high quality contractor performance.
* Contribute to the ongoing work of the our clients Repairs Team and Repairs Contractors in maintaining and improving the housing stock ensuring quality and value for money solutions
* To oversee appointed contractors carrying out repairs and minor improvement works on an allocated patch, taking ownership and carrying out effective liaison, to ensure a high quality repairs and maintenance service at the best possible cost. Works include mould and condensation works, roofing, plumbing/leaks, paving, voids, collapsed drains, rising damp, in a range of traditional build and conservation area properties.
* To undertake the full range of technical and inspection duties in relation to repairs and minor improvements to occupied and void homes, external and communal areas and playgrounds on your patch, including: Home or site visits to pre-inspect, diagnose and specify work, using a range of technical diagnosis equipment, with the aid of aerial platform plant, scaffolding or specialist investigative equipment as required, including leaks, mould and condensation, instructing dye tests/water tests to identify leaks and instructing pressure/flow tests for low pressure issues.
* Assess properties for hazards such as damp, mould, excess cold, sanitation, drainage etc,
* Raise works orders and variation orders, obtain, challenge costs and approve quotations for specialised/non-standard works; Work supervision, contractor liaison and progress monitoring to ensure target dates are achieved and quality standards are met.
* Post inspecting works to ensure quality, audit requirements and quotas; monitor post inspection failures, frequency of repair requests by property, most used items and quoted work as requested;