Project Surveyor

My client is seeking a Project Surveyor. This is a part-time, temporary position based in Croydon. The purpose of the role is to ­ensure contracts and works are delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner to agreed quality standards, value for money, statutory and regulatory legislation, health & safety compliance, ensuring high levels of customer and client satisfaction.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensure the provision of an efficient asset management service for a specified area to our managed homes.

• Effectively manage and supervise staff to successfully deliver projects on time and within budget.

• Undertake a range of property surveys, prepare specifications and schedule of works for tender.

Principal accountabilities:

• Ensure all maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with the organisation’s standards and legislative requirements.

• Supervise the work of others as appropriate, encouraging and supporting staff to ensure the work is completed to a high standard, creating a sense of team spirit, and giving recognition for a job well done.

• Undertake day to day contract management of planned maintenance projects including taking corrective action where necessary and report regularly on the progress of individual schemes.

• Prepare programmes, budgets, risk assessments and cash flow forecasts for individual projects and manage implementation to the highest possible quality and safety standards.

• Maintain communication and consultation to the highest possible standards of customer care with residents and resident groups throughout the project from initial initiation throughout implementation to final review.

• Make sure that work is carried out within the budgets and that value for money is achieved, by monitoring and reporting on performance

• Undertake a range of property surveys including technical appraisals of properties, property defect analysis and diagnostic surveys. Preparing specification and schedule of works for tender.

• Manage complaints through the complaints process, receiving, taking ownership and providing written responses as required. To continuously identify ways of delivering the service in a more efficient and effective way

• To ensure that properties and communal and external areas are safe and comply with Health and safety legislation.

• Advise residents on building maintenance issues in their own home and at resident forums.

• To ensure that residents and leaseholders are informed and consulted in advance of planned and current works.

• Provide advice to other staff, both technical and non-technical, on construction and building related matters. This is to include desktop reviews of drawings and specifications for new developments to advise Property Soft Landings team members of issues to be resolved.

• Monitor and keep accurate records of progress on site, including a record of any variations, snagging and health and safety records.

• Accurately update Orchard and APEX on the progress of all jobs.

• Accurately record and acknowledge all customer contacts, complaint details, actions and learning points on CRM.