Property Surveyor

Property Surveyor Hundred Houses Society
Due to continued development this is an exciting time to become part of the award winning Hundred Houses Society team and contribute to their future improvement plans.

Hundred Houses Society exists to provide great value, low cost homes for the people of Greater Cambridge and constantly strives to deliver better customer service.  As well as focusing on delivering more new build homes, they are continually investing and modernising customer’s homes. The society has an extensive history, of nearly 100 years, and is a society based on strong ethics.

The roles overall purpose is to deliver high quality and consistent services to Hundred Houses’ customers and to carry out a range of technical functions covering all aspects of responsive repairs ensuring that accurate and timely information is available to enable investment decisions to be made by the Head of Property Services. 

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct a range of surveys and inspections including stock condition surveys, dilapidations surveys, and work in progress inspections relating to the Society’s homes.
• Actively manage the general condition of properties and any specific or recurring problems and make recommendations for planned or cyclical maintenance on the grounds of safety, health, legal obligations or cost effectiveness.
• Ensure contractors and suppliers perform to specification and contractual terms.
• Compile tender/contract documentation to deliver responsive repairs, repairs to empty homes and planned works.
• Work within authorised budgets and to agreed quality standards and to actively contribute to the budget setting process.
• Participate in the out of hours rota, providing support to the out of hours service provider as required.
• Work with the Compliance Manager, Head of Property and colleagues, together with contractors and suppliers to ensure all necessary service visits are undertaken.
• To deliver high standards of customer care, respect of others, inclusion and diversity, to all.
• To proactively ensure health, safety and wellbeing of colleagues, customers, and self, complying with relevant legislation, regulation, policies and procedures
• To maintain confidentiality and adhere to the Data Protection requirements, complying with relevant legislation, regulation, policies and procedures.
• Understand and relate to Hundred Houses society core values.  

Experience and skills required:

• The post holder will be desk based but will be required to travel to and access schemes and neighbourhoods within the Society’s areas of operation using their own vehicle.
• HNC or HND in Building Surveying, or training to this qualification or an equivalent
• Technical knowledge and understanding of property surveying and building construction.
• Experience and knowledge of contract management and Construction Health and Safety.
• Awareness and knowledge of property-related legislation, including planning laws and the restrictions of working in a conservation area.
• Practical knowledge and understanding of setting up technical specifications for tendering contracts.
• 5 GCSE A-C including English and Maths or equivalent.

Salary: £39,500 plus car allowance and enhanced pension, 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays