Area Maintenance Surveyor

A regional affordable housing provider is seeking an experienced Maintenance Surveyor to join their property services team. The Maintenance Surveyor will be responsible for delivering an effective maintenance service to the organization’s tenants and housing stock, and for working with external contractors.

• Carry out responsive repair and voids inspections before and after works to ensure the right work is completed to a high standard that meets customers’ needs.
• Manage maintenance work ensuring compliance, health & safety, quality, and exceptional service across all properties and communal facilities.
• Make technical decisions following property visits, create work schedules for void properties, manage design/specification & contract administration, quality control and one‑off project management.
• Complete property surveys, including damp and mould inspections and diagnosis.
• Deliver high levels of resident satisfaction, ensuring effective communication and that works meet the group’s legal standards and obligatory responsibilities.
• Effectively manage programmes, projects and contractors while providing high‑quality asset management services.
• Supervise and manage works ensuring quality and cost control, and that all works are delivered to a high standard in line with statutory requirements and key performance indicators.
• Maintain excellent knowledge of health & safety legislation and up‑to‑date knowledge of all current statutory compliance regulations (asbestos, legionella, gas, electrical, fire safety).

• Minimum further education qualification (HNC / HND / Degree) and/or relevant construction, maintenance or building‑related professional qualification.
• Experience working within a busy maintenance/property team, alongside fellow surveyors.
• Experience managing compliance issues and a sound knowledge of contract administration and building contract law and legislation.

This role offers an exciting opportunity for someone from an affordable housing property background or a similar industry to add real value to an organisation with ambitious growth plans and to be a key influencer in its future success.