Senior Repairs Surveyor

• Permanent position, 37 hours per week.
• £37,280 to £41,771 per annum.
• 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• Training and personal development support opportunities are available.

You’ll be the specialist that walks into a home, can see what’s wrong with it and – most importantly – knows what needs to be done to fix it.

Using your unique blend of technical skills, experience and knack for getting your point across effectively, you’ll be the expert authority on undertaking building pathology surveys and answering questions like:

• Which specialist contractors (e.g. damp and mould, structural) do we need to bring in? How do we explain to them what needs to be done?
• What should the schedule of work look like to rectify the issue found?
• How do we improve our processes to reduce our liability to legal disrepair claims?
• What do we need to tell the tenant/s when they ask what’s wrong, how is It being fixed, how long is it going to take, and how much disruption is it going to cause?

You’re the kind of person that likes answering these questions because you know, at the end of the day, getting them right is what leads to our tenants being safe and living in the quality of home they deserve.

You’ll spend some of your time working form home, and some of it on site or in our offices.

If you’ve read this far, it probably won’t surprise you to know that we’re looking for someone with significant experience in undertaking property related building pathology surveys.

You’ll also have a relevant surveying/construction qualification or experience, and have worked in an organisations of a similar size/complexity

That being said, we’re more focused on your technical skills than which sector you come from – so you don’t need to have worked in the public sector before.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more...

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Mal Doyle via email at mal.doyle@somerset.gov.uk.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve. We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team.

If you have everything you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you.

For this role you will require a criminal background check via the online Disclosure and Barring Service.