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Salary Salary: £44,000 to £50,728 per annum
Hours: 36 per week
Contract Type: Permanent
We are recruiting for two Maintenance Surveyors on a permanent basis in our North London Region. These are hybrid roles that will require travelling across the local region, working from the office and from home. Whilst these roles are North London based, the successful candidates may be asked to cover a geographical patch that includes North and/or East London postcodes.
Clarion Housing Group is the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing with 125,000 homes nationwide. We are committed to playing our part in tackling the housing crisis, both as a social landlord and developer of new housing.
The Repairs & Maintenance Team oversee the delivery of our in-house and external repair service, ensuring providers deliver the service to Clarion’s customer standards and provide value for money.
We’re looking for Maintenance Surveyors to carry out pre & post-inspections and create reports for responsive repairs, void works, and cyclical repairs. You’ll be the face of Clarion for our customers, delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction, and managing the performance and progress of our repairs service ensuring that quality works are delivered on time, with minimal defects, to a regional budget, and all within relevant statutory regulations and compliance.
We’ll look to you to deliver a professional surveying service including overseeing major and complex works, diagnosing damp and mould issues, responsive repairs, void works, and aids & adaptations. You will carry out diagnostic inspections and surveys, providing technical reports and accurate technical advice.
You’ll identify and manage insurance claims including property inspections and managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters and the insurance team, and you’ll be the technical lead during the handover of any new developments.
Other responsibilities include:
- Effective and efficient control of budgetary spend
- Production of schedules of works using NHF SOR coding
- Ensuring effective liaison with our in-house service provider, M&E contractors, and external sub-contractor staff to ensure the delivery of a top quality service
You’ll preferably hold a recognised qualification in a property related discipline such as a HNC in Surveying, or a degree level qualification; and be a member of a relevant professional body such as RICS or CIOB. You’ll need a good knowledge of the Social Housing Sector, awareness of its regulations, and a demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building and regulatory standards, planning regulations, health & safety, and other legislation relevant to asset management.
We’re seeking Surveyors with experience of financial management and controls within a contractor management and day to day repairs delivery, and knowledge of effective professional surveying service.
If you have excellent communications skills, and are capable of liaising with residents, contractors and other stakeholders, we very much look forward to hearing from you.
What you can expect from us:
Here at Clarion we’re dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle.
As standard we offer:-
- Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates
- Initial 25 Days annual leave (plus bank holiday), increasing to 30 days after 3 years’ service.
- A flexible benefit scheme tailored to you, inclusive of healthcare options, dental insurance, restaurant card and cycle to work along with 1% of your salary to spend on whichever approved benefit you like!
- Matched pension contributions of up to 7.5% of your salary with generous life assurance
- Flexible and agile working for the majority of our employees.
Other perks:
- Company Bonus Scheme
- Eye care vouchers
- Holiday trading scheme allowing you to buy and sell leave
- Free counselling and legal advice scheme for you and your family
- Interest free loans for season ticket and study leave
Closing Date: 28 January 2024 at midnight.
Applicants must be able to travel across regions as required.
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in the UK for the duration of your employment.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want Clarion to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.
We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Clarion an inclusive place to work.
