Surveyor (Assets)

We have an exciting opportunity for a Surveyor to join KirkleesHomes and Neighbourhoods onatemporary fixed term (minimum 6 month) basis.

You will primarily be based in the Repairs (including damp and mould)Team. You may, however, also be called on to support the Specialist and Disrepair, Voids, Asset Management or Delivery Teams which – together with the Repairs (including damp and mould) Team -all form part of the larger Assets, Building Safety and Development Team.

The Repairs (including mould and condensation) Team deal with:

• Surveying, identification and ordering of remedial works and provision of advice, in cases of damp, mould and condensation in customers’ homes.
• Repairs’ surveying

The Specialist and Disrepair Team deal with:

• Damp (both major and minor) and specialist works such as timber infestation and floor replacements
• Housing Disrepair claims, including surveying, report writing and liaising with legal colleagues

The Voids Team deal with:

• Surveying council properties that have become empty to put together schedules of works to bring those properties up to a lettable standard to enable them to be relet.

The Delivery Team deal with:

• The development and delivery of schemes of work. This could be in the areas of component replacement via planned capital works or planned preventative maintenance.
• Structural defects

 The Asset Management Team deal with: 

• The day-to-day maintenance of asset management and related health and safety compliance databases, the input and use of information from these databases.
• The surveying and development of capital and planned maintenance works programmes.
• Ad hoc responsive repairs, leasehold sales, boundary issues and tenant improvements.