Moxie people

Building Surveyor

07/01/2025
full-time
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Deadline date:
£350 - £400 / day

Job Description

Are you an experienced, qualified Building Surveyor, having worked within the Social housing sector? Are you looking for your next contract in Social Housing, want to work in Central London and feel like an integral member of the assets surveying team within a Social Housing provider, trying to make a difference. If so, Moxie people want to hear from you.
Purpose of job:
Responsible for the inspection of pre & post inspection works on the client’s behalf to ensure value for money and the correct specification of works within a D2D repairs and voids contract. The role will be on site or office based 5 days per week. This is a "boots on the ground" type of role at the coal face.
Salary, Key duties and responsibilities:
  • Salary: £350-£390 per day.
  • 6 month Contract.
  • Inspect and assess any repair requests and defects that are submitted to the client by the main contractor.
  • The checking through inspection of proposed works by the partnering contractor, ensuring correct specification and measures are applied through the M3NHF schedule of rates.
  • Willing to challenge recommendations from a technical and commercial basis to ensure the correct works are applied to the situation and remain inline with the partnering contract and the satisfaction of client and customer.
  • Write technical reports where required.
  • Challenge technical solutions where amore effective solution maybe appropriate.
  • Daily site visits to pre inspect, post inspect and follow ongoing works to ensure quality and control.
  • Good understanding of partnership working with a main contractor, robust understanding of the contract and specification, experience of working with TPC or JCT contracts desired.
Knowledge, skills and experience required:
  • Effective interpersonal skills, including teamwork, networking and negotiation skills with the ability to positively motivate all stakeholders, whilst building trusted relationships.
  • Technically competent in domestic buildings and preferably a surveying qualification or demonstrable experience in similar roles.
  • Possess a commercially astute approach with a focus on obtaining value for money.
  • Experience in building maintenance in particular response repairs and void refurbishment works.
  • Building Surveying background within social housing.
  • Full driving licence.
If you want a new 6 month Contract, already a qualified Building Surveyor wanting to be based in central London, and looking for your next role within Social Housing, please contact with an up to date CV

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Derbyshire county council

Building Surveyor

06/01/2025
full-time
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Deadline date:
£37938 - £39513 / year

Job Description

Candidates must possess the necessary right to work authorisation to enable them to work for Chesterfield Borough Council. Regrettably, we are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of an employment visa at this juncture.

Do you have significant experience maintaining high quality commercial facilities? Are you passionate about delivering first class customer service, experience, and ensuring resilient operations within a commercial property portfolio that includes but is not limited to leisure centres, commercial lets, office units, theatres, and shopping complexes?

Look no further, we are seeking a dedicated individual to join our team and contribute to the efficient delivery of first-class corporate facilities maintenance services.

As the building surveyor you will assist the senior building surveyor in delivering an excellent facilities maintenance service and oversee repairs and maintenance of our council’s commercial property portfolio.

Your role will be pivotal in ensuring that our commercial facilities are well maintained and operate at their optimum capacity. This is a diverse role in a busy team and the applicant will need to have significant and broad experience of managing contractors, organising maintenance schedules and following up actions arising from routine inspections, repairs and planned maintenance.

If you’re ready to take on a rewarding challenge and contribute to the efficient management of our council’s commercial property portfolio, we want to hear from you! Apply now and be part of our dynamic team.

You will need to be a driven self-starter, organise your own workload and have excellent communication skills with customers and within the team, plus a proven track record in working on commercial property in a maintenance and management role.

For a discussion about this post please contact Matt Godber at matthew.godber@chesterfield.gov.uk or Paul Martin at paul.martin@chesterfield.gov.uk. For further information on this post please view the job description and person specification attached.

Note: This role does not cover domestic property.


How to apply


Interested candidates should initially apply with a CV and a covering letter stating the job title, and clearly demonstrating suitability and experience for the role to HRJobs@chesterfield.gov.uk no later than the closing date below.


You can use our template if you do not have your own CV, by downloading it here.


Provisional interview date: 3 March 2025


Direct Advert Page

https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/building-surveyor/

Please be aware that Derbyshire County Council is placing this advert on behalf of this organisation and you should refer directly to its website for details of the terms and conditions attached to this post. Any queries regarding this advert or the recruitment process should be made directly to the organisation.

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