Astute's Power team is partnering exclusively with Portsmouth City Council to recruit 2x Building Surveyors on a 5-month contract for its Somerstown site and across other city.

The Building Surveyors comes with a rate of £27 per hour (INSIDE IR35).

Key skills
You will be surveying our assets
Updating stock data,
Assessing the condition of our assets,
Evaluating and diagnosing what work is required,
Assessing the best options to carry out the work,
Issuing repairs and managing a varied range of planned repair projects.
You will support and deputise for the Building Repairs Manager to ensure the building repairs team have capacity to effectively manage all demands received by utilising all the resources available including developing apprentices and surveyors.
You will manage apprentices and/or surveyors supporting the team to provide a repairs service including support management of day to day repairs, DFG works, GRA assets, complaints and legal claims
You will liaise with customers and stakeholders regarding the repairs and maintenance service, investigating complaints and disrepair claims as appropriate.
Stakeholders include residents, leaseholders, local councillors, building users and other section heads and you will have responsibility for managing the repairs service and developing relationships with specific delegated stakeholders.
You will manage the repairs and maintenance of the assets you are responsible for and ensure that we have accurate stock data information as appropriate.
You will assess the condition of the assets, use measures to assess the effectiveness of the service, identify planned maintenance projects and prioritise demands to inform planned programmes of work.

Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Building Surveyor role

Somerstown and across Portsmouth
£27 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract until May 2025Astute People are acting as an employment business in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful