Job description:

Repair & Maintenance Surveyor

Midlands

Salary - £41,800(+ 750 Car Allowance) per annum - depending on skills and experience

Contract type - Permanent

Working hours - Full Time

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a Repair & Maintenance Surveyor, on a permanent basis within the Midlands area.

You will carry out inspections both physically and using video functionality in our customers` homes and empty homes to provide advice or to schedule and raise repairs that are of a complex nature to remedy issues.

You will ensure we are meeting regulatory, statutory, and health & safety requirements, including decent homes standards.

You will be responsible for ensuring our services meet operational standards and targets, provide value for money and involve colleagues and customers in order to improve service delivery, there are specific overall requirements to meet the regulatory and health and safety required of the service, including the Decent Homes Standard and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.

About you

You must have the following qualifications:

HNC in construction or equivalent and City and Guilds or equivalent in trades background i.e. Plumbing or Carpentry.

You must be able to plan, organise and successfully execute multiple tasks simultaneously with timeliness and accuracy.

You must be able to build trust with others and an environment that encourages motivation.

You will need to be able to lead across the locality, carrying out all day to day surveying functions and responding to any technical queries raised by the residents, locality leads or colleagues.

You will review customer alteration requests and be the decision maker as to whether they are approved or not in line with our policy and procedures.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require evidence of the required certificates and qualifications for this role. Without this evidence, you would be unable to commence employment at GreenSquareAccord

About us

GreenSquareAccord is one of the biggest social housing and care providers in England.

We believe passionately in our mission to build better lives and provide social housing and support services to 54,000 people across our four localities. We are proud to play an active role in helping people to deal with the consequences of the housing crisis by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

Our purpose

We are proud to be able to support tens of thousands of people across England by providing affordable housing and care to help people live independently.

Our focus is on building better lives. Everything we do is about people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home or providing care which helps someone to live an independent life.

Our colleagues live and breathe this social purpose and we need great people, with skills across a range of disciplines, to make this happen.

Working for GreenSquareAccord gives you the chance to bring your skills and expertise and make a real difference. It doesn`t matter which role you are considering applying for, your work will help thousands of people build a better life.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:
We believe our customer is everything

We are one team

We are supportive and caring

We are business-minded for social purpose

We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know