Circa £40,000 to £45,000 pa (depending on experience) plus up to 34 days leave and health cash plan
Permanent, full-time (37.5 hpw)
Hybrid working, from our office in Reading, from home and covering Oxford, Reading and Swindon areas
We can’t offer a CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
Every inspection, every survey and every decision you make will improve daily life for our customers.If you can spot the things others miss and can resolve issues that enable safe, high-quality, compliant homes, we’d love you to join us.
You’ll survey and inspect homes to make sure they’re safe, well maintained and meet regulatory standards. Using your technical expertise, you’ll identify issues, arrange repairs and oversee works to ensure quality, compliance and great customer outcomes. Working as part of our Repairs and Maintenance team, you’ll help deliver reliable, high‑quality homes that our customers can feel proud of.
What you’ll do
·Carry out inspections, surveys and diagnose issues to keep our customers' homes safe, well maintained and compliant
·Scope repairs and improvements with clear practical solutions, supporting trades and contractors by providing technical advice and guidance
·Manage disrepair cases and manage complex cases such as damp and mould
·Oversee works and track progress against specifications, schedules and standards
·Make sure empty homes are ready to re-let quickly
Why join us
We offer great training and development, and a culture where your ideas and input are valued. Most of all, you’ll see the difference your work makes to customers’ lives, every single day. Be part of one of the UK’s Great Places to Work!
You have
·HNC, HND or Degree in Surveying or a Construction-related discipline, or
·MCIOB and strong post-qualification experience
·PCAQT and HHSRS qualification, or willingness to complete it after joining us
·Strong understanding of building pathology and ability to diagnose complex works such as subsidence.Current knowledge of relevant housing and building legislation and experience of Construction Design Management (CDM) client and design side.
·Experience diagnosing property condition and scoping for remedial works, working with DLO teams and contractors
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help makeHome Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
·You’ll work Monday to Friday.
·This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 2 days in the office and the rest working across your patch and from home
·You need to be able to drive and have access to your own vehicle insured for business purposes. We’ll pay for your mileage
·You need a Basic DBS check done, and we also pay for that
What’s in it for you?
·34 days leave, (this includes bank holidays and a “me day”). The option to buy 5 more each year
·Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
·Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
·Instant pay access with Stream
·Career path with development and excellent training package.
Find out more
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We're Home Group, a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of £505m and one of the UK's largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care.
We're proud of the difference that we have made over the last 90+ years and we continue to work hard to support over 125,000 customers who live in more than 57,000 homes across England and Scotland.
Our aim is to build homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! We're the 9th best place to work in the UK, the 4th best in the North East and the 8th best for women. Our apprenticeship programme is award winning; in 2019 we were named large employer of the year and large north east employer of the year in 2020.
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