Maintenance Surveyor - Kent/Merton region

Salary: £40,248 to £50,728 per annum (London) / £37,230 to £46,727 per annum (National)

Hours: 36 per week

Contract Type: FTC to 31/03/2024

This is an exciting opportunity to join us whilst we are expanding our Responsive Repairs team across Kent/Merton. All vacancies are initially on a fixed term contract/secondment arrangement.

We’re recruiting Maintenance Surveyors to deliver a professional surveying service, carry out pre & post-inspection and create reports for responsive repairs, void works and cyclical repairs.

You’ll be the face of Clarion for our customers, delivering the highest levels of customer satisfaction.

With a recognised qualification in a property related discipline and a member of a relevant professional body, you’ll need a good knowledge of the Social Housing Sector and awareness of its regulations. You’ll also need a knowledge of building construction, building and regulatory standards, planning regulations, and health & safety

About Us

Clarion Housing Group is the UK’s largest provider of affordable housing with 125,000 homes nationwide. We are committed to playing our part in tackling the housing crisis, both as a social landlord and developer of new housing.

The Repairs & Maintenance Team oversee the delivery of our in-house and external repair service, ensuring providers deliver the service to Clarion’s customer standards and operate within the agreed price per property or price per void cost model. The team manages the complex repair programme, ensuring environmental health notices and legal disrepair cases are well managed to conclusion, and the business risks are minimised.

We’ll look to you to deliver a professional surveying service including overseeing major and complex disrepair works, responsive repairs, voids and aids & adaptations, carrying out diagnostic inspections, surveys & technical reports and providing accurate technical advice with competent and thorough surveys.

You’ll identify and manage insurance claims including property inspections and managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters and the insurance team, and you’ll be the technical lead during the handover of any new developments.

Other responsibilities include:

You’ll ideally hold a recognised qualification in a property related discipline such as a Diploma in Surveying, Property and Maintenance Level 3, or a degree level qualification and be a member of a relevant professional body such as RICS or CIOB. You’ll need a good knowledge of the Social Housing Sector and awareness of its regulations and a demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building and regulatory standards, planning regulations, health & safety and other legislation relevant to asset management.

If you have excellent communications skills, and are capable of liaising with residents, contractors and other stakeholders, we very much look forward to hearing from you.

What you can expect from us:

Here at Clarion we’re dedicated to rewarding hard work and commitment and providing benefits that support you and your lifestyle.

As standard we offer:-

Other perks:

Closing Date: Monday 8th May 2023 at midnight

In the event that we receive a high volume of applications, we reserve the right to close this advert early, so don’t delay in applying

Applicants must be able to travel across the region as required.

You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Clarion are not able to offer visa sponsorship. You are required to reside in the UK for the duration of your employment.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want Clarion to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, can be themselves and know they can reach their full potential. We embrace and celebrate our differences through various initiatives and support colleagues through a number of staff networks.

We’re committed to building a strong, diverse workforce and making Clarion an inclusive place to work.