Housing Maintenance & Voids Surveyor

£32,436 - £36,085

(Including market supplement of £2,140 per annum)

Pay award pending

Rugby Borough Council is dedicated to both Community and Colleague growth. With a focus on wellbeing and personal development, we offer a range of career opportunities where you can take pride in the positive changes you help create. Join an organisation committed to the success of one of the Country’s fastest-growing boroughs and the people who make it thrive.

A vacancy has arisen within the Property Repairs Team for a Housing Maintenance and Voids surveyor.

Applicants will ideally have practical experience in housing maintenance and voids along with a relevant qualification, however those qualified by experience will also be considered.

We are looking for a self-motivated individual with a variety of skills to proactively work within our busy service area. The position is office based, due to service needs. If you’ve got the passion to work with customers and colleagues to deliver a quality service to be proud of, we’d love to hear from you.

The successful candidate will be able to deliver effective day-to-day maintenance, repair and improvement services whilst maintaining excellent communication with colleagues and customers.

Duties include

• Inspection of habited and void properties
• Inspection of properties for mutual exchanges and incentive moves
• Investigation of complaints and disrepair claims
• Diagnosing defects
• Providing detailed specification of works for repairs operatives and subcontractors
• Pre and post inspections
• Preparing specifications to allow contractors to tender for works

Benefits

• 35 days annual leave (including 8 Bank Holidays and 3 extra days normally applied at Christmas)
• Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• Structured Induction Program
• Learning and Development opportunities including Future Leaders programmes
• Payment of a professional subscription for approved professionals
• Family Friendly Policies
• Independent Support for your health & wellbeing
• Generous compassionate leave
• Extra Benefits including Retail Discounts, Car Salary Sacrifice & Cycle to Work scheme and more