Repairs & Maintenance Surveyor

Repairs & Maintenance Surveyor – Social Housing

• Location: Hybrid from Carlisle or Workington, with travel across Cumbria
• Salary: £40,116–£42,755
• Contract: Permanent, full-time
• Hours: 36.25 hours per week with flexitime

Social housing experience is essential/

We are recruiting an experienced Repairs and Maintenance Surveyor to join a well-established housing provider managing more than 7,400 homes across Cumbria and Northern England.

This role is open to candidates from a surveying, construction or trade background. You do not need to be at the beginning of your career, and you do not necessarily need a surveying degree.

You may currently be working as a:

• Repairs or Maintenance Surveyor
• Property Surveyor
• Building Inspector
• Voids Surveyor
• Repairs Supervisor
• Maintenance Supervisor
• Trade Supervisor within social housing

What you will be doing

You will manage housing repairs and property works from inspection through to completion, including:

• Inspecting occupied and empty homes
• Diagnosing building defects and repair issues
• Preparing specifications and schedules of work
• Estimating costs and appointing contractors
• Managing responsive repairs, voids and planned works
• Monitoring contractors against quality, cost and timescale targets
• Carrying out post-inspections
• Dealing confidently with residents, complaints and challenging situations
• Checking invoices and managing budgets
• Supporting damp and mould, disrepair, compliance and stock-condition work

Essential criteria

You must have:

• Previous experience working within social housing, a housing association, local authority or registered housing provider
• A strong construction, repairs or property-maintenance background
• Experience inspecting properties and diagnosing building defects
• Experience managing contractors, tradespeople or repair works
• Confidence dealing with residents, including challenging or sensitive situations
• A relevant Level 3 trade or construction qualification as a minimum
• A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
• The ability to work from Carlisle or Workington and travel across Cumbria

If you are applying from a trade background, you must have progressed into a supervisory, inspection, contractor-management or property-services role.

Desirable qualifications

• HNC or HND in Construction, Building Surveying or a related subject
• Health and safety qualifications
• RICS or CIOB membership, or an interest in working towards membership
• Experience with voids, disrepair, damp and mould or planned-maintenance programmes

Why apply?

• Salary of £40,116–£42,755
• Permanent employment
• Hybrid working and flexitime
• Support towards professional development and chartership
• A varied role with genuine autonomy
• The opportunity to improve homes and services for local communities
• A supportive organisation with excellent employee-engagement results

Apply now with your CV, clearly outlining your social housing, construction and repairs experience.