Maintenance

Job Title: Commercial Surveyor

Job Type: Construction / Maintenance

Location: Southeast London 

Start Date: Asap

Salary:  £30-40k per annum 

Company & Project:

Our client is a friendly family run property maintenance company specializing in interior fit-out and refurbishments project across London and surrounding areas. They work on projects in complex branded commercial refurbishments and shop fit outs.

The company is rapidly expanding and extremely busy.

We are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join a well-established commercial office fit out working on a variety of small to medium sized bespoke contracts. 

About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Surveyor to join our team. In this role, you will lead either responsive repairs or planned works, with a primary focus on responsive repairs, maintenance, and general surveying services. Your responsibilities will include ensuring that all student and keyworker accommodations are maintained to the highest standards, and that all contractual, statutory, legislative, and regulatory requirements are met.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing an effective surveying service primarily to our internal clients, using site audit pro.
• Help lead on the end-to-end management of repairs, maintenance and voids including client and stakeholder communications.
• Analyse and assess building defects, provide remedial proposals, and prepare specifications for remedial repairs. To ensure that specifications are up to date and meet current legislative standards.
• Obtain quotations and estimates, if required lead on tendering the works in accordance with our procurement policy.
• Maintain accurate records of quotations, tenders and instructed works.
• Ensure works are carried out to specification, completed within budget and to the required standard.
• Provide advice, both technical and non-technical, on construction and building related matters.

What you’ll need

• At least 1 years’ experience as a building surveyor in a residential environment.
• Ability to prepare cost estimates, specifications, tenders, contract documents and carry out duties of contract administrator.
• Ability to communicate answers and solutions confidently to customers/colleagues face to face, by phone and in writing in customer friendly language
• Be attentive to detail when writing specifications, checking work and materials.
• Strong contract management skills and budget management controls.
• Ability to manage a flexible and demanding workload to meet agreed targets and deadlines

Application Process: If you would like more information on this position or any other vacancy, please apply online or call the ARC Maintenance team in our Norwich Office. 

Job Title: Resident liaison Officer 

Job Type: Permanent 

Location: Wisbech

Salary: £28-30k per annum 

Are you a Resident Liaison Officer looking for work? 

Our client a well-known social housing refurbishment contractor responsible for the maintenance of 1000s of properties across the East, are recruiting for an experienced working supervisor to oversee the running of a busy voids and repairs maintenance programme across Wisbech and the surrounding areas. The RLO will be Site-based and may be required to fulfil duties concurrently on more than one Site as required. This is a full-time permanent role.

Responsibilities of a Resident Liaison Officer:

• To ensure and maintain the resident liaison daily diary, record any incidents, and record all appointments.
• Understand the works, programme and scope of works.
• Provide site reports and updates for client and site management.
• Prepare and distribute all communications to residents.
• Establish a resident’s charter, maintain files, keep a log of complaints and any query’s that would come in.
• Compile, devise and implement procedures and administration to compliment your role.
• Be available for residents’ meetings, and meetings with the client as and when.
• Site meetings
• Housing officers, estate developments or joint management board meetings.
• Carry out pre visits to each neighbouring resident to explain the planned works and assist them in understanding the process.
• Letter process for the neighbouring property’s explaining all works.
• Regular checks on residents throughout the day and the end of the working day
• Any claims, compensation and complaints are dealt within a time scale and with care.

Desirable Experience of a Resident Liaison Officer:

• Occupied refurbishment knowledge
• Health & Safety knowledge

Qualifications & Skills of a Resident Liaison Officer:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally
• Customer care or sales background
• Able to work on own initiative and devise system to suit role.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Willingness to work outside in a construction environment.
• Appreciation of site operatives
• To work/Liaise with local schools, community leaders, youth workers and police.