Asset Surveyor

£37,000 per annum

Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk

Permanent, Full Time

Full time - 37 hours per week

Proposed Interview Date: Thursday 31st October - Friday 1st November (TBC)

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for an Asset Surveyor to provide an asset surveying service across the property portfolio, to all geographical locations via the Total Property Management (TPM) program. To undertake asset surveys of the property portfolio to determine the scope of work required, considering stock condition, Housing Health & Safety Rating System (HHSRS), Decent Homes (DH) and Energy Efficiency.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the effective collection of data relating to Decent Homes, HHSRS, housing component condition and lifecycles and the assessment/rating of stock.

• Assist with gathering property data relating to Health and safety, compliance sustainability and asbestos.

• Undertake periodic site surveys and ad-hoc surveys as required to ensure that quality standards are achieved.

• Undertake detailed Condition Surveys, Planned Preventative Maintenance Schedules, Insurance work, and Dilapidations Surveys where required.

Please see the full list of responsibilities on the Role Profile attached.

Our ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in stock conditions surveys in the Social Housing sector and understanding of residential construction methods and domestic services.

• A recognised construction related qualification such as Assoc RICS, MRICS or an HNC level in Building Surveying, building pathology, Building Studies / Construction, or equivalent level of experience.

• A good understanding of the decent homes Standard and the Health and Safety Rating System along with a good understanding or qualification in asbestos management, sampling, or removal such as a P402 qualification.

• Ability to maintain and develop relationships with colleagues and customers to provide stock condition data, repair requests and general information.

• Ability to develop and deliver solutions to problems that are sensible, practical, and proportionate to the risk.

• Ability to work as part of a team and also able to work independently without the need for close supervision.

• Excellent time management skills, including an ability to prioritise workload and meet agreed deadlines as well as an elevated level of accuracy and attention to detail.

• Excellent communication and people skills, possessing the ability to liaise with various audiences both in writing and verbally.

• Good IT skills to include Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

The Company

We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.

We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.

At Saffron

We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our staff to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE - Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that they have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.

As an inclusive employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.