Adaptions Technical Surveyor
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The Vacancy
Permanent
Full time (37 hours per week)
Closing date: 24th March 2024
This role will be known internally as HIA Technician
Stockport Homes Group is a great place to work! We pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities.
We’re currently recruiting for a HIA Technician to support the Home Improvement Agency team with the delivery of disabled facilities grants for private and public sector disabled adaptions as part of the Home Improvement Agency Team. You will develop and maintain strong client relationships and focus on the four main areas: customer satisfaction, quality control, following legislation for DFG’s and local policies and providing support and advice.
The key purpose of this position is to work and support the surveyors dealing with disabled adaption cases, contractors and partner agencies to create a safe working environment and ensuring that teams are compliant with the appropriate legislation.
As the HIA Technician you will be responsible for:
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Providing feasibility and working drawings for various schemes and submitting plans and applications to Development control for planning permission and Building Regulation approval as required.
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Carrying out site visits to ensure work is of a high standard, on time and to specification
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Undertaking full measured surveys of properties with which the Department is involved
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Assisting the surveyors in producing specifications based on technical advice and guidance in respect of building materials for building control and planning requirements
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Interpreting and apply the effective implementation of new legislation, policies, and procedures within the sector
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Applying the relevant legislation to cases referred to the team to ensure they are eligible for support and/or grants, be the signatory for SMBC grant approval.
Our ideal candidate will have:
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A HNC in construction or have equivalent relevant experience of CAD design and planning and building control requirements.
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Experience of working alongside contractors to achieve high standards of work and value for money, whilst working safely.
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Have the ability to carry out feasibility surveys and feedback proposals to a non-technical audience
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Strong building knowledge to design projects to meet the end users’ needs while meeting all the relevant legislation and statutory requirements.
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Excellent IT skills in relation to the office environment (Office 365, excel, word) and with specialist systems such as Civica APP.
It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we work in. Equality, diversity and inclusion is important to us and we like to acknowledge that everyone is different. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams and across the group, so we would welcome any applications from any underrepresented groups.
If you would like to discuss the role, please contact Steve Healy 07989152864
About Us
Stockport Homes is Stockport’s largest landlord and a management organisation which acts as landlord for both Stockport Council’s social housing and our own property portfolio. But we’re more than just so-called rent collectors. We’re an award-winning, trailblazing public sector company that strives to transform lives by offering tenants advice and support on health and wellbeing, finance, youth engagement, employment and education opportunities as well as help in the home.
At Stockport Homes we believe in being ambitious, making a difference in our local communities, and serving our customers with passion. We believe in approaching problems with innovation, in respecting our partners, colleagues and customers and in striving for excellence.
We are an equal opportunities employer and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We appreciate the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. Diversity contributes to our inclusive culture and allows us to be truly representative of the communities we work in.
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