PRINCIPAL HOUSING SURVEYOR
| Posting date: | 25 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £43,693 to £46,731 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 July 2025 |
| Location: | HU1 1HJ |
| Company: | Hull City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 32869 |
Summary
Housing Investment Service - About us
How would you like to help make a difference to the homes and lives of thousands of people?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and knowledgeable housing professionals with building/construction, leadership and performance management experience who can make a difference to our residents and their homes.
The Housing Investment Service is responsible for the management and delivery of responsive and cyclical maintenance, specialist & compliance works, planned improvement works and refurbishment schemes to a stock of 24,000 domestic properties, garages and associated buildings and surroundings.
The service is structured around key delivery areas, with teams responsible for Responsive Repairs, Voids, Gas Servicing & Repairs, Electrical, Planned Improvements, Asbestos, H&S, Asset, Finance, Customer Engagement, Contract Support, Home Ownership and Claims. All teams work closely together to provide a uniform and consistent service for all our customers and stakeholders.
The Service is responsible for an annual revenue maintenance budget of c£27m and an annual capital improvement programme in excess of c£55m, both of which aim to actively keep properties in good repair and reduce disrepair, fire safety risks, repairs and disruption for our customers, whilst ensuring ongoing compliance with all relevant building, fire, gas and landlord regulations and associated legislation.
As a social landlord, we are particularly focussed on excellent customer care and support to persons living in our homes, aiming to provide the best possible customer journey/experience, and are always looking to tailor our service delivery to accommodate individual customer needs.
The Job
We are looking to appoint two newly created roles of Principal Housing Surveyor to performance/line manage teams of Project Surveyors to deliver complex repairs and deliver more than 6000 stock condition surveys (a year) across the city to assure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the Authorities housing stock.
Core tasks include:-
Line management of Project Surveyors – Performance/Quality Assurance /H&S /HR /Learning and Development
Technical inspections including Damp & Mould and evaluating properties to the Decent Homes Standard
Carrying out risk-based evaluation in line with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
Ensure fulfilment of Statutory Obligations regarding relevant legislation, for example the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023, Awaab’s Law Regulations 2025
Prepare and present reports for members and contract documentation
You will have significant experience of surveying residential properties and will be expected to transport yourself throughout the city to undertake site inspections.
The post holder must be flexible to ensure the operational needs of the Council are met. This includes the undertaking of duties of a similar nature and responsibility as and when required, throughout various workplaces in the Council.
For informal discussion please contact Sean Clarkson, Programme Manager R&M 07590601249 or Liza Cornall, Asset Planning Manager 01482 612 205 or email Sean.Clarkson@hullcc.gov.uk or Liza.Cornall@hullcc.gov.uk
Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
How would you like to help make a difference to the homes and lives of thousands of people?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and knowledgeable housing professionals with building/construction, leadership and performance management experience who can make a difference to our residents and their homes.
The Housing Investment Service is responsible for the management and delivery of responsive and cyclical maintenance, specialist & compliance works, planned improvement works and refurbishment schemes to a stock of 24,000 domestic properties, garages and associated buildings and surroundings.
The service is structured around key delivery areas, with teams responsible for Responsive Repairs, Voids, Gas Servicing & Repairs, Electrical, Planned Improvements, Asbestos, H&S, Asset, Finance, Customer Engagement, Contract Support, Home Ownership and Claims. All teams work closely together to provide a uniform and consistent service for all our customers and stakeholders.
The Service is responsible for an annual revenue maintenance budget of c£27m and an annual capital improvement programme in excess of c£55m, both of which aim to actively keep properties in good repair and reduce disrepair, fire safety risks, repairs and disruption for our customers, whilst ensuring ongoing compliance with all relevant building, fire, gas and landlord regulations and associated legislation.
As a social landlord, we are particularly focussed on excellent customer care and support to persons living in our homes, aiming to provide the best possible customer journey/experience, and are always looking to tailor our service delivery to accommodate individual customer needs.
The Job
We are looking to appoint two newly created roles of Principal Housing Surveyor to performance/line manage teams of Project Surveyors to deliver complex repairs and deliver more than 6000 stock condition surveys (a year) across the city to assure the maintenance and improvement of the quality of the Authorities housing stock.
Core tasks include:-
Line management of Project Surveyors – Performance/Quality Assurance /H&S /HR /Learning and Development
Technical inspections including Damp & Mould and evaluating properties to the Decent Homes Standard
Carrying out risk-based evaluation in line with the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
Ensure fulfilment of Statutory Obligations regarding relevant legislation, for example the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023, Awaab’s Law Regulations 2025
Prepare and present reports for members and contract documentation
You will have significant experience of surveying residential properties and will be expected to transport yourself throughout the city to undertake site inspections.
The post holder must be flexible to ensure the operational needs of the Council are met. This includes the undertaking of duties of a similar nature and responsibility as and when required, throughout various workplaces in the Council.
For informal discussion please contact Sean Clarkson, Programme Manager R&M 07590601249 or Liza Cornall, Asset Planning Manager 01482 612 205 or email Sean.Clarkson@hullcc.gov.uk or Liza.Cornall@hullcc.gov.uk
Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
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