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Damp Surveyor (DMC)
Royal Borough of Greenwich
Full-time, Permanent

We are seeking an experienced Damp Surveyor to join our Housing and Safer Communities department. This is an exceptional opportunity fortalented professionals to join our Repairs and Investment service committed to enhancing social housing for our community.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct daily full property surveys, specifically concerning the diagnosis of damp, mould and condensation (DMC).
• Producing drawings and floor plans, diagnosing general building faults, and obtaining or creating specifications for improvement works.
• Ordering works by the use of appropriate systems and tendering procedures to obtain best value.
• Supervising works through completion, in line with Royal Borough of Greenwich (RBG) health and safety standards and all other statutory requirements.
• Supporting the DMC team’s ambitions to take a more risk-based, proactive and holistic approach, including a summer block survey and monitoring customer calls.
• Engaging with the Council’s Transformation Programme, helping us to move towards a higher quality, more preventative and proactive approach to DMC.

About you

• Educated to degree level, professional qualification (RICS or CIOB) or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience in building surveying, repairs, operational delivery, supervising contracts or disrepair case management (ideally this will be in a Social Housing setting).
• Knowledge of building structures and how they contribute to the cause, be able to correctly diagnose and specify appropriate and correct materials for remedial and improvement works required.
• Excellent technical diagnostic, interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in using monitoring equipment and tools specific to damp and mould assessment.

Our Greenwich Plan sets out our vision for the next 4 years focusing on the changes we collectively want to see in our borough and Council. We want to become a more strategic, efficient and adaptive organisation, to deliver for our communities. Our workforce is key to making this happen.

For an informal discussion please contact ade.onileyan@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated.

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.