Repairs Inspector

• Function: Asset Management
• Seniority: Officer
• Salary: £42,000 (per-annum)
• Reference: DW16
• Location: Hertfordshire
• Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 31-01-2025

Greenacre are pleased to be supporting a housing association, based in Hertfordshire with their recruitment of a property inspector.

Our client is vibrant, forward thinking housing association with ambitious plans. Through their plans, reporting and operational activity, they seek to earn and sustain the trust of key stakeholders including their customers, colleagues, statutory and voluntary partners, suppliers, lenders and others.

Our client's aim is to be a great place to work and somewhere colleagues will tell you about the practices that they engage in to develop people to the best they can be.

The ideal candidate will have experience identifying and specifying repairs required in housing association's housing stock, as well as prioritising and overseeing the work.

What will you do in the role?

• Liaise and visit residents to inspect, providing guidance, specifying and prioritising works, where required.
• Accurately undertaking inspections across all settle owned properties, internally, externally and common areas.
• Working with service controllers to ensure works are classified and raised based on defined priorities
• Oversee works, liasing with contractors (internal or external) ensuring adherence to health and safety, time and cost processes
• Have a good understanding of HHSRS.
• Have a strong understanding of building components and potentially a trade background
• Be familiar with the Decent Homes standard guidelines.
• Be flexible to support different types of inspections. Damp, mould and condensation reports, mutual exchanges, post inspections etc.

Skills and experience

• IT skills. Suitable to complete forms and communicate instructions
• Familiarity with handheld data capture devices
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team, bringing enthusiasm and a 'can-do' attitude.
• The ability to undertake surveys from day one.
• A good understanding of building elements and why they fail.
• A good understanding of why damp, mould and condensation occur, and solutions required to remedy them
• Excellent customer services skills - you want to serve customers and have a passion for ensuring homes are safe and a place they are proud to live

To discuss this role in more depth, Dean Wylie on or email

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Greenacre Recruitment Ltd who are operating as a recruitment agency and business.