Belmont Recruitment are recruiting for a Senior Asset Specialist Lead to work with Somerset Council on a 6 month contract with the view to extend, working 37 hours per week. The role is to lead a team of Asset Surveying professionals and data analyst(s), who undertake condition and compliance surveys to the Council’s housing stock, ensuring the housing landlord stock portfolio meets regulatory and legislative requirements and maintains value of its asset base. Maintain data in core housing business systems and using that data to develop asset insights, to achieve results and agreed performance measures.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the provision of building surveying and asset management activities for the HRA Housing Assets including Client leadership, project feasibility, scoping, design, and component specification for a wide range of building construction workstreams.
• Ensure stock condition surveys and validation surveys are undertaken to facilitate accurate work programmes to be produced, and updated Business plans to be developed and approved.  Management of the stock condition survey process, including the collection, identification and measuring of building attributes, assessing remaining life and checking the accuracy of existing stock condition data.
• Technical subject matter expert for building surveying activities (e.g. building pathology, stock condition and validation surveys, wayleaves, option appraisals, permissions, land ownership, etc.).
• Manage risks relating to building fabric or structural failure through diagnosis and response to emerging issues (e.g. fire or storm damage to buildings, observed deterioration of fabric or structural components).
• Lead the options appraisal of assets to ensure they represent VfM (Value for Money), identifying options for potential disposal.
• Undertake Energy Assessments ensuring data is accurately recorded, and energy performance certificates are made available.
• Work with the procurement team on HRA property activities, ensuring VfM, component specification and standardisation, and compliance with Financial Regulations.
• Ensure Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) checks are undertaken, and any actions implemented.

Location: Taunton, TA1 4DY

Hourly rate is negotiable depending on experience.

If this position is of interest, please get in touch with Jake Singh at Belmont Recruitment or apply now! If you are looking for a position in a different sector, do not hesitate to get in touch as we have many other opportunities available across England.

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