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MMP Consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Surveyor to join an Asset Investment team in Northamptonshire. This role will be key in delivering high-quality surveying services, managing building surveys, and overseeing asset and capital projects across the client's housing stock.

This is a permanent role to start as soon as possible with a salary of £51,571 per annum. Other benefits include:

• Holiday entitlement of 28 days a year (plus public bank holidays), increasing to 33 days after 5 years' service
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (employer's contribution currently 19.6%)
• Free parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Employee discount hub
• Training opportunities
  

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage property surveys (dilapidations, disrepair, mutual exchanges, etc.), producing detailed reports and recommendations.
• Manage and monitor asset and regeneration projects, ensuring delivery to time, cost, and quality standards.
• Oversee building defect diagnosis and work closely with contractors to resolve issues.
• Provide cost estimates, detailed specifications, and prepare financial reports for ongoing projects.
• Ensure compliance with building regulations, health and safety standards, and all statutory requirements.

Requirements:

• HHSRS qualification, or relevant building/technical qualification.
• Chartered status (RICS or CIOB) or working towards.
• Strong technical knowledge of building regulations, planning requirements, and defect resolution.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects and achieving targets.
• Full driving licence and use of a car for work.

MMP Consultancy is seeking a dedicated and motivated Asset Investment Manager to lead a team in delivering an annual residential asset investment programme worth £25million in Northamptonshire.

The position is to start as soon as possible on a permanent basis at £56,250 per annum. This role will include estate regeneration, component replacement, major works, and special projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team to ensure the successful delivery of asset investment projects, putting customers first at all times.
• Oversee contract management, performance, and budget control.
• Work closely with the Asset Strategy Team to align investment activities with wider organisational goals.
• Lead on organisational change, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and ensure effective project management.

Requirements:

• Strong knowledge of building construction and property maintenance.
• HND in building, construction or qualified by experience.
• Proven experience managing asset investment programmes and multi-site services.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage budgets and drive performance improvements.
• Full clean UK driving licence.

Contract Officer

Location: Oldham
Pay Rate: £26.60 per hour (Umbrella)
Contract Length: 2 - 4 months (potential for extension/permanency)
Hours: 35 per week, Monday - Friday (Hybrid Working Available)

About the Role

We are currently recruiting for a Contract Officer to join our client, a well-respected Housing Association, on a temporary basis. This role offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience within asset compliance and contribute to managing key housing maintenance contracts across properties nationwide.

As a Contract Officer, you will support the Contract Manager in ensuring asset compliance, delivering customer-focused services, and helping drive cost efficiencies across multi-million-pound projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the management of asset compliance contracts
• Analyse complex data using Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, Macros) to identify trends and areas for improvement
• Support project delivery, ensuring adherence to CDM regulations and health & safety standards
• Maintain and develop strong working relationships with contractors, tenants, and internal stakeholders
• Monitor statutory and regulatory requirements in asset compliance, ensuring full compliance

What We're Looking For

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Contract Officer with:

• Previous experience in supporting asset compliance contract management
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to gather information, analyse, and suggest solutions
• Strong understanding of financial controls within contracts
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in housing sector compliance (desirable)

MMP Consultancy are currently seeking a Maintenance Surveyor (Damp) for a South East London local authority. Interim rolling contract at £45 per hour.

About the role

Title: Damp Surveyor
Rate: £45 per hour (Inside IR35) - £315 per day equivalent. 7 hours per day
Client: Local Authority
Contract: Rolling Interim
Location: South East London

Key Duties:

• Carry out full property surveys specifically in relation to condensation & damp diagnosis and remedial action.
• Have reasonable scientific knowledge on the different types of mould and its likely cause & affect to residents.
• Specific knowledge of building structures and how they contribute to the cause, be able to correctly diagnose & specify remedial requirements.
• Understand and be able to use equipment to aid with diagnostics and undertaking seasonal monitoring.
• Must have an empathetic approach to our tenants and property conditions.
• Able to produce drawings & floor plans, diagnose general building faults, obtain or create specifications for improvement works required with an understanding of how this may affect other components of the property/building, obtain competitive prices.
• Order works by use of appropriate systems and Tender/contract procedures.
• Supervise works to completion, in line with Council Health & Safety Standards and other statutory requirements
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to prioritise workloads, analyse and resolve problems
• Ability to work alone to meet strict deadlines
• Carry out post inspections, confirm satisfactory completion, authorise payments, investigate invoice queries
• Cross-Service/Partnership working liaison skills and experience
• Respond to complaints, compliments and requests for information and consider service review and development in the light of these

MMP is currently recruiting for a Multi Trade Carpenter to join a Social Housing contractor based in South and North London on a temporary to permanent basis, offering £25.89 p/h Umbrella Van & Fuel Card

The successful Trades Operative will be required too:

• Complete repairs and maintenance within occupied and void properties as well as associated works
• Be customer focused
• Work towards tight deadlines
• Have social housing experience

Pay Rate:

• £25.89ph (Umbrella)

Hours:

• 39 hours per week (Mon to Fri)

Qualifications Required:

• Recognised trade qualification i.e. City and Guilds/ NVQ (certificate must be available to provide)
• Asbestos Awareness (may be completed anytime prior to start date)
• Basic DBS Check

You will be supplied with:

• A van (Full UK Manual Driving License Required, maximum 6 points)
• Fuel card
• PDA System

MMP Consultancy are currently seeking Disrepair Surveyor for a Bedfordshire public sector housing organisation. £40-£50 per hour LTD flexible for right candidate (Inside IR35).

50% on site 50% in office.

RICS Accreditation is essential (Qualifications or Professional Membership)

About the role

• Management of Disrepair Surveying from inception to completion, answering letter of claims with inspections and reports.
• Booking own appointments covering up to 15 inspections per week.
• Undertake scott schedules as required.
• Managing a high volume of work across a patch.
• Knowledge of Schedule of Rates.
• Take full control of the surveying duties, ensuring the completion of works with dedicated contractors.
• Autonomy on decisions which are required to ensure quality work.
• Post inspection of works as required to ensure quality.

Essential:

• MRICS, MCIOB or RICS Accredited qualification.
• Extensive experience in delivering complex/disrepair service for social housing.
• Detailed Knowledge and understanding of pre and post-inspection processes, building pathology and repairs techniques.

Title: Disrepair Surveyor
Salary: £40 - £50 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Bedfordshire
Contract: Rolling Contract (3 Months rolling - One week notice)
Benefit: Approved business-related expenses

MMP is working with one of their Housing Association Clients in Essex who are seeking for a new Property Surveyors to join the business with immediate effect.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £36.00 Per Hour

Duties:
*To carry out pre-inspections, building and stock condition surveys to identify defects and future investment requirements, including the preparation of detailed reports, specifications and cost estimates where necessary to ensure the appropriate remedial works are undertaken.
*To ensure all planned, cyclical and responsive repair works are valid and appropriate, provide value for money and are completed within the allocated budget provision, ensuring contract administration good practice, timely processing of variations and all appropriate contract documentation and accurate keeping of records pertaining to work in progress.
*To undertake post inspections of completed works to ensure quality, compliance with the Schedule of Rates, value for money and statutory compliance. Ensuring compliance with contractual term and driving performance to achieve KPI's targets and expenditure within the designated budget provision.
*To assist the delivery of internal policies, procedures and agreements and look for ways in which to continuously improve the service to achieve value for money and increased resident satisfaction.
*To follow our clients Health and Safety policies and procedures to ensure, as far as is practicable, your own safety and that of others in the workplace. You may be required to undertake specific Health and Safety roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as part of your duties
*To co-operate with the duty holder as required by current Asbestos Regulations including complying with the Asbestos Management Plan, reporting incidents, passing on information about the presence of asbestos, attending training, project managing surveys and abatement works. Including undertaking Asbestos management surveys and updating the Asbestos data base as necessary to maintain statutory compliance.

Role: Property Surveyor
Location: Essex
Salary: £36.00 Per Hour

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Maintenance Surveyor to join a Housing Association. This will be an interim position paying £35p/h Umbrella.

This will be a 6-9 months interim contract which will involve working in a patch primarily across Kent and south of the M25.

This will be a 100% remote working role.

Key Duties

• Responsible for pre/post-inspection and reports for responsive repairs, void works and cyclical repairs within the relevant area of operation, consulting and engaging with customers, leaseholders and with internal and external stakeholders in the region. Ensure the highest customer standards of delivery are achieved, minimal defects, and a high level of customer satisfaction is achieved. Effectively managing the performance and on site progress of Clarion's Contractors ensuring that works are delivered on time, to a regional budget of £10m, to quality standards and achieve value for money in line with all relevant statutory regulations and compliance
• Deliver an effective & efficient Repairs & Maintenance service at an operational level to include a regionally based professional surveying service, disrepair works, Major/Complex Works, FRA, responsive repairs, voids and aids and adaptations.
• Prepare and carry out diagnostic inspections, surveys & technical reports in accordance with Group practice. Providing accurate technical advice with competent & thorough surveys/post-inspections.
• Identifies and manages insurance claims ensuring most economically advantageous outcome for the organisation. To include, property inspections, managing decants, liaising with loss adjusters/insurance team.
• Technical lead within the Housing team during the handover of any new developments to ensure quality control through to completion and the end of defects.
• Effective and efficiently control budgetary spend of approx. £2m within individual area of operation, ensuring revenue and capital spend are recorded accurately. Review invoices and requests for payment from contractors, challenge and resolve submissions where required.
• Deliver and effectively manage legal disrepair claims and Environmental Health Orders in line with group process and provide detailed reports, and manage complex repairs to an agreed outcome to protect Clarion interests. Ensure effective liaison with in-house service provider, M&E contractors and external sub-contractor staff to ensure the delivery of a top quartile service in line with industry standards, schedule of Rates, operational regulatory framework, health & safety (including asbestos)
• Management and coordination of empty properties to ensure minimal rental loss and maximum return. Carry out major void inspections, ensuring void works are completed to Clarion lettable standard against key performance indicators and providing detailed costing for the Options Appraisal's.
• Ensure delivery of all works in line with all compliance requirements and promotion of the organisation's Health & Safety policy and legislation, all personal risk assessments completed/reviewed and relevant action taken to mitigate risk.
• Maintaining excellent customer satisfaction by taking ownership and demonstrating proactive collaborative working with repairs providers

Title: Maintenance Surveyor

Rate: £35p/h Umbrella

Location: South of M25 up to Kent

MMP Consultancy are seeking a Senior Project Manager with a North London organisation, the role will pay circa £585 per day LTD.

About the role

Title: Senior Project Manager
Rate: £585 day (Inside IR35) neg.
Client: Local Authority
Location: North London
Contract: 9 months min.
Hybrid: 4 days per week (1-2 days on site, 1 day in office)
Attendance of weekly and monthly meetings, in person.

Key Duties:

• Lead and project manage a portfolio of major capital investments works to Haringey council's housing stock, ensuring successful delivery and that contract conditions are complied with, that budgets and timetables are adhered, that high-quality standards and value for money are provided and that statutory, regulatory and Council requirements are always delivered.
• Lead a team of project managers and consultants responsible for the delivery of a range of projects within the housing capital investment programme of up to £20m p.a. Provide effective leadership, support and motivation and ensure the team are recruited, trained, managed, appraised and developed in accordance with internal and statutory procedures in an effective and sensitive manner.
• Accountable for the successful delivery of all projects within your portfolio, monitoring project performance through Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), project spend and other management and project information and prepare regular, ad-hoc and end of year reports for project and Asset Management teams, boards, senior managers and others and attend board and committee meetings as required.
• Ensure high standards of project administration are always maintained, that comprehensive, accurate, up to date project documents are maintained to the required standards on all projects managed by the team including but not limited to project documentation, project budgets and project cash flow forecasts.
• Lead on the development and delivery of all projects related resident engagement and communication plans, achieve high levels of resident satisfaction and attend resident meetings and liaise with individual residents ensuring that residents are kept fully always informed.
• Proactively collaborate closely with colleagues across Housing and the Council, members, internal and external stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach to the delivery of works and services to residents and that the interests of the council and of residents are protected.
• Ensure compliance with all regulatory and statutory requirements, contractual requirements, quality standards and Council governance policies, processes and procedures always and that there are robust monitoring and change control mechanisms are in place.
• Manage and take responsibility for the resolution of members enquiries, complaints, ombudsman enquiries, freedom of information, data protection issues and leaseholder and tenant requests.
• Ensure compliance with all leaseholder legislation, produce detailed Section 20 notices for the works that will be undertaken, ensure leaseholder consultation is effectively managed.
• Lead on the contract management and procurement of works and services contracts to support the delivery of the Housing capital investment programme, implement a robust contract management framework and resolve any contractual and legal disputes and ensure value for money at all times.

Key Skills:

Project management - evaluate effectiveness of contracts and consultants used and make recommendations or changes as required.
Procurement - Use of tendering, framework and partnering contracts, framework consultants and full OJEU (where applicable) procedures and to lead groups to achieve efficiency and cost improvements.
Contract management - oversee contracts and procurement processes, ensuring all works are delivered in line with agreed terms and conditions. Manage Quality Control issues in consultation with sub consultants and make appropriate recommendations for change.
Budget control - develop and manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effective solutions and financial accountability.
Internal and external stakeholder engagement - liaise with residents, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure clear communication and successful project outcomes. Lead/attend meetings with stakeholders as appropriate, preparing briefing notes, presentations or reports as appropriate.
Health and Safety - oversee health & safety compliance on all projects, implementing best practice and risk management strategies.
Reporting - provide regular updates and reports to senior management on project progress, risks, and performance.

Experience / Qualifications:

* Extensive knowledge of the capital projects industry within social housing.
* Building background with a suitable qualification or demonstrated experience.
* Communication skills that will enable consistent and quality communication between staff, contractors and potentially residents.
* Strong organisational skills to ensure that appointments are met, orders are raised, and work is scheduled efficiently.
* IT knowledge and experience, with demonstrated background in raising orders, checking repair order histories and basic skills in Microsoft packages.
* Use of appraisal system desirable.

MMP Consultancy currently have an opportunity for a Building Surveyor to join a local authority based in South London on a permanent contract - £50,000 to £52,000 per annum.

About the role

Title: Building Surveyor
Rate: £50,000 to £52,000 per annum.
Client: Local Authority
Contract: Permanent
Location: South London, Lewisham Council.

Key Duties:

We are seeking up to 7 experienced and highly motivated Surveyors (Repairs and Mould & Damp).

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Conducting thorough property inspections to identify and assess repair needs, including but not limited to:
• Structural issues: Cracks, subsidence, dampness
• Plumbing and electrical problems
• Leaks, faulty wiring Roofing defects leaks, missing tiles
• Mould and damp: Identifying sources and assessing severity Preparing detailed and accurate survey reports, including photographs and supporting documentation
• Providing expert advice and recommendations for repairs and remedial works Liaising with clients, contractors, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth project delivery
• Adhering to relevant building regulations and industry best practices

Qualifications and Experience:

• Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) Qualification
• HNC (Higher National Certificate)
• Proven experience in property inspections and building maintenance.
• Knowledge of building regulations and industry standards.
• Excellent report writing and communication skills.
• Valid UK Driving License

MMP Consultancy is seeking 3 x Stock Condition Surveyors to join a Contractor on behalf of a Local Authority. They will be responsible for conducting domestic property HHSRS Inspections across Derbyshire and Leicestershire. Candidates will need access to their own vehicle to commute to properties.

This exciting opportunity offers contract work outside IR35 on a Pay Per Surveyor basis. No entry fees will not be payable. The contractor can expect to be paid £20 for surveys on Flats, £30 for surveys on Houses and an extra £20 will be payable for finding Damp and Mould incidents.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct domestic property surveys, including stock condition surveys, and assessments for damp and mould, across residential properties.
• Provide detailed and accurate reports, ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
• Generate clear price estimates for each survey based on the property type.
• Complete surveys and reports within agreed timeframes, maintaining a high standard of accuracy.
• Communicate effectively with clients, providing feedback and advice based on survey findings.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Property Surveyor or Stock Condition Surveyor, specifically for domestic properties.
• HND or HNC qualification in a relevant surveying or property-related field.
• Enhanced DBS check required for the role.
• Strong knowledge of common residential property issues, including damp, mould, and general maintenance concerns.
• Ability to produce clear, comprehensive reports with accurate pricing.
• Full driving license and access to a vehicle for site visits.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical findings to clients.

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours, giving you full control over your schedule.
• Outside IR35 contract for greater flexibility and tax efficiency.
• Competitive per survey rates based on the type of property (flats, houses, damp & mould).
• Long-term contract potential with ongoing work across Derbyshire, Leicester, and surrounding areas.

MMP Consultancy is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join an Investment Planning & Commercial team on a permanent basis on behalf of a Local Authority based in Hampshire. The salary for this role is £53,453 per annum and can be worked on a hybrid basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing the commercial activity across the planned investment programmes in the Southeast, South Central, and South West regions, with some travel required.

As a key member of the team, you will monitor expenditure, manage cash flow forecasts, prepare financial statements, calculate monthly payments and accruals, and oversee interim and final accounts, ensuring compliance with relevant policies and good practice.

Your role will also involve maintaining excellent customer service by collaborating with internal and external stakeholders, including delivery partners, suppliers, and consultants.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage commercial activity across planned investment programmes
• Prepare and manage cash flow forecasts, financial statements, and payments
• Develop, issue, and manage performance reports
• Negotiate costs and contract terms with contractors
• Oversee contractor delivery of multi-disciplinary projects, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety regulations
• Provide regular updates to the Senior Quantity Surveyor on project progress
• Work effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders to ensure the successful completion of projects
• Ensure all work complies with current legislation and regulations, including CDM and Health & Safety requirements
• Provide accurate, clear communication both in writing and face-to-face

Requirements:

1. Extensive experience in quantity surveying within a similar environment
2. Proven ability to deliver excellent customer service
3. Experience with cost management, framework contracts, and using schedules of rates for commercial contract management
4. Expertise in developing, preparing, and issuing performance reports
5. Strong negotiating skills with contractors and suppliers
6. A sound understanding of building construction, repair techniques, and relevant regulations
7. Knowledge of CDM regulations and Health & Safety legislation
8. Clear and accurate communication skills, both written and verbal
9. Excellent planning, organisational, and time management abilities
10. Experience overseeing contractors and ensuring Health & Safety compliance
11. Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), and experience with housing/property management systems
12. Experience in programme delivery and financial monitoring
13. Ability to work autonomously and as part of a remote team
14. Strong reporting and monitoring skills, ensuring regular updates to the Senior QS