What’s Great About the Role?

• Career Growth: This position has opened due to career progression within Pobl, providing opportunities for further development.
• Impactful Work: Be part of a team that directly improves living conditions for residents through high quality property repairs and maintenance.
• Job Variety: Take on a diverse range of responsibilities, including inspections, specifications, and liaising with both internal and external teams, ensuring a well rounded and rewarding work experience.

Where does the role fit in?

As a Voids Surveyor, you will play a key part in ensuring that all properties are inspected to the highest standards and that the required work is carried out in a timely, cost-effective manner. You’ll work within an established quality control system aimed at exceeding customer expectations, collaborating with both internal and external teams to deliver exceptional service.

This role is vital in maintaining the quality and efficiency of our internal operations and supporting the wider Pobl Group in delivering high-impact services. You’ll also contribute to contractor performance management and health and safety compliance, ensuring all team members are aligned with Pobl's standards and values.

What skills and experience do you need?

• Experience: A background in carrying out inspections for both void and tenanted properties.
• Knowledge: A strong understanding of Building Maintenance within the social housing industry and in depth understanding of in house Repairs.
• Technical Skills: Solid data processing abilities, experience using Microsoft Outlook, and versatility working with internal IT systems.
• Communication: Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders effectively.
• Education: A minimum of an NVQ Level 2 in a construction-related subject.
• Driving: A full UK driving license is essential for this role.

 What are the pay and benefits? 

• Salary £40,727 for a  40 hour, full time, permanent position
• Flexible working policies – this role will have regular time spent in and around the Gwent area. The office base is in Cwmbran. Time can be spent at home and in the office to complete any relevant admin tasks.
• It is essential for the successful candidate to have a full drivers licence and access to a car
• Mileage paid at 45p per mile
• Working days are predominately Monday to Friday days or you can work compressed hours on a 9 day fortnight.
• 26 days holiday entitlement plus Bank holidays , rising to 30 days with length of service
• It is essential for the successful candidate to have a full drivers licence.
• Pension scheme 
• Sick Pay  
• Colleague Referral Scheme (£250 per referral)
• Time for Talking – a free counselling service 
• Health Cash Plan 
• Savings Scheme 
• Cycle to work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes 
• Eyecare plan 
• Give as You Earn charity donation scheme 
• Gym and shopping discounts 

FREDIE 

At Pobl Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity at Pobl Group and we encourage you to apply now.  

How do you apply?  

If you have the skills, experience and enthusiasm required to be our next difference maker, please follow the prompts to apply now. We just need an up-to-date CV, short/ focussed cover letter along with a few contact details so that we can get back in touch with you.

Interviews will be taking place on 10^th July and will include a panel and task.

Please note that progression to the second stage will depend on the outcome of the first stage

If you would like any support with your application or to discuss any adjustments that you may require to support you to application process, please contact group.talent@poblgroup.co.uk or 0300 3735262

Who are Pobl Group?  

Pobl Group is a leading provider of housing, care, and support services across Wales. We are committed to creating positive change in our communities by providing quality homes and services that people want and value. Having recently merged with Linc Cymru, the wider Pobl group is responsible for managing over 24,000 homes across Wales and will be investing £100 million, creating 3000 new homes in Wales over the next 5 years.

Pobl repairs are the Operational Delivery team within Pobl who currently turn around over 1,000 Empty Homes, install over 1,000 planned kitchen and bathroom upgrades and will manage over 55,000 reactive repairs each year. With exciting plans to grow our team in the coming months, we will continue to work closely with our many partner organisations to achieve much more than we could alone. We also listen to our colleagues and our customers to deliver innovative local services that make a difference to the communities that we serve.