Job Title: Technical Inspector
Location: Rochdale
Contract: Full Time (36.25 hours per week), Contract to 31st March 2027
Help us maintain safe, high-quality homes and deliver an excellent customer experience.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing is looking for an experienced Technical Inspector to join our Property Services team. This is a rewarding opportunity for a property professional with strong technical knowledge and a customer-focused approach who is passionate about maintaining housing standards and improving residents' homes.
You'll play a key role in inspecting properties, diagnosing defects, specifying repairs, and ensuring remedial works are completed to a high standard. Working across a varied property portfolio, you'll help deliver safe, compliant, and well-maintained homes while providing expert advice and support to colleagues and customers.
This role is a full time contract to 31st March 2027.
What you'll be doing as our Technical Inspector
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Conducting a wide range of property inspections, including damp and mould, structural, drainage, fire damage, adaptations, complaints, and post-work inspections.
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Diagnosing building defects and identifying appropriate repair solutions.
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Raising and monitoring repair works to ensure quality, compliance, and value for money.
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Carrying out post-inspections to ensure repairs meet required standards.
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Producing clear and accurate inspection reports, recommendations, and technical assessments.
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Providing expert advice on property condition, repairs, quality assurance, and customer care.
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Building positive relationships with residents, managing expectations, and handling queries with empathy and professionalism.
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Working collaboratively with colleagues and contractors to ensure excellent service delivery.
About you
You'll be an experienced property inspection professional with a strong understanding of building construction, maintenance, and repairs. You will have excellent diagnostic skills, a practical approach to problem-solving, and the ability to communicate technical information clearly to a wide range of audiences.
What we're looking for
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Experience in property inspections, repairs, maintenance, or surveying.
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Strong knowledge of building defects, construction methods, and repair techniques.
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Understanding of Building Regulations, housing standards, and health and safety requirements.
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Ability to assess property issues and identify cost-effective solutions.
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Experience producing detailed inspection reports and recommendations.
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Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload.
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Excellent communication and customer service skills.
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Proficiency in using mobile technology and digital inspection systems.
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Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for business use.
Why join us?
This is an opportunity to make a real difference by helping to maintain homes that are safe, compliant, and fit for the future. You'll join a team committed to high standards, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement, where your expertise will have a direct impact on the quality of homes and services delivered to residents.
If you're passionate about property standards and delivering excellent outcomes for customers, we'd love to hear from you.
What do we have to offer you?
In addition to a competitive salary, you will benefit from:
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30 days annual leave plus bank holiday (pro-rata)
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Pension scheme with employer contributions matched up to 8%; death in service benefit.
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Flexible smart working arrangements.
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Healthcare cashback plan, virtual GP access and subsidised gym membership.
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Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7.
If interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we review applications as they are received, therefore we may close this vacancy earlier than advertised.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
RBH is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported. We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants who declare a disability and meet the minimum requirements of the role.
Artificial Intelligence
We recognise that AI can be a useful tool when preparing applications. However, all information, examples and achievements included in your application must be truthful, accurate and based on your own experience.
Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Limited (RBH) is the UK’s first tenant and employee co-owned mutual housing society, with over 12,000 homes throughout the local area.
As we’ve refocused our strategy back to our core housing role, we’ve taken the opportunity to work with our customers and colleagues to review and modernise the values that motivate us and will underpin everything we do. Our mutuality is focused on bringing genuine voice and influence to our customers and our colleagues in how we deliver our services. Our values get to the root of who we really are and what we stand for.
We listen with empathy, respond with compassion, and make it easy for our customers to access our services.
We earn trust through honesty, integrity, caring and keeping our promises.
We embrace our mutuality and work together to deliver great outcomes for the people living in our homes and communities.
We invest wisely in our people and make it easy for them to deliver services and create places that our customers are proud to call home.
Open & Transparent: We are curious, embrace diverse ways of thinking and seek feedback to help us improve.
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