Excellent benefits
Competitive salaries
Smart working

Repairs Inspector

Salary £37,000 + discretionary bonus + use of a company van
Location South Hampshire
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The Vacancy

We’re VIVID! – We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!   

 

We’re looking for a Repairs Inspector to join our Responsive Repairs team in Portsmouth!  Whilst your contractual base is Portsmouth, you’ll be working on housing stock across the South Hampshire and surrounding areas. You’ll have use of a company van and fuel card for your work travel.

 

This is a full time, permanent role working 37 hours per week 

 

On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from: 

  • 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave  
  • Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel  
  • A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home  
  • Uniform and PPE provided  
  • A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%  
  • Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary  
  • Private medical insurance   
  • Health care cash plan called Medicash  
  • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave  
  • Access to counselling, legal and financial information  
  • Electric car scheme  
  • Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes  

 

Here’s the facts about the role:  

As a Repairs Inspector, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the quality, safety and compliance of all works delivered through our responsive repairs service. Working independently, you’ll carry out health and safety inspections, post-work quality checks, contractor monitoring and customer visits to ensure repairs are completed safely, meet required specifications and achieve a right-first-time standard.

 

Acting as a key quality assurance presence across the business, you’ll help drive high standards of workmanship, customer satisfaction and regulatory compliance.

 

What you’ll be doing (non-exhaustive list):

This is a varied role where no two days are the same. As a Repairs Inspector, you'll be responsible for ensuring repairs are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest possible standard. Your duties will include:

  • Carrying out inspections of responsive repairs completed by both our Direct Labour Organisation (DLO) and external contractors.
  • Undertaking post-inspection quality checks to ensure work meets required standards and customers are satisfied with the service provided.
  • Monitoring contractor performance, workmanship quality and compliance with service level agreements.
  • Conducting Health & Safety inspections to ensure all works comply with legislation, policies and best practice.
  • Ensuring repairs meet Decent Homes Standards, HHSRS requirements, building safety regulations and organisational specifications.
  • Identifying poor-quality workmanship, challenging unacceptable standards and ensuring defects are rectified promptly.
  • Carrying out joint inspections with contractors and internal teams where required.
  • Visiting customers to investigate complaints, assess issues and support successful resolutions.
  • Preparing detailed specifications for rechargeable works, complaint-related repairs and referrals for planned maintenance programmes.
  • Providing technical feedback and recommendations to Repairs Supervisors, helping to improve processes, performance and service delivery.
  • Taking ownership of inspections and enquiries, ensuring issues are followed through to resolution.


To be successful in this role, you’ll have a strong understanding of responsive repairs, void property standards and relevant housing legislation, together with a sound knowledge of Decent Homes Standards, HHSRS, Awaab's Law and building safety requirements.

 

You'll have an awareness of key compliance areas including gas, electrical, asbestos, fire safety and water hygiene, and be able to confidently inspect properties, identify defects and spot areas of non-compliance.

 

With excellent attention to detail, you’ll produce clear and accurate inspection reports, challenge poor workmanship where necessary and ensure appropriate corrective actions are implemented.

 

Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential, as you'll work closely with customers, contractors and colleagues to achieve positive outcomes. You’ll also have a practical and solution-focused approach to problem solving, and be confident using mobile technology, inspection systems and Microsoft Office applications to support the effective delivery of the service.

 

A full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary. Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks.

 

Offers are subject to a satisfactory basic DBS check.

 

Interviews are due to take place Tuesday 4 August (subject to change)

The Company

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

Living VIVID

As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

Buy / sell
annual leave

Pension
scheme

Smart
working

From 26 days holiday per year

Private medical / medicash benefits

Enhanced
paternity / maternity leave

Qualification funding support

Electric car scheme

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We’re a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us
on 02392 896758 or email HRrecruitment@vividhomes.co.uk. We’ll be happy to help. 

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