Asset Surveyor

Location: Cambridgeshire

Asset Surveyor – Papworth Trust are looking for an experienced and professional Asset Surveyor to join their Property Services team on a full-time, permanent basis, with hybrid working. The role is based from Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, with regular travel required across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire.
This is a key opportunity to support the delivery of Papworth Trust’s Asset Management Strategy, ensuring homes and buildings are safe, compliant, well maintained and fit for purpose, while supporting disabled people to live independently and safely.
Fantastic company benefits include:
 
* Competitive Salary:£45,000 per annum
 
* Holiday: 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
 
* Pension:
Choice of two pension schemes with enhanced employer contribution
 
* Wellbeing, development & rewards:
Health cashback plan (dental and optical), enhanced sick pay, wellbeing and employee assistance support, access to training and professional qualifications, annual leave purchase, Values in Practice rewards, tax-saving schemes, and opportunities to contribute through employee forums and colleague groups.

About the role:

As Asset Surveyor, you will provide a professional and effective surveying service across Papworth Trust’s domestic and commercial property portfolio, supporting the delivery of the Asset Management Strategy. You will work closely with tenants, colleagues, contractors and external stakeholders to ensure high standards of quality, compliance and customer satisfaction. Working hours are 37.5 hours per week. This is a hybrid role, typically with 1–2 days per week based in the office and the remaining time spent visiting Trust sites across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

* Deliver comprehensive surveying services, including stock condition, maintenance and measured surveys, inspections, defect diagnosis, and HHSRS assessments with a focus on damp and mould.
 
* Prepare technical documentation such as specifications, drawings, floor plans, tender packs and cost estimates to support planned and major works programmes.
 
* Ensure full regulatory compliance, including CDM, building regulations, planning requirements, and health and safety legislation.
 
* Manage contractors and stakeholders, overseeing contracts and site inspections, monitoring quality and value for money, and liaising with landlords, insurers and other third parties.
 
* Support service improvement and governance, contributing to procurement, policy development and data analysis, participating in the out-of-hours on-call rota, and championing safeguarding and health & safety best practice.

About you:

As Asset Surveyor, you will share Papworth Trust’s values and be committed to equality, inclusion and social change, with a strong understanding of the social model of disability and confidence working in occupied homes with tenants who have diverse needs. You will have proven experience delivering surveying services, managing contractors, and overseeing planned and reactive maintenance programmes, alongside a professional, organised and pragmatic approach.
You will bring a minimum of three years’ experience as a surveyor, strong knowledge of building construction, repairs and maintenance, and a sound understanding of CDM, building regulations and health and safety compliance. You will be experienced in contract administration, site inspections and contractor management, able to produce accurate specifications, drawings, reports and cost estimates, have strong IT skills including Word, Excel and CAD software, and be able to travel regularly across Trust sites.
A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential due to travel required across multiple sites.
Why Papworth Trust:
Papworth Trust is a leading disability charity, working to create a world where disabled people are seen for who they are and can live with equality, choice and independence. Our property and asset services play a vital role in creating safe, accessible and high-quality homes and environments for the people we support.
Additional information:
The post is subject to a Basic DBS check, and candidates must be authorised to work in the UK.
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