Building Surveyor

Location: Gloucestershire

We're recruiting a Building Surveyor to lead major works and building safety/compliance across a housing portfolio, delivering quality investment projects on time and on budget. If you like variety, autonomy, and being the person people trust to get things done properly, you'll love this role.

Client Details

This is a well-established UK housing provider with a strong reputation and a serious commitment to asset investment, compliance, and sustainability. The Asset Management function is investing heavily in planned programmes, and they want a Surveyor who can lead from the front, collaborate well, and keep standards high.

Description

Managing major investment projects (capital replacements, M&E upgrades, cyclical refurbishments) from start to finish
Writing specs / schedules of works, producing design input, and coordinating compliance requirements
Running tendering and procurement properly (and using frameworks where appropriate)
Owning the budget side: estimates, tender analysis, spend control, value engineering and cost reporting
Acting as Principal Designer (CDM 2015) and keeping on-site H&S standards robust
Supporting / delivering Building Safety Manager responsibilities across your schemes (as required by legislation)
Conducting surveys, inspections and defect diagnosis, including QA checks and stock condition data capture
Fire safety piece: completing FRAs where qualified and tracking actions to closure with clear reporting
Supporting energy efficiency and sustainability goals, including SAP/RdSAP work where qualified
Managing contractor performance through KPIs, quality measures and strong site presence

Profile

Strong, hands-on experience in a building surveying role (housing association, local authority, practice, contractor or similar)
Solid major works delivery experience: specs, tender packs, contractor management, QA, sign-off
Confident understanding of CDM 2015 and H&S (Principal Designer experience is a big advantage)
A good working grasp of building safety / compliance obligations and how to manage them properly
A calm, organised approach - able to juggle multiple projects without losing grip on detail
The confidence to deal with contractors, influence stakeholders, and hold standards when things get busy

Job Offer

9 day working fortnight
Mileage from home
Home based working
Pension scheme
Holday scheme
Funded health cash plan
Car salary sacrifice and leasing scheme