Asbestos Surveyor

Overview

Shape Safer Environments Through Technical Excellence. Every building has a story hidden within its structure. As an Asbestos Surveyor, you’ll be the person who uncovers the detail, applies technical expertise and ensures that clients across the UK can make informed, safe and confident decisions. If you enjoy autonomy, thrive in varied environments and take pride in accuracy and clarity, this role offers genuine scope to grow, influence and create meaningful impact.

The role will cover locations across the Southeast and London, as well as the Darlington area in the Northeast. In addition to the very competitive salary and overtime rates, we also offer a company car or a car allowance, giving you the flexibility and support you need for your role.

This role exists to deliver high quality, UKAS compliant asbestos surveying services across a wide-ranging portfolio of commercial and industrial properties. You will carry out management, refurbishment and demolition surveys, collecting precise inspection data and producing clear, robust reports aligned with UKAS accreditation and HSE guidance. Working largely independently on client sites, you will conduct detailed inspections, bulk sampling and risk assessments, offering technically sound insights that support compliance, risk control and asset management.

You will work closely with internal quality and project teams while interacting directly with clients, facilities personnel and other stakeholders.

Reporting to the Regional Operations Manager, you will operate across offices, public buildings, retail, healthcare, education, manufacturing and infrastructure environments. The role involves travelling to multiple sites, managing personal workloads and deadlines, and ensuring exceptional data integrity. All work is supported by digital surveying tools, structured reporting systems and a mature quality assurance framework.

In the early stages, you will establish yourself as a dependable technical specialist, delivering consistently high quality surveys and building trusted relationships with both clients and colleagues. As your experience deepens, you will gain exposure to larger, more complex survey projects and play a part in service improvements and broader consultancy activities. This includes involvement in major commercial and industrial projects, reinspection projects and asbestos management reviews.

Longer-term, this position offers multiple progression pathways, including senior surveying responsibilities, technical auditing, project management or leadership roles within the consultancy. Ongoing professional development and access to diverse sites and contracts provide a strong foundation for sustained career growth.

At Tetra Tech RPS we recruit using core capabilities - the toolkit of essential skills, experience, competencies, and responsibilities required to perform the role effectively. As we strive to find the best fit for this position, we are seeking individuals that meet a benchmark level of expertise.

But we’ll let you in on a secret: there’s no such thing as the ‘perfect’ candidate. If you feel you meet 75% of the requirements for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Your surveying expertise will be central to this role. You’ll plan and deliver comprehensive management, refurbishment and demolition surveys across commercial and industrial environments, identifying and sampling asbestos containing materials with precision. Using digital tools, you’ll capture and interpret data with accuracy, applying sound professional judgement even in restricted or high risk areas. Your work will safeguard people and assets by producing clear, defensible survey outputs that clients rely on for decision making.

You will be the trusted technical authority on site, bringing a thorough understanding of asbestos materials, behaviours and associated risks across demanding sectors such as aviation, pharmaceuticals and utilities. By staying ahead of evolving legislation and industry developments, you will provide…