Interim Building Surveyor Housing Association. LilyLifestyle

Interim Building Surveyor, Housing Association London, £350 - 400 p/day PAYE/Umbrella, 6‑month contract

Are you an experienced Building Surveyor passionate about improving the quality, safety, and sustainability of residential homes? We're looking for a proactive professional to join our team and support the delivery of high‑quality planned and reactive works across a diverse housing portfolio. As a Building Surveyor, you'll play a key role in ensuring customers can live safely and independently in well‑maintained homes.

• Build strong working relationships with contractors and support the resolution of operational issues.
• Manage programmes of planned and reactive works, ensuring quality delivery and adherence to budget.
• Conduct full building surveys, prepare technical reports, and provide cost analysis and recommendations.
• Project manage complex works and disrepair cases, working collaboratively with legal and operational teams.
• Oversee responsive repairs and contribute to the improvement of long‑term maintenance planning.
• Carry out post‑inspections to ensure contractor work meets required standards.
• Support the voids process and monitor contractor performance.
• Investigate customer service complaints and propose improvements.
• Assess damage following serious incidents (e.g. floods, fires) and manage resulting works.
• Provide technical advice and assessments on major repairs, cyclical maintenance, FRA, EPCs, and other contracted works.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory health and safety requirements, including CDM.
• Offer guidance and support to colleagues to enhance service delivery.

• Experience in contract administration, including use of JCT / NEC contract documents.
• Strong technical reporting skills.
• Experience in project management or delivering programmes of work.
• Excellent IT skills (Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel).
• Relevant surveying qualifications or equivalent experience.

• Degree in Building Surveying or related discipline.
• Membership of RICS or CIOB.
• DEA or FRA assessor training.
• Full UK driving licence.

• Flexible working options available.
• Long‑term contract opportunity.
• Competitive daily rate.