Building Surveyor

Working Hours

35 Hours Per Week

Full-Time, Permanent/Temporary

Casual Car Allowance

10 March 2026

11.59pm

Face to Face

2 References (where possible 3 years' history).

The post holder will have a construction related qualification or equivalent demonstratable experience.

The successful candidate will be a designated Casual Car User which means that car journeys may be necessary on an occasional basis, but are not essential to the role. If you do drive, you must always hold a full valid driving licence and provide your own car for use at work, as well as provide all the appropriate documentation. You will receive an allowance per mile of business use.

The successful candidate should hold a full clean driving licence as you will be required to drive a vehicle adhering to council regulations.

We are seeking a proactive and highly skilled Surveyor to play a key role in delivering high‑quality technical assessments, driving the completion of disrepair works. You will be the technical lead on disrepair cases from instruction through to completion. You will conduct detailed property inspections, diagnose building defects, prepare clear schedules of work, and manage contractors to ensure timely and cost‑effective delivery.

You will work closely with Disrepair Case Managers, legal partners, repairs teams, and external contractors to meet all legal obligations and provide a responsive, resident‑focused service. Your expertise will help resolve complex cases, prevent repeat issues, and drive improvements across the housing stock.

For an informal discussion, please contact the hiring manager, Rebecca Oyelade at rebec to arrange a convenient time to discuss the role.

• Partnership and collaborative working:
  Extensive experience of working in partnership with and influencing senior Programme, Project and business stakeholders including the management of external suppliers and strategic partners.
• Planning and Organising:
  Excellent time management skills, creating own work schedules, prioritising, preparing in advance and setting realistic timescales for own self and others. Has the ability to visualise a sequence of actions needed to achieve a specific goal and how to estimate the resources required.
• Financial Management:
  Ability to plan, forecast and monitor expenditure against budget, investigate variances and take timely action to address significant deviations.
• People Management:
  Can demonstrate how they and colleagues contribute to the vision and objectives of the organisation and how this defines their team and personal objectives; ensures that good performance is recognised and rewarded and that poor performance is tackled.
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Writes convincingly and clearly, succinctly and correctly, avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; writes in a well structured and logical way and structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience.

• Knowledge of the Local Authority Social Housing and awareness of its regulations.
• A demonstrable knowledge of building construction, building standards, planning regulations, regulatory standards, health & safety and other legislation relevant to asset management.
• Knowledge of effective professional surveying service for major repairs, minor planned works and legal housing disrepair.
• Understanding of data management and Intermediate level of experience in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint IT systems.
• Management of small projects and an understanding of CDM.
• An understanding of working with in‑house direct labour organisations.
• Understanding and knowledge of the pre‑action protocol for disrepair.

• Generous holiday allowance – Enjoy up to 26 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays. Increasing to 31 days after five years of local government service. You can purchase up to two additional weeks.
• A buzzing pension – You’ll be enrolled in the UK’s largest local government pension scheme, with plenty of options to top up your…