Building Surveyor

Templer Home Build is excited to welcome a competent Building Surveyor to its expanding Building Safety and Technical team in Newton Abbot.

You’ll help keep homes safe, compliant and well maintained across a varied property portfolio.

Your role will include carrying out technical surveys, diagnosing building defects, preparing specifications and managing works through to completion.

Working with colleagues, contractors and customers/residents, you’ll combine building pathology knowledge with strong communication and practical problem-solving. You’ll hold a relevant qualification and be committed to professional development, with the opportunity to work towards MRICS through the Templer Home Build APC programme if not already achieved.

In return, you’ll work on meaningful projects that improve residents’ homes and communities, with support to build a rewarding career in a respected housing organisation.

This recruitment process is being undertaken in partnership with Ian Williams Ltd.

• Salary up to £53,956 including Car allowance and Fuel Card
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an employer pension contribution of up to 5%
• 31 days paid holiday (including bank holidays), but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Annual pay reviews
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.

Your focus will be to provide technical surveying expertise to our planned investment and larger projects work streams.

• Building surveying experience, ideally in residential housing and capital projects.
• Level 5 Building Surveying qualification or equivalent construction degree, with willingness to work towards Level 6 and Chartered Membership.
• Strong knowledge of building pathology, construction, defects and compliance.
• Experience managing contractors and project delivery.
• Ability to prepare specifications, reports and technical documents.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Full UK driving licence.

We deliver a comprehensive responsive repairs service (including gas servicing and repairs) as well as offering a host of additional property services such as planned maintenance works, voids, cyclical painting solutions and appliance testing and repairs.

We are passionate about people and firmly believe that our success will only be maintained if we continue to offer you a great place to work, support you with the right benefits and provide you with the opportunity to develop your career and fulfil your potential.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Templer Home Build is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Templer Home Build, it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

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We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies; therefore, we politely request no agencies engage with us in regard to this position.