Building Surveyor

Permanent, Full-Time (37 hours per week)

Stockport Homes Group is a great place to work! We pride ourselves on building strong collaborative relationships locally, regionally and nationally. We are passionate about not only providing housing and building new homes in Stockport but helping to transform the lives of our customers. We aim to provide comfortable and affordable homes and engage customers and communities.

We’re currently recruiting for a Building Surveyor, within the Home Improvement Agency to support the team with the delivery of the disabled adaptations to public and private properties and other related works.

You will be responsible for:

• Delivering multiple construction projects concurrently from inception to completion.
• Working closely with Occupational Therapists to deliver property adaptations that meet customers’ needs.
• Undertaking feasibility surveys and produce specifications of work.
• Monitoring disabled adaptations onsite to ensure quality and compliance.
• Collaborating with in-house architects to coordinate the delivery of domestic extensions.
• Managing projects through statutory planning and building regulations stages.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and standards.
• Assisting with implementing project-specific financial procurement controls such as agreeing and approving valuations and managing variations, payments, and invoices.
• Monitoring onsite work in accordance with contractors’ method statements and the Construction Design and Management Regulations 2015.
• Ensuring Health and Safety standards are upheld throughout project delivery.
• Working collaboratively with project team members, clients, and customers to ensure smooth project execution.
• Maintaining a strong emphasis on delivering excellent customer service that meets needs and exceeds expectations.

This will be achieved by focussing on the four main key areas:
Customer Satisfaction, Quality Control, Health & Safety and providing technical support and advice.

Our ideal candidate will have / be able to:

• Hold a relevant building / surveying qualification or have equivalent, relevant professional experience.
• Experience as a Building Surveyor delivering disabled adaptations, capital investment projects, and maintenance and refurbishment contracts within the social housing sector. Experience of working on DFG/Adaptation contracts desirable, but not essential.
• Experience of procurement, cost evaluation and project control and an understanding of contractor performance within a social housing environment.
• SMSTS qualification or other equivalent Health and Safety qualification.
• Experience of effectively managing all aspects of a project and ensuring compliance with contract documentation.
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders.

The SHG “Be You” approach sums up our belief that everyone has the right to be who they are, and to be that person at work, in line with SHG’s Values. We’re always looking to improve diversity within our teams to enhance this culture and to be truly representative of the communities we work in.

This role will be on Stockport Homes Limited terms and conditions.

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory basic clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We understand that if you don't meet every requirement, you may be hesitant to apply but we still want to hear from you and encourage you to submit an application detailing your experiences, achievements, and the value you can bring to our team.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please contact the People & OD Team on human resources.

Please note that we do not accept applications through third-party websites. To ensure your application is reviewed, please apply directly through our careers page.

We encourage you to apply early! We may close the vacancy sooner if we find the right candidate.

Closing date: 31st January 2026

Interview date: 9th February 2026