Building Maintenance Surveyor

CIH International Housing Group; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave (pro-rated)

EAP

E-Learning Hub

LGPS pension

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Job summary

Hastings Borough Council is seeking an experienced Building Maintenance Surveyor to join its Building Surveying Team on a permanent basis. This 37-hour per week role offers hybrid working from home and the Hastings Office.

You will assist the Principal Building Surveyor in delivering the council's in-house surveying function, carry out inspections, surveys and manage repair projects with budget and timescales, ensuring health and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Good verbal communication and contract negotiation skills.
• Current clean UK Driver's License and access to own vehicle for business use.

Responsibilities

• Carry out site inspections, measured surveys, and produce schedules of work and quotation documents.
• Monitor works to completion within budget and timescales; ensure health and safety compliance.
• Issue works orders for responsive repairs and manage contractors.
• Manage reactive repair and replacement programmes for public realm assets.
• Oversee periodic inspections and testing of electrical circuits and lighting installations.

Skills

Verbal communication

Contract negotiation

Driver's license

Education

ONC/HNC in building construction or equivalent

Job description

Building Maintenance Surveyor

Grade 6 - £32,061 to £37,280 per annum plus Level 3 Benefit Allowance of £2,278.

37 Hours per week Monday - Friday

Permanent Role

Hastings Borough Council is seeking an experienced and self-motivated Building Maintenance Surveyor to join its Building Surveying Team and make a positive impact on the Council's property portfolio.

In this role you can enjoy the flexibility of hybrid working, allowing you to work from home or at our seafront Hastings Office, or a combination of both. It should be noted that the position entails travel to our office and throughout the borough for regular site visits and meetings, that on occasion may be at short notice.

Purpose of the Job:

As a Building Surveying Technician with us, you'll play an important role in assisting the Principal Building Surveyor and Building Surveyor in delivering the Council's in-house building surveying function.

Examples of Key Responsibilities:

• Carry out site inspections, measured surveys, and produce schedules of work and quotation documents for a variety of small maintenance and improvement works on the Council's property portfolio and other built assets under its annual repairs & renewals programme. Monitor works to completion ensuring they are caried out in accordance with current health and safety regulations within the allocated budget and to the agreed standard and timescales.
• Manage consulting structural engineer's annual health and safety inspection of the Council's concrete promenade and other structures. Produce schedule of work and obtain costings for the resulting concrete health and safety repairs under the council's annual repairs & renewals programme. Monitor works to completion ensuring they are within the allocated budget and to the agreed timescales.
• Issue works orders for responsive repairs using the Council's term maintenance contractor's minor works contract portal. Monitor works to completion ensuring they are within budget and to the agreed standard and timescales.
• Manage the council's bus shelter annual reactive repair and replacement programme, ensuring that it is undertaken within the allocated budget and agreed timescales.
• Manage the periodic inspections and electrical circuit testing including certification, and general maintenance and reactive repairs to the Council's public realm amenities and decorative lighting installations in accordance with statutory regulations.
• Manage the council's street nameplate reactive repair and replacement programme ensuring that it is undertaken within the allocated budget and agreed timescales.

Some Essential Requirements:

• ONC or HNC in building construction, building surveying or civil engineering studies or a similar allied subjects at an equivalent level.
• Demonstrable experience in property maintenance, improvement, and alteration environment.
• Experience in obtaining quotations, job administration and completion of minor repair work projects including negotiation and agreement of final accounts.
• Good verbal communication and contract negotiation skills
• Current clean full UK Driver's License and access to own vehicle for business use.

For a full list of responsibilities and a complete person specification please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification document.

Benefits:

• 27 days Annual Leave (pro-rated for part time staff) rising to 32 days after 5 years' service, 35 days after 10 years and 37 days after 15 years.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your Health & Wellbeing.
• E-Learning Development Hub.
• A generous local government pension provided by the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Fully supported Hybrid Working arrangements.
• Flexible working scheme to support you in achieving a good work/life balance.

Deadline for Applications: 12/10/2026 @ 12:00pm

Interviews scheduled w/c 19th October 2026

Interviews will take place in person at our Muriel Matters House Office, TN34 3UY.

Further information on this vacancy

• Hastings Borough Council Behaviours Framework
• Building Maintenance Surveyor - Job Description / Person Specification