Building Surveying Manager

Suffolk County Council; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority council in the UK seeks two skilled Building Surveying Managers. The successful candidates will manage a team responsible for various surveying activities to improve housing standards. Ideal applicants will hold a degree and have at least five years of relevant experience. This role emphasizes innovation and leadership to ensure the best services for tenants, working from an environmentally friendly depot.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of qualitative experience in Building Surveying.
• Detailed knowledge of Building Regulations.
• Membership in a relevant professional organisation.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of surveyors and oversee various work streams.
• Ensure performance and service targets are met.
• Conduct building surveying work and manage various related tasks.

Skills

Building Surveying

Leadership

Project Management

Education

Degree qualification in a relevant field

Job description

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Job Description

• Ipswich Borough Council
• Address: Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2DE
• Salary: £47,181 - £49,282 per annum
• Hours: 37 hours per week
• Contract: Permanent
• Reference: 0517

The Maintenance and Contracts service spends circa. £25 million annually repairing, maintaining and improving a retained housing stock of circa 7800 properties and 15 sheltered schemes to our local "Ipswich Standard". The council takes a holistic approach to stock management and has one seamless service that is now responsible for everything in connection with the asset management of that stock; from initial design to completing works on site on a right first-time basis using our own directly employed trade teams.

Housing is a flagship service of Ipswich Borough Council and it is a service that is vital for our tenants and very much in the public eye - as you would expect with such a range of work. We benefit from working from a brand new environmentally friendly modern depot facility.

It is a great opportunity to make your mark at Ipswich and develop your career at the Council. Innovation and aspiration are encouraged. The varied workload will enable you to refine your existing skills as well as develop new ones.

We are looking for two Building Surveying Managers who will oversee all activities and aspects of the Building Surveying Service and a team of Building Surveyors.

Responsibilities

Specifically, this post will be responsible for:

• Acting as a Building Surveying Manager accountable for the delivery of various work streams and managing a team of surveyors
• Acting as a Senior Building Surveyor undertaking Building Surveying work
• Ensuring all performance and service targets are met within the Building Surveying Service and developing staff to their full potential
• Ensuring all activity is completed to the standards expected. Examples of surveying work includes surveying housing defects, managing damp and mould in line with Awaabs Law, party wall agreements, tenant own improvements, disrepair claims, boundary wall disputes, energy performance certificates, improvements and planned surveys, designing and specifying works, project managing work, feasibility studies, stock condition, managing an adaptations service (list not exhaustive)
• Showing leadership and passion, to provide the best possible service to our tenants at all times.

About you

You will have:

• A degree qualification and/or membership of a relevant professional organisation
• Five years qualitative experience
• Detailed knowledge of Building Surveying and Building Regulations.

To find out more

For more information about this role please contact Emmanuel Lynch on 01473 432997 or [e-mail].

If you require any assistance or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process, please let us know so that the appropriate arrangements can be put in place.

How to apply

Apply online at Home - Ambition Ipswich where you can complete the online application form for this vacancy.

The selection process will be a panel interview in person. Interview date to be confirmed.

Closing date: 17 December 2025.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview candidates who meet the essential criteria prior to the closing date and / or to close the opportunity to applicants once we receive sufficient applications.

Please note CVs are not accepted.

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