Building Surveyor

Tesco; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in the South East of England is seeking a Building Surveyor to ensure that its stores provide a safe and welcoming environment. The role involves conducting inspections, managing maintenance projects, and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Ideal candidates will be Chartered Surveyors with a background in retail and strong communication skills. Opportunities for both full-time and part-time roles are available, along with a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme up to 20% of salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Free 24/7 virtual GP service

Qualifications

• Chartered Building Surveyor qualification is essential.
• Experience in retail is desirable.
• Degree or equivalent in Building Surveying or Construction.

Responsibilities

• Conduct dilapidation inspections and solve maintenance defects.
• Carry out building surveys and inspections for risk assessment.
• Ensure compliance with building maintenance standards.
• Lead maintenance projects and manage safety compliance.
• Collaborate to develop planned maintenance regimes.

Skills

Excellent influencing and communication skills

Able to articulate technical information

Excellent collaboration skills

Strong people management and leadership skills

Able to manage large quantities of data

Excellent organisational skills

Education

Chartered RICS/CIOB Building Surveyor

Degree or equivalent in Building Surveying or Construction

Job description

Tesco UK • South East of England • Apply by 29-Dec-2025

As a Building Surveyor at Tesco, you'll play a vital role in ensuring our stores remains a safe, functional, and welcoming environment for customers and colleagues alike. Your work will directly impact the shopping experience of thousands of customers every day. You'll use your technical expertise to identify and resolve issues efficiently, always prioritising safety, compliance, and quality.

The Hiring Manager for this role is Dean McNulty.

What is in it for you

We're all about the little helps. That's why we make sure our Tesco colleague benefits package takes care of you - both in and out of work. Click Here to find out more!

• Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary
• Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
• Private medical insurance
• 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years' service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
• Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing

You will be responsible for

• Conducting building dilapidation/defect diagnosis inspections, liaising with the wider maintenance team to ensure the right solutions are implemented for building maintenance defects.
• Carrying out building related surveys and inspections to support the field teams in identifying risks, planning works and preparing specifications for remedial works.
• Quality and cost assurance checks of maintenance building works.
• Carrying out reviews of contractors estimates for appropriateness and value for money.
• Collaborating with the wider maintenance team to support the development of planned maintenance regime (PPMs) for buildings to ensure our estate is effectively maintained.
• Providing technical input into the maintenance of building fabric across a variety of building types
• Working closely with the maintenance teams to provide building maintenance solutions and ensure compliance.
• Lead individual maintenance projects related to the improvement of building maintenance and Health & Safety.
• Ensure statutory compliance on all matters related to building maintenance. (CDM/Work at Height/Asbestos, etc..)
• Inputting into the design standards and Building Condition Survey process to ensure that appropriate building materials are specified and survey outputs are relevent.

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You will need

Operational skills:

• Excellent influencing and communication skills
• Able to articulate technical information
• Excellent collaboration skills across a large organisation
• Strong people management and leadership skills
• Able to manage large quantities of data
• Excellent organisational skills

Experience:

• Chartered RICS/CIOB Building Surveyor
• Degree or equivalent experience level qualification in Building Surveying or Construction
• Experience in retail or equivalent experience in Building Surveying or Construction desirable

About us

Our vision at Tesco is to become every customer's favourite way to shop, whether they are at home or out on the move. Our core purpose is 'Serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day'. Serving means more than a transactional relationship with our customers. It means acting as a responsible and sustainable business for all stakeholders, for the communities we are part of and for the planet.

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) at Tesco means that whoever you are and whatever your background, we always want you to feel represented and that you can be yourself at work. In short, we're a place where Everyone's Welcome. We're proud to have been accredited Disability Confident Leader and we're committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, please click here.

We're a big business and we can offer a range of diverse full-time & part-time working patterns across our many business areas, which means that we can find something that works for you. We work in a more blended pattern -combining office and remote working. Our offices will continue to be where we connect, collaborate and innovate.