Building Surveyor

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

Job summary

A leading retail company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Building Surveyor to conduct inspections and manage maintenance projects. Responsibilities include quality assurance, collaborating with the maintenance team, and ensuring compliance with statutory regulations. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Building Surveying or Construction and exhibit excellent organisational and communication skills. This role offers a hybrid working model.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme of up to 20% of base salary

Holiday starting at 25 days plus personal day

Private medical insurance

26 weeks maternity leave at full pay

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or equivalent experience in Building Surveying or Construction desirable.

Responsibilities

• Conduct building dilapidation / defect diagnosis inspections.
• Carrying out building related surveys and inspections.
• Quality and cost assurance checks of maintenance building works.
• Collaborating with the maintenance team for planned maintenance.
• Ensuring statutory compliance on all building maintenance.

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

Degree in Building Surveying or Construction

Chartered RICS / CIOB Building Surveyor or working towards

Job description

Tesco UK

• South East of England
• Apply by 08-May-2025 About the role

You might know us as a supermarket, technology company or even for our award-winning mobile network. Truth is, we’re all of those things, and much more. Our colleagues work with one goal in mind, helping to make every day a little better for our customers, colleagues and communities all over the world. No two customers are the same, neither are our colleagues.

At Tesco, we champion a balance that lets you thrive both in and out of work. Whether you're just kicking off your career, juggling passions, or navigating big life events, we're here to support you. We always welcome a conversation about flexible working, so talk to us throughout your application about how we can support.

We're proud to be an accredited Disability Confident Leader, where everyone’s welcome. That’s why we commit to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need support with your application, for more information. And if you're interested in joining our team but don't tick every box, don't let that hold you back from applying.

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. 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,
• Inputting into the design standards and Building Condition Survey process to ensure that appropriate building materials are specified and survey outputs are relevent.

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 or working towards this
• 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.

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.