Building Surveyor

Notting Hill Genesis; London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Notting Hill Genesis seeks a Building Surveyor to enhance the quality of homes and ensure proper maintenance. This role offers an opportunity to work on property inspections, deliver technical specifications, and manage major works, contributing to a better living experience for residents. With a focus on teamwork and collaboration, the ideal candidate will be an experienced surveyor committed to excellent service delivery.

Benefits

Excellent annual leave allowance

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay

Employee assistance programs

Health cash plan

Staff discounts

Interest free loans

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Appropriate surveying qualifications/relevant qualifications in line with progression framework.
• Knowledge and ability to write detailed technical reports.
• Experience in management of major works.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and manage works to prevent disrepair.
• Conduct property inspections and produce work specifications.
• Oversee repairs and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Technical Writing

Management

Education

Degree in Building Surveying

RICS or CIOB Membership

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What You’ll Do

Notting Hill Genesis, one of London's largest housing associations, is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our dedicated team as a Building Surveyor. We are looking to recruit one permanent team member and two colleagues on 12-month fixed-term contracts. As a Building Surveyor you will be pivotal in improving the quality of our homes and ensuring they are properly maintained. You will deliver surveys, technical specifications, and recommendations using your experience to deliver the best value and excellent homes for NHG.

Job Introduction

What You’ll Do

Notting Hill Genesis, one of London's largest housing associations, is excited to offer a fantastic opportunity to join our dedicated team as a Building Surveyor. We are looking to recruit one permanent team member and two colleagues on 12-month fixed-term contracts. As a Building Surveyor you will be pivotal in improving the quality of our homes and ensuring they are properly maintained. You will deliver surveys, technical specifications, and recommendations using your experience to deliver the best value and excellent homes for NHG.

How You’ll Do It

You will play a crucial role in identifying, assessing, and managing works to prevent disrepair issues within our managed properties. Your focus will be undertaking property inspections and producing work specifications, creating purchase orders on different platforms, instructing contractors, agreeing on costs & overseeing repairs until completion. You will work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders across NHG and externally to drive improvements and offer a first-class service to our customers.

This is a fulfilling opportunity to enhance and improve the lives of our residents.

We value and respect differences and are committed to building an inclusive culture by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work.

The ideal candidate

We believe that great service starts with great people, and are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

As one of the largest providers of social housing in London, we are in the process of making changes to improve how we deliver services so that we can focus on the issues that matter most to our residents.

We are looking for an experienced building surveyor who can work independently whilst also providing support and guidance toRepairs Inspectors sharing your experiences and knowledge.

You’ll be a confident communicator who is comfortable explaining recommendations to colleagues and residents verbally and in detailed technical reports.You will collaborate within your team, with colleagues right across our organisation, and with external third parties to ensure we provide good quality homes that enable our residents to live their lives well.

You will need to be flexible with change and able to use different IT systems to carry out your day-to-day tasks.

(Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.)

Essential:

• Appropriate surveying qualifications/relevant qualifications in line with progression framework
• Knowledge and ability to write detailed technical reports
• Relevant experience providing services to residential property owners and managers.
• Experience in management of major works, along with experience in preparing tender docs, scope of works, and cost appraisal and dealing with interim/final accounts.
  
  

Desirable:

• Member of RICS or CIOB
• Degree in building surveying or similar qualification
  
  

What’s in it for you?

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential. Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
  
  

All About Us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit:

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your CV and Supporting Statement! Closing date is 9th June at 23:59.

Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to an assessment and interview.

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via [e-mail].

Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.

NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Temporary

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Non-profit Organizations

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