Building Surveyor

Worthing Homes; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-looking housing association is seeking a Building Surveyor to join their Asset Management Team. You will manage planned maintenance and major repair programmes while ensuring customer satisfaction and quality standards. The ideal candidate will have strong project management skills, housing sector experience, and a commitment to high-quality outcomes. Benefits include a healthcare plan and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Healthcare cash plan

Contributory pension scheme - company matches up to 6%

A generous annual leave package of 29 days per year plus bank holidays

Retail and gym discounts

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills and a background in building surveying.
• Experience in managing refurbishment or maintenance projects.
• Confident working with a range of stakeholders and managing multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Project managing planned maintenance and major repair programmes.
• Delivering a customer-focused approach to all refurbishment works.
• Maintaining excellent quality standards and driving high levels of customer satisfaction.

Skills

Project management experience of planned works and large-scale projects within the housing sector

Excellent communication skills with a strong customer focus

Housing sector experience within planned maintenance arena

Sound knowledge of building construction and technical issues

Strong contract management skills including budget reporting and management

Experience of housing and repairs management information systems

Experience of budget management

Building management qualification - preferred i.e. HNC

Education

Building management qualification - HNC preferred

Job description

Salary: Up to £50,285

Hours: 37 hours per week

Location: Worthing / West Sussex with hybrid working

Contract type: Permanent

Worthing Homes is a forward-looking housing association dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality homes and services to our local communities. We're a small but dynamic organisation, managing 4,000 homes serving over 10,000 residents across our range of properties from social housing to sheltered accommodation to shared ownership properties.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Surveyor to join our Asset Management Team, where you\'ll play a key role in delivering high-quality surveying services, maintaining and improving our homes, and helping us create safe, healthy environments for our residents.

About The Role

In this role, you will take responsibility for project managing planned maintenance and major repair programmes, working closely with customers, leaseholders and contractors. You will play a key part in delivering a customer-focused approach to all refurbishment works, ensuring projects are well managed from start to finish. This includes keeping customers informed at every stage, maintaining excellent quality standards, and driving high levels of customer satisfaction.

About You

We\'re looking for someone with strong project management skills and a background in building surveying. You\'ll have experience in managing refurbishment or maintenance projects, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes. You should be confident working with a range of stakeholders and able to manage multiple priorities effectively.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Project management experience of planned works and large-scale projects within the housing sector
• Excellent communication skills with a strong customer focus
• Housing sector experience within planned maintenance arena
• Sound knowledge of building construction and technical issues
• Strong contract management skills including budget reporting and management
• Experience of housing and repairs management information systems
• Experience of budget management
• Building management qualification - preferred i.e. HNC

Why work for us?

At Worthing Homes we strive to create a supportive and inclusive work environment ensuring colleagues feel valued and respected. We foster a collaborative culture in which teamwork is highly valued, and we employ brilliant people to work with our customers to help support them to live their best lives.

We offer a range of benefits including:

• Healthcare cash plan
• Contributory pension scheme - company matches up to 6%
• A generous annual leave package of 29 days per year plus bank holidays
• Retail and gym discounts
• Employee assistance programme

We are committed to investing in our colleague\'s development by offering a variety of opportunities for training, learning, and skills development, enabling everyone to reach their full potential and contribute to the success of Worthing Homes.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional results in the housing sector and thrive in a dynamic, people-focused environment, we want to hear from you.

Closing date: Monday 22nd September. Interviews: 1st Interviews will be held on Thursday 2nd October at Davison House, Worthing and 2nd Interviews on Tuesday 7th October.

We are a fair and inclusive organisation, and we value each individual\'s unique contribution, irrespective of race, ethnic origin, religion, age, gender, disability, sexual orientation or social background.