Building Surveyor - Fire Safety & Compliance

HQN Ltd; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

HQN Ltd is seeking an experienced Building Surveyor to join a forward-looking team focused on housing across a portfolio of circa 6,500 properties. You will contribute to fire safety improvement programmes and manage multi-stream projects with programme management experience.

The role offers hybrid working with attendance at Warwick sites as needed, and costs for travel are covered where required. You will be prepared to train and gain necessary qualifications, bringing strong housing sector

Qualifications

• Experience in building surveying within housing contexts.
• Proven ability to manage complex programmes with multiple work streams.
• Strong coordination across service areas to keep projects on track.

Responsibilities

• Deliver external contractor led fire safety improvement programmes across housing stock.
• Coordinate inter-dependent projects across multiple work streams and service areas.
• Attend offices or sites within Warwick District as required; support hybrid/remote working model.

Skills

Building surveying

Programme management

Stakeholder coordination

Housing experience

Job description

We’re excited to be recruiting to this opportunity for an experienced Building Surveyor who is looking to work with a broad range of professionals in an enthusiastic and forward-looking organisation. If you are passionate about housing and you believe customers should be at the heart of all we do, then we would love to hear from you.

Our portfolio of circa 6500 properties includes an exciting mix of high, medium & low rise blocks alongside traditional dwellings, predominantly rented units with some leaseholds, the stock also includes Listed Buildings & Conservation areas offering you considerable scope to apply your talents.

You will be part of a team responsible for the delivery of external contractor led fire safety improvement programmes across the stock in accordance with the organisations fire risk management strategy.

Many of these projects are likely to be inter-dependant on other parallel work streams, keeping these individual pieces of work on track and focussed will require programme management experience and skills. It will often require co-ordination across multiple service areas, each with its own budgetary and service delivery issues.

There are excellent transport links, check how long your commute might be!

We offer a great working environment with good training prospects. You don’t need to be MRiCs qualified but you do need to be prepared to train and gain qualifications as deemed necessary to fulfil this role. You must also have experience in Housing.

The intention is for the postholder to work predominately from home however, it is a requirement to attend our offices or sites within Warwick District as required. Any costs for travel from home to the office will be met by the successful candidate. However, office and hybrid working are also available.