Building Surveyor (FTC until December 2027)

Newlon Housing Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday

Non-contributory pension

Flexible working scheme

Purpose-built offices near Tottenham

Award-winning Hale Village location

Job summary

Newlon Housing Trust in London seeks a Senior Building Surveyor to lead responsive and reactive work streams, ensuring high standards of quality, cost control and customer satisfaction.

You will carry out on-site inspections, coordinate works programmes, and work with residents, contractors and customers to resolve issues constructively. Membership of CIOB or RICS and solid experience in property surveying are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience as a building surveyor with on-site inspections.
• Ability to lead works programmes and coordinate with contractors.
• Strong communication with residents and teams.
• Knowledge of housing law, HHSRS and health and safety.
• Professional membership in CIOB or RICS.
• Proven ability to produce inspection reports and schedules of works.

Responsibilities

• Lead on coordinating works programmes on-site.
• Liaise with residents, contractors and customers to resolve complaints.
• Produce in-depth inspection reports.
• Prepare schedules of works and manage projects.
• Ensure compliance with housing law, HHSRS and health and safety standards.

Skills

Building surveying

Site inspections

Project management

Housing law

HHSRS

Health & safety

Communication skills

Education

CIOB or RICS membership

Job description

Newlon Housing Trust is a successful charitable housing association and one of the major providers of new affordable housing in north and east London.

You will work closely with our Senior Building Surveyor to deliver Newlon’s Responsive and reactive work streams, ensuring work is carried out to a very high standard and with a focus on quality, cost control and customer satisfaction.

Carrying out regular on-site inspections, you will take the lead in coordinating works programmes, liaising with residents as necessary, working collaboratively with both contractors and customer to resolve complaints efficiently and effectively. You will have extremely high standard and be a champion for innovation, challenging contractors constructively when necessary to ensure that Newlon continues to provide our customers with a high quality customer service experience.

As a member of either CIOB or RICS and with solid experience of working on property surveying, site inspection or quality manager in the UK property/housing sector, you will be confident and highly skilled in producing in depth inspection reports, preparing schedule of works and taking on project management responsibility. With excellent knowledge of housing law and regulations, you will also have up to date and demonstrable knowledge of industry standards, HHSRS and general health and safety relating to the property industry.

A confident and clear communicator both in person and in writing, you will also be able to work well with people in all areas of your role, building excellent working relationships with colleagues, contractors and customers, managing expectations and working to resolve issues constructively and to very high standards.

In return, you can expect 27 days holiday (prorated), a non-contributory pension, excellent benefits and a flexi scheme. You’ll also be working out of purpose-built offices that form part of the award-winning Hale Village regeneration project, and are situated just two minutes’ walk from the major transport interchange at Tottenham Hale.

Salary: £55,112 per annum plus eligibility for Performance Related Bonus

Contract: Full-time, fixed-term contract until end December 2027

Closing date is 23:59 Sunday 8 November 2026

Interviews will be held at the Newlon Head Office on Friday 13 November 2026