Maintenance Surveyor

Southern Housing; Sittingbourne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing provider is seeking a Maintenance Surveyor in Sittingbourne to provide high-quality repair services across Kent. The role involves inspections, ensuring compliance with building regulations and contract management. Ideal candidates will have experience in a maintenance environment and possess a Full UK Driving Licence. The position offers hybrid working and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Pension

Life assurance

Healthcare cash plan

Eyecare & dental

Birthday leave

Retailer discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Buy & sell annual leave

Season ticket loan

In-house academy & career development

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience in pre and post inspections.
• Ability to produce reports and documents using IT tools.

Responsibilities

• Support in providing high-quality responsive repair services.
• Ensure maintenance of properties to the highest standards.

Skills

Experience as a building surveyor in a maintenance environment

Knowledge of codes of practice, building regulations

Understanding of construction and design related defects

Knowledge of procurement law

Contract management skills

Proficient in IT tools including Excel and Word

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

Sittingbourne, Kent - hybrid working available

We have a great opportunity that has arisen within our dedicated Reactive Repairs Team for a Maintenance Surveyor. You will support the team in providing a high-quality responsive repair service, to ensure that all Southern Housing owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible standards; and that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met. You’ll ensure that all staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies, property owners, and partners are provided with a high standard of service.

Your main base will be our Sittingbourne office, with regular travel across the Kent region. You’ll have the option of working in a hybrid way when appropriate and as agreed with your manager.

What you’ll need

• Experience as a building surveyor in a maintenance environment carrying out pre and post inspections.
• Knowledge of relevant and current codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards, and materials.
• Knowledge of construction and design and construction related defects and how to avoid them.
• Knowledge of procurement law and different forms of contract.
• Knowledge of contract management.
• The ability to use the appropriate IT tools to produce reports, documents, emails, including using Excel and Word to compile reports for different audiences.
• A Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle.

In your supporting statement

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Closing date

Closing date: 15th October 2025 at 23:59. We may close the advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications. We encourage you to submit your application and supporting statement as soon as possible so your application can be reviewed and considered.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What’s in it for you

• Pension
• Life assurance
• Healthcare cash plan
• Eyecare & dental
• Birthday leave
• Retailersdiscounts
• Cycle to work
• Buy & sell annual leave
• Season ticket loan
• In-house academy & career development
• Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it’s about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We’re all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.