Property Surveyor

Metropolitan Thames Valley; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Metropolitan Thames Valley as a Property Surveyor and play a pivotal role in improving housing conditions. You will diagnose and resolve complex property issues, ensuring homes are safe and maintained to a high standard. With a focus on collaboration and resident satisfaction, you'll have the chance to make a real impact while enjoying a hybrid working model and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Enhanced pension contributions up to 9%

Supported family-friendly approach with extended parental leave

Access to learning and training opportunities

Life assurance cover 3x your salary

Volunteering days for community support

Health cash plan for everyday healthcare needs

Qualifications

• Proven track record in managing complex property repairs.
• Understanding of housing construction and maintenance diagnostics.
• Experience with NHF Schedule of Rates and HHSRS framework.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and resolve complex building faults.
• Manage caseloads including damp, mould, and disrepair claims.
• Provide technical guidance and support to colleagues.

Skills

Problem-solving

Communication

Collaboration

Technical knowledge

Education

Relevant degree in construction, surveying or property management

Job description

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Join Us as a Property Surveyor – Make a Lasting Impact on Homes and Lives

East Midlands - £43,418 - £45,703
Hybrid role - Full Time Permanent - 37.5 hours per week

Are you a skilled and solution-focused surveyor with a passion for diagnosing and resolving complex property issues? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your expertise improves lives and protects vital housing assets?

We’re on the lookout for an experienced Property Surveyor to play a key role in our dynamic Property Directorate. This is your opportunity to take ownership of challenging repairs, structural issues, and major defects—delivering real results for our residents while balancing quality, compliance, and value for money.

In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the investigation and resolution of non-routine repairs, disrepair claims, damp and mould issues, and ad hoc planned replacements. You’ll bring a proactive and resident-focused mindset, working collaboratively across departments to ensure every home is safe, secure, and well-maintained.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Be the go-to expert across the Property Directorate for diagnosing and resolving complex building faults.
• Independently manage a varied caseload including damp and mould, insurance works, disrepair claims, and more significant or specialist repairs.
• Lead on the accurate diagnosis of building issues, applying your strong knowledge ofdamp and mould, HHSRS, and building pathology to identify and categorise Category 1 & 2 hazards.
• Provide technical guidance and post-inspection support to colleagues, ensuring quality and consistency across all property works.
• Support the delivery of ad hoc planned works and contribute to continual service improvement through innovation and professional insight.
• Review and advise on home improvement requests with a focus on safeguarding our housing stock.
• Play an active role in cross-team initiatives that drive business improvement and enhance the resident experience.

What You’ll Bring

• A proven track record in managing and resolving complex property repairs and maintenance issues.
• A deep understanding of housing construction, maintenance diagnostics, and theNHF Schedule of Rates.
• Strong grasp of damp and mould diagnostics and the ability to apply the HHSRS framework effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a talent for translating technical issues into clear, resident-friendly solutions.
• A genuine curiosity, commitment, and drive to fix things right, the first time—within budget and to the highest standard.
• Experience working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical teams.

Additional Information

• The nature of this role means that the post holder may come in to contact with vulnerable adults. To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers we will complete a basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.
• Full driving licence and access to own vehicle for business use required for this role
• Interviews provisionally scheduled to take place by W/C 21st July

Please note :- we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What’s in it for you?

Our benefits include:-

• 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
• 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
• An additional ‘Beliefs day’ once a year to have an extra a day off
• Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
• Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
• Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
• Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
• Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
• Tenancy deposit – interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
• Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
• Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
• Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
• Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation

About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ‘Serving people better every day’ to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other’s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we’re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-

• LGBTQ+
• Disability

Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.