Regional Building Surveyor - South East

British Heart Foundation; England; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity organization is looking for a Building Surveyor to manage their retail division's property portfolio in South East England. The role involves overseeing various building services, including maintenance inspections and project management. Candidates should have a professional qualification in building or construction management and extensive experience in the retail sector. This is a full-time, field-based position with travel required, offering competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Car allowance

Benefits

Qualifications

• Sound technical knowledge of legislation for retail premises.
• Extensive experience in traditional building surveying disciplines.
• Demonstrable management of retail building surveying.

Responsibilities

• Manage repair and refurbishment projects in retail sector.
• Conduct Planned Preventative Maintenance inspections.
• Lead contract and tender documentation.

Skills

Team player

Interpersonal skills

Decision-making

Technical knowledge of legislation

Contract administration

Education

Professional building/construction management qualification (MRICS, MCIOB)

Job description

Location: Essex, Greater London, Kent, Surrey, South East

Salary: £48,000 - £50,000 p/a + car allowance of £3,600 + benefits

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Are you a highly motivated Building Surveyor, with a successful track record in managing repair, refurbishment, and fit-out projects within an extensive property portfolio?

About the role

As our Regional Building Surveyor, you'll manage our Retail Division's property portfolio in the South East region, spanning 220+ leasehold shops and stores.

Your region will cover mid-Norfolk down, London and parts of the home counties, Southampton and east along the coast.

You’ll deliver a full range of building surveying services, both reactive and planned maintenance, including:

• leading diverse projects, from essential repairs to rejuvenating refurbishments and exciting fit-outs
• managing contract and tender documentation
• fulfilling CDM duties, including being Principal Designer
• conducting Planned Preventative Maintenance inspections
• overseeing building maintenance
• performing acquisition and disposal surveys
• offering dilapidations advice
• building strong relationships with stakeholders

About you

To be successful in this role, you'll:

• possess a professional building/construction management qualification (MRICS, MCIOB) or significant demonstrable experience in retail building surveying
• have sound technical knowledge of all legislation relating to the fit-out and occupation of leasehold retail premises (Building Regulations, Planning, CDM, Fire Safety Order, Health & Safety, and Asbestos)
• be a highly effective team player with strong interpersonal, influencing, and decision‑making skills.
• have extensive experience in all key aspects of traditional building surveying disciplines, including:
• acquisition and disposals surveys
• health and safety
• defects analysis
• maintenance inspections and management of remedial works
• coordinating with stakeholders, including contractors and consultants
• access audits
• building pathology
• dilapidation's
• fit‑out design
• contract administration

It would be advantageous if you have specific experience in developing and maintaining a large retail estate.

Working arrangements

This is a field-based role, working from home with travel throughout South East England, primarily your regional patch (as explained above), though periodically extending across the country. You will be required to live within the region.

Travel will be based on current project work and the need to visit various sites in project. You will be able to manage your diary accordingly to enable this. There will be overnight stays as required (on average, this would typically be 4-5 nights a month).

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is 10th December 2025.

The interview process will be two stages. 1st stage interviews will be a one‑way video interview. 2nd stage interviews will be a panel interview via MS Teams.

We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.