Senior Building Surveyor - Housing & Property Projects Lead

Spinwell Global Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Spinwell is recruiting a Senior Building Surveyor for a key public sector client in Swindon. You will lead inspections, repairs, and improvements across housing and corporate property, applying expert technical knowledge and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and industry standards.

You will manage complex works, prepare specifications, monitor budgets and contractor performance, and provide guidance to colleagues and senior management.

Qualifications

• Degree level or equivalent with relevant post graduate experience.
• Proven SME experience delivering complex projects.
• Knowledge of UK building regulations and practice, with ability to apply it.
• Experience leading contracts including JCT/NEC forms.
• Experience across RIBA Stages 1-7.
• Health and Safety qualification such as IOSH/NEBOSH.

Responsibilities

• Act as SME in inspection, repair, maintenance and improvement of housing and corporate property.
• Lead delivery of complex works, provide authoritative guidance, ensure statutory compliance and best practice.
• Undertake condition surveys and diagnose building defects; prepare detailed specifications and manage high-value contracts.
• Manage budgets, monitor contractor performance, and ensure delivery to quality, cost and programme targets.
• Provide expert advice to colleagues and senior management to support strategic decisions.

Skills

Contract management

Condition surveys

Building regs

JCT/NEC contracts

RIBA Stages 1-7

Health & safety

Leadership

Project delivery

Education

Building Surveying degree

Postgraduate in Structural Eng

Job description

Spinwell is recruiting a Senior Building Surveyor for a key public sector client in Swindon. You will lead inspections, repairs, and improvements across housing and corporate property, applying expert technical knowledge and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and industry standards.

You will manage complex works, prepare specifications, monitor budgets and contractor performance, and provide guidance to colleagues and senior management.