Senior Surveyor - Accepts

NHBC; Milton Keynes; Remote; GBP 44,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Surveyor to specialize in Accepts Appraisals. This role places you at the forefront of housing standards, ensuring safety and compliance across projects. You will develop expertise in building control while collaborating with a skilled team to manage critical risks. The firm values flexibility and personal development, offering a range of benefits including generous leave, a pension scheme, and support for your mental wellbeing. Join a modern, inclusive employer that prioritizes career progression and invests in its people.

Benefits

27 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Life Assurance

Subsidised private medical insurance

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee discounts platform

24/7 employee assistance programme

2 days volunteer leave

Equalized parental leave

Qualifications

• Senior level experience in the building/construction industry.
• Proven ability to make value decisions on compliance.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with NHBC and HSE requirements.
• Manage workload and tasks to achieve SLAs.

Skills

Building Regulations Compliance

Plan Appraisal

Training and Mentoring

IT Literacy

Construction Knowledge

Education

Chartered Membership of Professional Institution

Relevant HND/HNC Qualification

Tools

Software Programs

Job description

Overview

Salary: £44,000 – £47,000 + up to 10% bonus per annum. In addition, up to £7,500 Regional Allowance depending on location.

Working Location: Homebased

Closing Date: 24th February 2025

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Responsibilities

Opportunity for a Senior Surveyor to specialise in Accepts Appraisals and build your expertise to become the go-to person in this dynamic and rapidly evolving field. As a Senior Surveyor with a focus on Accepts Appraisals, you'll be at the forefront of shaping the future of housing, driving industry standards, and ensuring that each project meets the highest level of safety and compliance.

What we offer:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme

• Up to £7,500 Regional allowance, qualification depends on location (Inner London £7,500, Outer London £6,000, South-east £3,750)

• Generous pension scheme, with an employer contribution of up to 10.5%
• Life Assurance (x4 salary)
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discounts platform, including gym discounts
• 24/7 employee assistance programme supporting your mental wellbeing
• 2 days volunteer leave
• Equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
• Payroll Giving, this allows you to make donations to your chosen charity throughmonthly pay deductions

What you’ll be doing

This is an integral opportunity to build your expertise to become the go-to person in this dynamic and rapidly evolving field. As a Senior Surveyor, you'll be at the forefront of shaping the future of housing, driving industry standards, and ensuring that each project meets the highest level of safety and compliance.

You’ll have the chance to develop expert knowledge in this niche area of building control, working alongside a skilled team to manage critical risks, ensuring that warranty products and building control applications meet all statutory and customer requirements.

• Ensure compliance with NHBC and HSE requirements for personal safety and that of others.
• Deliver technical presentations to both internal and external customers where required.
• Assist with training, coaching and mentoring of others as required.
• Manage own workload and allocated tasks by Inspection Manager and Peer Group 1-3 builders to ensure relevant SLA’s are achieved.
• Take responsibility for the assessment of building regulation and warranty applications for residential developments and associated non-residential uses typically over 11 metres high.

• Assist in implementing business efficiencies and opportunities for growth of the business.

The ideal candidate will have

• Senior level experience in the building / construction industry.
• Experience of plan appraisal of residential developments and associated non-residential uses.

• Experience in training and mentoring.
• Proven ability to make pragmatic and value decisions on compliance with Building Regulations and NHBC Standards.
• IT literate with the ability to use a range of software programs.
• Wider knowledge of Technical Operation SOPs, company Systems & processes.
• Thorough knowledge of NHBC SOPS and systems relevant Specialism.
• Significant knowledge of construction l issues and relevant standards/legislation.

Qualifications

Education and Qualifications

• Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institution.
• Relevant accredited HND/HNC qualification or substantial industry experience.

Why you should join us

At NHBC we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purposeto raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.

We are a modern, lifestyle and family friendly employer who are in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented and driven people to join us on this journey.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don’t promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.

Your future with us

We have lots of fantastic examples across our business of people who are building their career with us. We are huge advocates of internal mobility and work hard to retain our best talent. We offer exceptional personal development and career progression opportunities. If you’re ambitious, driven and hard-working you will succeed with us. We’ll support you with full training, ongoing development, and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications and professional memberships.

Our inclusive culture

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We fundamentally believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.

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