Real Estate Broker jobs in United Kingdom

Location: Basildon, Essex

Salary: £40,600-£43,700 per year + 6% performance bonus

Employment Type: Permanent • Hours: Full-time

As a Building Inspector, you will be a key member of our inspection service team, collaborating with registered builders to ensure homes meet NHBC Standards and Building Regulations. You will foster exceptional customer relationships, champion NHBC's values, and make a lasting impact on the construction landscape.

Based from home but out and about daily, you'll work with registered builders to ensure new homes meet NHBC Standards, Building Regulations and other relevant legislation. You will build excellent working relationships with site managers on your patch, identify and prevent construction defects, help manage our insurance risk, and contribute to creating high-quality homes for new home buyers. You can expect full training and ongoing support from your line manager and wider team. You'll have control of your own diary and the autonomy to do the job as you think best. Your working day starts when you leave home and weekends are not required to support a healthy work/life balance.

• Significant and relevant house-building or construction experience
• Ability to listen, build rapport, establish credibility and build effective working relationships
• Ability to influence and handle potential disagreements in an assertive manner that maintains relationships
• Ability to gather and analyse information to support decision making
• Able to describe the house building process and how trades interact with each other
• This is a physically demanding role requiring visits to construction sites and inspection of buildings throughout the build process, including working frequently at height
• A keen interest in learning and keeping up to date with industry improvements, building standards and developments
• Focus on customer satisfaction and delivering a quality service to agreed standards

• Construction-related qualification such as City and Guilds, HNC, HND or NVQ (or equivalent) is preferred or you may be working towards one
• Full Driving Licence is required

NHBC provides support for registration with the Building Safety Regulator, including training and development for third-party accredited assessment schemes. NHBC may fund assessment schemes and registration with the Building Safety Regulator.

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Enhanced pension scheme (up to 10.5%)
• Life assurance
• Subsidised private medical insurance
• Employee discounts platform
• Two days volunteer leave
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
• Company car
• Many more!

At NHBC, we pride ourselves on being truly unique. We are recognised as the go-to for new home warranties and insurance, with a market-leading range of services and scale. Our team is united by a core purpose: to raise the standards of house building and protect homeowners.

As a modern, family-friendly employer, we're in a phase of growth, embracing technology, data and new ways of working. We offer opportunities for personal and career growth, thorough training, continuous development, and the chance to earn recognised qualifications and professional memberships. We support flexible working and are open to conversations about flexible arrangements where possible.

We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic selves to work. We are committed to fair treatment, dignity and respect for all employees and customers, and we support employee networks that provide safe spaces for open conversations and idea-sharing.