Building Surveyor

Job Description

Summary

We're Growing Our Repairs Team - Join Us in Shaping the Future of NHG Homes

At NHG, we're committed to delivering high-quality repairs services that meet the needs of our residents and communities. To support this ambition, we're expanding our permanent Repairs Team with 14 new roles across a range of levels. This recruitment drive reflects our ongoing investment in service excellence, team development, and long-term stability.

Due to the scale of this recruitment, please take a moment to explore our other vacancies - there may be a role that's just right for you.

What you'll do

As a Building Surveyor, you'll play a key role in improving the quality of our homes and ensuring they're properly maintained.

You'll deliver surveys, technical specifications, and recommendations, using your expertise to provide best value and excellent outcomes for residents. From managing major works to overseeing responsive repairs, you'll help us maintain safe, well-cared-for homes and deliver a first-class service.

How you'll do it

• Conduct full building surveys and prepare detailed reports and recommendations.
• Project manage complex major and reactive works, ensuring delivery on time and within budget.
• Oversee responsive repairs and carry out post-inspections to assure quality.
• Prepare tender documents, scopes of work, and cost appraisals, managing interim and final accounts.
• Investigate complex cases, including disrepair and insurance-related works, and provide clear recommendations.
• Ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including HSE and CDM.
• Provide technical advice on major repairs, FRA, EPCs, and other contracted works.
• Share best practice and support colleagues to improve knowledge and service delivery.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

Essential:

• Degree in building surveying or similar qualification
• Experience managing major works and preparing tender documents, scopes of work, and cost appraisals
• Experience using contract documents (e.g., JCT/NEC)
• Ability to write detailed technical reports
• Experience of delivering repair improvement plans across varied delivery models

Desirable:

• Member of RICS or CIOB
• DEA/FRA assessor trained

What's in it for you?

Once you join us, you'll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation.

You'll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.

• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

All about us

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: -is-our-strength/

Selection Process

Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 19 November 2025.

Step 2: Successful candidates will be invited to interview and assessment  

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via .  

Should a redeployee apply for this role, their application will be considered before any others.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Basic check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.

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