Job Introduction
What you’ll do
As a Building Surveyor, you will play a critical role in ensuring our homes remain safe, compliant, and maintained to the highest standard. Working within our Planned Investment team, you’ll use your technical surveying expertise to assess buildings, diagnose issues, and support the timely and effective delivery of investment projects across our portfolio. From detailed inspections to project oversight, the Building Surveyor will help ensure our homes are high‑quality, sustainable, and fit for the future.
How you’ll do it
- Carry out detailed building inspections and surveys, identifying defects and root causes to inform accurate scopes of work.
- Recommend long‑term, cost‑effective solutions that improve safety, quality and sustainability across our homes.
- Provide technical advice on repairs, refurbishments, extensions and new‑build design, ensuring compliance with building regulations and safety standards.
- Oversee planned investment projects from inception to completion, managing budgets, timelines and quality delivery.
- Monitor contractor performance, carrying out site visits, snagging, de‑snagging and ensuring all required certifications are complete before handover.
- Build strong relationships with contractors, residents and internal teams, ensuring a positive customer experience throughout.
- Support planning applications, technical reviews and programme meetings with accurate, professional input.
- Resolve customer complaints relating to workmanship or incomplete works, ensuring effective communication and timely resolutions.
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.
Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.
Essential:
- Degree‑level qualification (or equivalent experience) in Building Surveying or a related discipline.
- Experience delivering refurbishment or construction projects, managing contractors, budgets and quality standards.
- Proven experience overseeing demolition and full new‑build construction, including mechanical and building services.
- Strong technical knowledge of building construction, building regulations, fire safety and energy efficiency.
- Proven ability to diagnose structural faults and building defects, producing clear technical reports and specifications.
- Confident communicator with strong customer‑focused skills and experience managing stakeholders.
- Proficient with surveying tools, software and industry‑standard methodologies.
- Membership or working towards membership of RICS, CIOB or another recognised professional body.
This role is subject to a Basic criminal record check (CRB) issued by the disclosure and barring service (DBS)
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:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/
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: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/
Selection Process
Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 22 February.
Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview
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 jobs@nhg.org.uk.
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.
