Vico Homes
Assets Surveyor
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Assets Surveyor - Fixed Term up to 3 months
Salary: £39,354 - £43,878
Location: Merefield House, Castleford - Hybrid working
Hours: 37
Closing Date: 16 October 2026
Reference: V143/26
Vico Homes is built on the foundations of WDH. We are looking for an Assets Surveyor to join our Property and Building Safety - Assets Surveying Team.
A home is more than four walls and a roof. It should be a safe place. A place to start things. A place of opportunities. A place to grow. A place where you feel you belong.
These are the places we provide for today and for the future. This is what marks us out as one of the leading players in the social housing sector. We have over 32,000 homes across the north of England, home to tens of thousands of people. And people are at the centre of what we do.
Our people are approachable and professional. But we’re not afraid to be optimistic and show our passion for what we do to support our customers. We share a common vision, acting confidently to ensure we remain at the forefront of making it happen.
Together, we’re building better futures and vibrant communities.
About the role
As the Assets Surveyor your manager will be our Senior Assets Surveyor. You will work 37 hours a week on a fixed term basis of up to 3 months initially to cover a period of absence, working flexibly in the Vico Homes operating area based at our Head Office in Castleford.
As the Assets Surveyor you will work as part of a team of Assets Surveyors to complete surveying tasks and provide technical guidance on building architecture, fabric and associated infrastructure.
It is an exciting time to be joining us and here are some of the initiatives that you will be involved in:
- Helping to develop the internalisation of stock condition and component surveying
- Helping Vico Homes deliver great customer service through working with partners to deliver timely completions on property insurance claims, customers’ technical home improvement applications, investment stock condition surveys and high-rise building compliance
- Working with partners to survey and check Vico Homes’ extensive portfolio of non-traditional properties
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What you’ll do
You will be responsible for undertaking property surveys including visits to lead Vico Homes response to insurance claims for structural and fire damage, determining technical home improvement requests from our customers and stock condition surveys. You will also use your knowledge and experience supporting other parts of our business including adaptations and estates teams, with decisions and support around suitable use of our assets.
What we’re looking for
- A construction related qualification such as, HNC, CIOB or Diploma in Asset Management or Level 4 of the Framework for Higher Education Qualification
- Negotiation and persuasion skills with the ability to influence change in others
- Experience of undertaking residential building surveys providing fault identification and specify diagnostic remedial works
- Experience of undertaking residential building surveys to assess and record component condition data for stock condition reports and planning future investment schemes
For more details on what we’re looking for in this role, please see the Job Description below.
For more information or an informal chat about the role or working for Vico Homes, please contact Muhammad Irfan, Senior Assets Surveyor on 07345 772785 or Neil Margetson, Senior Assets Surveyor on 07789 745715.
Please note: Interviews will take place in the weeks starting 19 October 2026.
Working for Vico Homes
Want to work in a place that values you? Where you’re offered a competitive salary and a great pension? And where you can make a real difference? You’re in the right place!
We have a strong and inclusive culture and we’re always on the lookout for talented and dedicated people to be part of our teams. You spend a lot of your waking hours at work, so we offer a workplace where you can really be yourself, feel valued and access opportunities to progress and develop. We are recognised as a disability confident employer and have the Investors in People accreditation.
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Working at Vico Homes brings lots of great benefits, including:
- Holidays - 26 days holiday (rising to 31 after five years' service) and an extra day off on your birthday, plus bank holidays and an Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
- Pension - employer pension contribution
- Flexible working - we’re happy to talk flexible working, including our WorkSmart approach to hybrid working, reduced hours, compressed hours or other flexible working patterns
- Vico Homes Rewards - a fantastic range of lifestyle savings and salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work, home electronics and our car benefit scheme
- Colleague wellbeing - a range of initiatives to support our people including an Employee Assistance Programme, Volunteering Scheme and dedicated Wellbeing Champions
- Colleague development – a range of initiatives to support personal development including training, support with professional membership fees, internal and external qualifications, mentoring and personal coaching
How to apply and what happens next
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.
- Read the job description, person specification and guidance notes below
- Complete the online application form
- We also encourage you to provide your CV if you have one
- You'll receive an automatic reply to let you know we've received your application
- We'll then score all the applications against the person specification and contact you to let you know if we're inviting you to interview
If you have any questions about a career at Vico Homes, you can contact us by email on recruitment@vicohomes.co.uk.
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