Peabody
Assistant Building Surveyor
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Assistant Building Surveyor – Build Your Career While Making a Difference
Are you looking to develop your surveying career within a large and diverse housing portfolio? As an Assistant Building Surveyor, you'll support the delivery of repairs, maintenance, disrepair, voids and planned works, helping ensure residents live in safe, well-maintained homes.
Working alongside experienced Building Surveyors and Property Services teams, you'll gain valuable exposure to a wide range of surveying activities while developing your technical expertise and project management skills.
What You'll Be Doing
- Support the delivery of repairs, maintenance, disrepair and voids programmes across your region.
- Carry out property inspections, diagnose defects and prepare reports, specifications and cost estimates.
- Monitor contractor performance, ensuring works are delivered safely, on time and to the required standard.
- Build strong relationships with residents, colleagues and stakeholders, delivering excellent customer service.
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What You'll Bring
- Experience in building surveying, building maintenance or a related property environment.
- Knowledge of building defects, repairs and maintenance, with an understanding of value for money principles.
- Strong communication, organisational and customer service skills.
- The ability to manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
Qualifications
- Degree, HNC or HND in Building Surveying or a related discipline, or relevant experience.
- Candidates working towards a Building Surveying qualification are also encouraged to apply.
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Why Join Us?
When you join Peabody, you're joining a team guided by our values:
- Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together.
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This role includes participation in the Property Services Out of Hours rota, which is a requirement of the role and may include evenings and weekends. You'll work closely with Building Surveyors, contractors and operational teams to support the delivery of high-quality property services.
Got questions? Reach out to George Murphy, Talent Specialist, at george.murphy@peabody.org.uk
We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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