Goodman Masson
Disrepair Surveyor
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Are you an experienced Building Surveyor with a strong background in social housing and legal disrepair?
We’re working with a leading social housing provider to appoint a Disrepair Surveyor to play a key role in managing and resolving complex disrepair cases across a large residential property portfolio.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong surveyor who enjoys working on challenging cases, engaging with residents and legal stakeholders, and delivering practical solutions that improve the quality of customers’ homes.
The Role
You’ll be responsible for:
- Managing small and large-scale legal disrepair cases from inspection through to resolution.
- Carrying out detailed building defect, condition and disrepair inspections.
- Producing high-quality technical reports for external solicitors and legal teams.
- Identifying defects, developing specifications and overseeing remedial works.
- Managing contractors, consultants and engineers, ensuring quality, value for money and timely delivery.
- Acting as Project Manager on larger surveying and property-related projects.
- Managing project budgets ranging from approximately £20k–£500k.
- Working closely with residents, local authorities, legal teams, housing teams and contractors.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies, health & safety requirements and the Disrepair Protocol.
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About You
We’re looking for someone with:
- Strong Building Surveying experience, particularly around defects and disrepair.
- Proven experience within a social housing / housing association environment.
- Hands-on experience managing legal disrepair claims and the Disrepair Protocol.
- Good knowledge of construction methods, building defects and CDM.
- Experience managing contractors and consultants.
- Strong report writing, analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience managing project budgets and financial controls.
- HNC/HND in Building Surveying or equivalent experience; degree-level qualification desirable.
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Why Consider It?
This is a genuinely hands-on surveying role offering the opportunity to take ownership of complex cases, influence outcomes for residents and work across a varied residential portfolio.
If you’re a Building Surveyor looking to specialise further in legal disrepair within a major social housing environment, we’d be keen to hear from you.
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