Central Bedfordshire Council
Surveyor Technician
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Team: Housing Property Team
Job Family: Providing – CBG7-9 Career Graded
Salary: Starting salary £28,598 - £31,022 per annum pro rata. Moving up to £35,412 - £38,220 per annum pro rata - Career Graded post.
Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.
Contract: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: 5th August 2026
Interview Date: 17th August 2026
About the Role:
In this role you will work as part of our busy Maintenance team, creating the best place to live for our residents by overseeing the Void Maintenance of Central Bedfordshire’s 5000+ Council owned homes. This role is to support the relets team in inspecting and coordinating works in empty properties. You will also carry out inspections of homes to prioritise repairs (major/minor), adaptation and improvement work.
As part of this role, you will be responsible for:
- The health, safety, and condition of council owned dwellings by identification through inspection of void properties, and analysis of defects leading to project managing cost effective works to time, quality and budget.
- The planning, preparation, procurement, delivery and management of revenue and capital works programmes to time, budget and quality from inception to completion.
- Management, administration, procurement and supervision of contractors delivering inspection, risk assessment, renovation, servicing and maintenance to council owned property.
- Carrying out surveys and inspections of council owned property to diagnose repair defects and order effective remedial works. Prepare strategies, reports, and feasibility studies into specific related subjects.
- Occasional desktop diagnosis of customer repair enquiries offering effective remedial works to reduce the number of site inspections of council owned property completed by colleagues.
- Working with CBC’s Contractors, placing orders for remedial works to void properties, managing the works & monitoring from start to completion, revenue and capital budget monitoring, attending contractor meetings and occasionally supporting other teams with surveying tasks.
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This role is a development role whereby a qualification will be undertaken whilst working. On completion of the full course (24 months) you will achieve a Level 3 Diploma in Surveying. You will have five GCSEs at Grade C or higher including Maths and English or a Level 2 apprenticeship in a construction or property related discipline. You will have some experience working within the social housing sector.
Our Offer
We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page
Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.
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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack.
Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack.
For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Lucy Tuttle, Housing Team Leader at Lucy.tuttle2@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk.
To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.
Our National Careers Service team offer a free weekly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. Please book your place here.
More information about this service can be found here: Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council
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