We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive. We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We’ll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.

What you’ll be doing

We are looking for a Building Surveyor to provide a specialist building surveying service in the maintenance of all CHP’s housing and other property assets, including disabled adaptations. You will also carry out detailed building surveys and/or property condition analysis, including the commissioning and coordination of specialist contractors and consultants as required, to deliver remediation solutions to bring the asset to standard.

1. • Responsible for delivering a building surveying capability for all CHP homes and other property assets, providing appropriate detailed reports as required
   • Accountable for designing and implementing appropriate adaptations as required by customers where there is a specific need, including liaising with Local Authorities and others in managing works under the Disabled Facilities Grant structure.
   • Develop specifications and contract documents for the commissioning, planning, and delivery of works associated
   • Accountable for the management of programme supplier tendering, ensuring that the best sourcing model is adopted to ensure that programmes deliver to time, quality and budget
   • Accountable for ensuring that the regulatory and compliance requirements of works programmes are met.

What we’re looking for

1. • HNC/HTEC Level 5 Building Surveying (or equivalent)
   • Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
   • Strong experience of carrying out building surveys and analysis defects, including writing reports with recommendations
   • Innovation and problem solving to ensure that opportunities to deliver are maximised whenever possible
   • Exceptional communication skills to achieve rapid delivery through others

Committed to equality of opportunity, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applications for job share and part-time working will be considered on a business needs basis.

Wellbeing is a priority for us, and we aim to help our employees achieve a successful work/life balance and have adopted an agile working style. We host a range of learning activities to develop our people, support their career aspirations and professional qualifications. We encourage employee participation on all levels and we’re always open to new ideas or ways of working.