Building Surveyor

Building Surveyor – North East Region

Are you an experienced Building Surveyor with a strong social housing background? We’re looking for someone who can confidently manage complex cases, from damp and mould to Housing Ombudsman enquiries and Environmental Health notices, while delivering a high‑quality, resident‑focused service.

You’ll join our Repairs Operations team within the Operations Directorate, a priority area that plays a vital role in keeping our homes safe, well‑maintained, and fit for the future. Our work helps protect homes, improve living standards, and ensure we get things right first time for our residents.

What you’ll do

• Manage an active and varied caseload of complex and ongoing repair issues, carrying out technical surveys, detailed inspections, and scoping complex work specifications.
• Lead on specialist and statutory‑related cases, including damp and mould, Environmental Health notices, and Ombudsman matters, ensuring high‑quality technical advice and well‑reasoned recommendations.
• Oversee works using Schedule of Rates (SOR), challenge over‑coding, assess quotes, and ensure value‑for‑money solutions.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and contractors, sharing learning, asking questions, and supporting team knowledge‑building across complex casework.
• Keep residents regularly updated, ensuring clear, timely, and empathetic communication throughout each case.
• Engage with local communities across our North East region, covering Islington, Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
• Attend resident forums once per quarter (typically evenings) and support strong local engagement.
• Participate in our weekly team day every Monday at Hugh Cubitt, Islington, working with colleagues and contractors. The rest of the week is agile working across the estate or from any local hub as required.

What we’re looking for

• Technical expertise: HNC or RICS-accredited (or working towards), with strong hands‑on experience in building surveying within social housing or local authority environments.
• Strong knowledge of responsive repairs, diagnostics and scoping (not quantity surveying).
• Ability to manage complex, ongoing casework, including damp and mould, disrepair, EHO notices and Ombudsman investigations.
• Excellent communication and IT skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to residents and stakeholders.
• Collaborative and curious: someone who works well with colleagues and contractors, asks questions, shares knowledge and supports continuous improvement.
• Resident‑focused and organised, able to work independently, prioritise effectively and deliver in a fast‑paced, reactive environment.

Why Join Us?

If you're a technically skilled, resident‑focused professional who enjoys working collaboratively and taking ownership of complex repair issues, we’d love to hear from you.

When you join Peabody, you become part of a team guided by our values Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive.

We offer:

• 30 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Flexible benefits package – including healthcare, dental, and lifestyle discounts.
• 4x life assurance.
• Ongoing training and development, including qualifications and apprenticeships.
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year.
• Up to 10% matched pension contribution.

What to expect from our recruitment process

We’re committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent recruitment process.

Our selection process will include one stage:

• Online Interview
  This will take place via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 25 March 2026.

Please read before you apply

• A Basic DBS check is a requirement of this role.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is preferable.
• Ability to work from the Hugh Cubit Centre (Islington) every Monday, followed by agile working across the estate or from any local hub as required.
• You must have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

If you’re a proactive, customer-focused professional with housing experience and a passion for delivering high-quality repairs and maintenance, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement explaining why you’d be a great fit for the Building Surveyor role and how you can help us provide safe, well-maintained homes for our residents.

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Talent Specialist Julie-Ann.O'Malley@peabody.org.uk

Colleagues who are at risk of redundancy need to state this on their application as they will be given priority consideration above other applicants.

Please note, if you are currently on legacy Aldwyck or legacy Catalyst Terms & Conditions, and are successful in your application, you will automatically be transferred to the new Peabody Terms & Conditions. Additionally, if you move to a Peabody role on a secondment basis, your Terms & Conditions will not change.