Senior Building Surveyor

Templer HomeBuild (THB) look forward to welcoming a Senior Building Surveyor to its multi-disciplinary team of Building and Compliance Surveyors in Newton Abbot. Do you have a passion for leading people? Do you want to make a difference, and really make a team your own?

Then this could be the role for you. As a Building Surveyor leader, you will be responsible for a small team of Building Surveyors and Admin support. You will provide building fabrication expertise as a Building Surveyor and the day-to-day support to your team, but you will also focus on understanding THB’s core aims and positively creating ‘fit for purpose’ processes and procedures to harness this, with clear direction and deliverables for your team, to continue to deliver and drive client excellence.

We are seeking an individual with strong leadership, planning, organising and problem-solving skills. You will be knowledgeable of Building Regulations and Housing Standards and have proven leadership experience. This is a fantastic role with the opportunity to add real value, make a role your own and develop a promising Housing Asset department.

Templer HomeBuild are a wholly owned subsidiary of Teign Housing, with a strong connection to Ian Williams Ltd (a Contractor), offering you long term stability and security. We deliver a comprehensive repairs, voids, compliance, and planned works service to residents throughout the Teignbridge and surrounding areas.

Benefits:

• Private mileage scheme and fuel card
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an employer pension contribution of up to 7%
• 31 Days Holiday per year which includes Bank Holidays, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Life Insurance & Private Medical Insurance
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.

The Senior Building Surveyor role:

• Engages with the Client, Residents & Stakeholders to understand and manage a range of complex housing needs. Following this you will continually provide professional advice and guidance and practical, cost-effective solutions. As a leader you will balance what needs to be done with commercial awareness and ‘value for money strategy’
• Provides regular reports to the Commercial Manager, Director of Operations and Executive team as necessary
• Works closely with the commercial & operational teams to ensure alignment of objectives to deliver consistent quality and value for money
• Oversees and manages the technical and regulatory aspects of contracts
• Manages, develops and leads a multi-disciplinary team of Building and Compliance Surveyors, providing leadership and direction to the technical team

What will you bring as a Senior Building Surveyor?

• Degree, professional qualification or equivalent MRICS or MCIOB an advantage, ILM Level 4 an advantage
• Good technical writing, pre and post contract experience, knowledge of CDM, Building Regulations & Housing standards
• Proven Building Surveying experience gained from within the FM, housing or Construction industry/Project management experience
• Ability to motivate, coach and mentor a high performing team - leadership & people development experience is important
• Ability to build relationships with the Client, Residents & Stakeholders to ensure their sometimes-conflicting priorities are managed to deliver the desired outcome. Excellent communication skills are a real must

Additional Benefits include:

• Annual pay reviews
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Specsavers vouchers
• For information on all other additional benefits, we do to enhance your work/life balance, please visit our website.

About Templer HomeBuild

We are an exciting venture, with the security and stability of being a subsidiary company of Teign Housing, with a strong connection with Ian Williams, where we benefit from their expertise of being one of the UKs leading property services companies.

We deliver a comprehensive responsive repairs service (including gas servicing and repairs) as well as offering a host of additional property services such as planned maintenance works, voids, cyclical painting solutions and appliance testing and repairs.

We are passionate about people and firmly believe that our success will only be maintained if we continue to offer you a great place to work, support you with the right benefits and provide you with the opportunity to develop your career and fulfil your potential.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

Templer HomeBuild is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Templer HomeBuild —it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Templer HomeBuild will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.

We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies; therefore, we politely request no agencies engage with us regarding this position.