Building Surveyor – Peabody
£48,500 pa + benefits
North Counties – Berkshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire
Are you an experienced Building Surveyor looking for a role where every day is different? Join our Repairs Team and play a key part in delivering high-quality property services across a diverse housing stock from general needs homes to supported and sheltered schemes, and even leasehold blocks.
You’ll be joining our Operations Directorate, working within Repairs Operations, a key priority for our organisation. This team is central to delivering safe, well-maintained homes and ensuring residents receive a responsive, high-quality service.
Repairs Operations is critical to our mission: protecting homes, improving living standards, and driving efficiency across our property portfolio. By managing voids and repairs effectively, we help create sustainable communities and deliver on our promise to get things right the first time.
What you’ll do
- Carry out technical surveys, pre- and post-inspections, and manage cases from start to finish.
- Oversee specialist works, ensuring jobs are coded correctly using Schedule of Rates (SOR) and deliver value for money.
- Assess quotes, challenge over-coding, and ensure cost-effective solutions.
- Manage a patch within our North Counties region, engaging with residents through monthly surgeries (4–6 per month).
- Provide clear communication to residents and stakeholders, including responses to executive queries and Ombudsman cases.
- Work closely with contractors to ensure works are completed to standard, on time, and within budget.
What we’re looking for
- Experience OR a relevant qualification (HNC or RICS accredited or working towards).
- Strong knowledge of responsive repairs (not quantity surveying).
- Excellent administration skills, including diary management and ability to pick up new programmes quickly.
- Exceptional IT skills and ability to manage a varied caseload independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to manage a varied caseload independently in a fast-paced, reactive environment.
- Forward-thinking, enthusiastic, and a true team player who can also work independently and take initiative.
Why Join Us?
If you’re an accountable, customer-focused professional with strong technical skills and a passion for delivering high-quality repairs and maintenance, and you’re ready to take ownership as a Building Surveyor, we’d love to hear from you.
When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.
What we offer:
- 30 days’ annual holiday 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 a one stage process. This will take place in person at our Oxford Office on the 12th and 13 January.
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.
- Our North Counties Region includes the following areas; Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire. You will need to be able to work from the Reading Office two days per week and be visible in your patch.
- 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.
Closing date: 5 January 2026 at midnight.
PLEASE NOTE: Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.
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