Senior Property Surveyor
Posted Today by Metropolitan Thames Valley
£61,751 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Clapham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Property Surveyor role is a full-time, 6-month fixed-term position based in Clapham Park, London, focused on managing a small team of surveyors while maintaining surveying skills. The position involves diagnosing and resolving complex property repairs, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and enhancing the resident experience through effective communication and collaboration. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in delivering quality service and maintaining housing stock. This role requires a proactive mindset and a commitment to high standards in property management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Be the go-to expert for the team within the Property Directorate, assisting in diagnosing and resolving complex building faults.
- Independently manage a varied team and a small caseload, including damp and mould, insurance works, and significant repairs.
- Lead on the accurate diagnosis of building issues, applying knowledge of damp and mould, HHSRS, and building pathology.
- Ensure systems are updated, health and safety compliance is maintained, and necessary training is requested and updated.
- Provide technical guidance and post-inspection support to colleagues, ensuring quality and consistency across property works.
- Support the delivery of ad hoc planned works and contribute to continual service improvement through innovation.
- Review and advise on home improvement requests, focusing on safeguarding housing stock.
- Play an active role in cross-team initiatives that drive business improvement and enhance resident experience.
Key Skills:
- Proven track record in managing a team and resolving complex property repairs and maintenance issues.
- Deep understanding of housing construction, maintenance diagnostics, and the NHF Schedule of Rates.
- Strong grasp of damp and mould diagnostics and the ability to apply the HHSRS framework effectively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical issues into clear, resident-friendly solutions.
- Genuine curiosity, commitment, and drive to fix issues correctly, within budget and to high standards.
- Experience working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical teams.
Salary (Rate): £61,751 yearly
City: Clapham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
£58,664 - £61,751 p/a Temporary - Full Time Closing date - 23 July 2026
The role Join Us as a Senior Property Surveyor – Make a Lasting Impact on Homes and Lives Full-time, 6-month Fixed-Term opportunity (37.5 hours) Clapham Park, London: £58,664 - £61,751
Are you a skilled people manager but want to maintain your surveying skills? We’re on the lookout for an experienced Senior Property Surveyor to play a key role in our dynamic Property Directorate. This is your opportunity to take ownership of a small team of surveyors and provide advice and support on challenging repairs, structural issues, and major defects—delivering real results for our residents while balancing quality, compliance, and value for money.
In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the investigation and resolution of non-routine repairs, damp and mould issues, and ad hoc planned replacements. You’ll bring a proactive and resident-focused mindset, working collaboratively across departments to ensure every home is safe, secure, and well-maintained.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Be the go-to expert for your team within the Property Directorate and for assisting your team in diagnosing and resolving complex building faults.
- Independently manage a varied team and a small caseload and the team duties include damp and mould, insurance works, and more significant or specialist repairs.
- Lead on the accurate diagnosis of building issues, applying your strong knowledge of damp and mould, HHSRS, and building pathology to identify and categorise Category 1 & 2 hazards.
- Ensure systems are updated by the team, H&S is complied with all necessary training is requested and updated on our systems
- Provide technical guidance and post-inspection support to colleagues, ensuring quality and consistency across all property works.
- Support the delivery of ad hoc planned works and contribute to continual service improvement through innovation and professional insight.
- Review and advise on home improvement requests with a focus on safeguarding our housing stock.
- Play an active role in cross-team initiatives that drive business improvement and enhance the resident experience.
What You’ll Bring
- A proven track record in managing a team and resolving complex property repairs and maintenance issues.
- A deep understanding of housing construction, maintenance diagnostics, and the NHF Schedule of Rates.
- Strong grasp of damp and mould diagnostics and the ability to apply the HHSRS framework effectively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a talent for translating technical issues into clear, resident-friendly solutions.
- A genuine curiosity, commitment, and drive to fix things right, the first time—within budget and to the highest standard.
- Experience working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical teams.
To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers, this role requires a Basic check with the Disclosure and Barring Service once an offer of employment is made. A new check will be completed every three years.
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Department:Property Last updated:July 9, 2026 Job ref:NTX1195415 Apply now