Building Surveyor in Gosport, Hampshire

Building Surveyor

Gosport

£33 per hour (PAYE)

£37.04 per hour (CIS)

Contract expected to run until June 2026

You will be based at our Gosport Town Hall within a Property Services team reporting to the Senior Building Surveyor.

You will carry out a wide range of duties across our varied 3,000+ housing stock, together with our asset portfolio of corporate operational, commercial and community assets.

You will predominantly be attending day to day repairs, updating stock data, evaluating and diagnosing what work is required, assessing the best options to carry out the work and issuing response repairs

Requirements:

Be able to demonstrate sufficient relevant experience and knowledge of general day to day response repairs in a housing or commercial environment.

Have good building construction technology and building pathology knowledge together with the ability to evaluate and diagnose what work is required, assess the best options to carry out the work and issuing response repairs and advising others.

Have a knowledge of building related legislation as appropriate to the role and be able to apply as necessary.

Have knowledge and experience of construction-related health & safety legislation knowledge generally and be able to apply specifically the working at Height Regulations, and Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.

Practical surveying skills that can be demonstrated; specifically, be able to carry out stock data and measured surveys, accurately recording stock data as appropriate.

Demonstrating you can manage a contractor using a contract, negotiate contractual matters and resolution of disputes with contractors.

Have knowledge and experience of cost control techniques and be able to demonstrate commercial awareness when undertaking cost estimates for larger repair work, exercise financial control when managing work and assess value for money for work undertaken when auditing completed repairs. Demonstrate analytical skills to be able to interrogate, analyse and evaluate previous repair information

Additional:

The post holder will be required to hold a full current driving licence and have a car available; essential car user allowance will be paid whilst the duties of the post justify it.

There may also be an occasional need to work outside normal working hours.

For more information, please call David Bates @ ARM on 07551151771

Disclaimer

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.