Residential Real Estate Surveyor

Residential Real Estate Surveyor 

Up to £43,264 per annum 

Hybrid, with travel across our West region (The Midlands) 

Permanent, Full Time  

Are you from a property inspection, trades or surveying background and looking for an exciting new role within an organisation committed to improving lives? Are you data driven, and keen to ensure that our customers have the quality homes they deserve? If so, our Residential Real Estate Surveyor role could be the perfect job for you… 

Longhurst Group is a leading housing Group across the Midlands & East of England, committed to enhancing communities and improving the lives of both our colleagues and customers. With a mission to provide quality, safe, affordable housing that build great foundations for our customers, our Asset & Property Services team are critical to driving the reinvestment programme for our housing stock, enabling improvements to be made to the homes of our customers. 

As a Residential Real Estate Surveyor at Longhurst Group, you will be undertaking surveys on our housing stock to complete stock condition reports, and subsequently reporting on performance, quality and safety. Always ensuring that our customers have confidence in the process of identifying risk and investment opportunities in their homes, you will also provide the business with the required data to efficiently.  

Further key responsibilities are listed below: 

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  Accurately & efficiently collect data which enables Longhurst Group to meet our regulatory and legislative asset requirements. This includes condition, performance, safety and energy data. 

  
  


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  Identify and report building defects (including regulatory and legislative concerns). Liaising with internal and external teams to ensure issues are resolved. 

  
  


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  Completing Decent Homes / HHSRS (Housing Health & Safety Rating System) as part of your surveys. 

  
  


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  Continuously improve the quality of our data. 

  
  


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  Schedule and plan your diary to ensure best use of time and optimise productivity. 

  
  


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  Deliver an effective, customer focused service reflecting the highest service standards, including ensuring all enquiries are dealt with in a professional and timely way. 

  
  

In order to be successful in application for our Residential Real Estate Surveyor role, you will have a knowledge of building regulations and practices, with a previous background inspecting homes and being able to assess the lifespan and quality, and/or building control. Having a good core of IT skills is also a must. 

Our Residential Real Estate Surveyor role operates in a hybrid capacity, contracted to 36.25 hours per week. To us, this means spending time with our customers across our West region, predominantly in Birmingham and Walsall, with some travel across other parts of the West Midlands and East Midlands as required with some time working from home (subject to business needs - we are open to discussion around how this is built into working weeks). A large portion of our Asset & Property Services team also work in a hybrid nature, meeting in the Peterborough office on a fortnightly basis for collaboration. 

What you receive from us 

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  A competitive 28-day annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays 

  
  


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  Car Allowance = £2,600 per annum (non-contractual, annually reviewed) 

  
  


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  Pension Scheme with contributions matched by us up to 8.5% 

  
  


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  Life Cover of three times your annual salary (as part of pension scheme membership) 

  
  


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  Membership of our Health Care Cash Plan including Employee Assistance programme and DoctorLine 

  
  


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  Access to a range of discounts, including Blue Light and B&Q Tradepoint Cards 

  
  


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  Free access to financial education service, supporting with personalised financial information on a range of topics such as mortgages, retirement planning, pensions, saving and investments, insurance and will writing 

  
  


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  Free Eye Tests 

  
  


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  Free flu vaccinations 

  
  


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  Investment in your personal development through our extensive learning and development opportunities. 

  
  


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  Professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role, paid for by us 

  
  


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  Family friendly, carers leave plus other paid leave 

  
  


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  Long Service Awards 

  
  


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  Carers Networking Group and resources to support Unpaid Carers 
  
   
  
    

  
  

This role currently attracts a non-contractual car allowance according to our Driving at Work Policy. This is currently set at £2,600 per annum, however eligibility for the allowance and the rate of the allowance is reviewed annually and any changes will be notified to you. 

  

How to apply 

Please click apply now to submit your CV today. In the event of high applicant volumes we reserve the right to close this advert and CV submission window early. 

We do not require recruitment agency support at this time - all speculative CV’s will be treated as a direct application. 

Vetting Requirements 

The important things - We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to live and work in the UK. All shortlisted candidates will need to verify eligibility to work in the UK at interview. If you are the successful candidate, original proof must then be provided before your first day. 

Naturally working with our customers, we need to complete pre-employment checks before you join us. This role is conditional upon receipt of two satisfactory references (one from your current employer). We also need you to tell us what you have been up to over the past 5 years as a minimum in terms of employment history. This could include carer duties, travel, seeking work, education, employment, training, or volunteering. 

Equal Opportunities 

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Longhurst Group is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. 

We pride ourselves on looking after our colleagues and as part of our commitment we are an Employer for Carers and would welcome your application if you have additional unpaid caring responsibilities. 

We aspire to have a greater diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Longhurst Group. 

Our company 

Longhurst Group is one of the leading housing groups in the Midlands and East of England, providing more than 24,000 homes and a wide range of care and support services.  

With a team of 1,300 colleagues guided by our shared values, our vision is to improve the lives of our customers and our colleagues and to enhance the communities we serve. We do this by focusing on two clear themes of work: Health and wellbeing and economic resilience.