Asset Surveyor in Leeds, West Yorkshire

Job title: Freelance M&E Asset Surveyor - UK Estate Programmes

Overview

Experienced freelance M&E Asset Surveyors required for asset collection, condition assessment and validation programmes across schools, government buildings and wider operational estates.

Immediate requirements include schools programme, validating and correcting previously collected survey data, with completion required by the end of November. Further survey programmes require clearance paperwork completed before deployment. Locations and assignment durations will be confirmed individually.

Scope of work

• Undertake full M&E asset collection, verification and condition surveys.
• Validate existing asset registers against equipment physically installed on site.
• Identify missing assets, incorrect records, duplicate entries and gaps in previous surveys.
• Survey plant rooms, technical spaces and individual rooms across occupied buildings.
• Record asset descriptions, locations, manufacturer/model details and other required technical information.
• Assess condition, defects and remaining service life in line with the programme methodology.
• Capture photographs and apply or verify asset tags/barcodes where required.
• Complete basic room-by-room building fabric assessments within the agreed scope.
• Collect and update survey information using Mobiess and programme-specific templates.
• Check data completeness and accuracy before submission; resolve QA queries promptly.
• Record access restrictions and areas that could not be surveyed.
• Liaise professionally with site representatives and the survey programme team.

Candidate requirements

• Proven experience delivering M&E asset collection, verification and condition surveys.
• Strong practical knowledge of mechanical and electrical building services, including HVAC, boilers, pumps, electrical distribution, lighting, controls and associated plant.
• Ability to assess existing survey data critically and identify technical inaccuracies.
• Confident working independently across multiple sites and occupied estates.
• Experience using Mobiess or comparable digital surveying platforms.
• Full driving licence and own vehicle available for site travel.
• Willingness to travel between sites; staying away may be required depending on allocation.
• Accurate reporting, reliable communication and ability to meet programme deadlines.

Desirable experience

• Schools, healthcare, government or other complex operational estates.
• Survey validation, remedial surveys and data quality assurance.
• Building services engineering qualifications or a relevant trade background.
• Lifecycle assessments, asset hierarchies and maintenance planning.
• Steam plant experience for specialist site allocations.

Checks and onboarding

• Schools assignments require a DBS issued within the previous three years, with the certificate subject to review and acceptance.
• Completion of the required BPSS/DBS paperwork, reference forms, HMRC employment-history evidence and two acceptable forms of ID.
• Additional security-vetting paperwork required for higher-clearance assignments.
• Previous BPSS, CTC or SC details should be supplied where held, for verification.
• Previous checks do not automatically confirm approval for a new assignment.
• Starts are subject to the required checks, onboarding and site-access approval.

Engagement and expenses

• Freelance assignments, with individual start dates, locations, working hours and duration confirmed before booking.
• Candidate day rate agreed individually.
• Agreed mileage at 45p per mile door to door.
• Accommodation arranged where required and agreed in advance.
• Other expenses and any overnight subsistence allowance confirmed before deployment.
• Payment arrangement and IR35 position confirmed before engagement.
• Timesheet and reporting requirements provided during onboarding.