Building Inspector at Bernicia, Tweedmouth, Northumberland

Building Inspector

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Property Inspector

Location:             Berwick

Contract:             Permanent - Full Time

Hours:                 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary:                 £35,549.00 per annum

Closing Date:     5pm Friday 27th November 2026

About the role:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Property Inspector to join our Repairs Team within our Property Maintenance and Construction Department based at Berwick. 

You will be responsible for delivering an efficient and effective technical service to all our domestic, non-domestic and commercial properties so that we meet all our responsive, planned, cyclical maintenance and property management requirements, therefore you will need to have experience of investigating general property defects along with damp remedial works along with condition surveys and providing suitable resolutions and reports.

About you:

To be successful in this role you will have a flexible approach and experience of delivering a wide range of property maintenance services within a social housing, target driven environment. We at Bernicia are customer focused so you will have excellent customer service skills as you will need to converse with a wide range of people to provide effective resolutions when problem solving. 

You will be required engage with all stakeholders of the service as an Ambassador of Bernicia, promoting and endorsing the positive work that we do across our communities in the Bernicia way. We at Bernicia put people at the heart of everything we do, so it’s important that we deliver a first-class customer service where we are proud to be recognized for the quality service that we deliver.

We at Bernicia don’t stand still, we are always looking to enhance our customer experience, so you will be able to contribute positively to change, identifying where our processes can improve to enhance our performance. 

For the technical bit, you will need to have a full trade or professional qualification in a construction related industry together with a relevant health and safety qualification or experience along with Asbestos awareness.

You must also have a driving licence for this role.

You may be required to undergo a Basic DBS check.

Role Benefits:

28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) for full time employees.

Health cash plan membership so you can save money by claiming cash back – over £1000 each year - towards essential healthcare such as dental, optical, physio and loads more.  We’ll also cover the costs of including any dependent children in the scheme – up to the age of 21 or 24 if in full time education – that you may have.

Access to savings on gym memberships plus cash back and discounts on purchases from major retailers including supermarkets, travel, cinema and more.

Generous pension scheme.

About us:

We’re all about helping people in need of housing.  We believe a good home makes lots of other things possible, so we provide great homes and services that do just that.

We’ve built Bernicia to be a business that people want to be a part of.  We’re one of the North East’s largest and most successful housing providers; building, renting, selling and managing homes as well as providing services to over 60,000 customers.

Looking to grow your career at a company that puts its people first?  

Our people are what make us great. Their feedback has recognised us as a Great Place to Work® certified employer.

We operate within a set of simple, but effective values, which blend perfectly to create our unique ‘Bernicia Way’ culture. This ensures we are customer focused, through working together, respecting each other, being accountable for our actions and demonstrating integrity and leadership.

If you fancy a challenge and want to get stuck in, and be a key part in a professional, customer focused team, then we want to hear from you. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than advertised, should we receive a large volume of applications.

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The Group is fully committed to the promotion of equal opportunities, and we particularly welcome applicants from groups who are currently under represented at Bernicia.