Surveyor team leader

BDS (Northern) Limited

Team Leader - Home Condition

About The Role:

Are you passionate about improving homes and making a real impact in communities? We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Team Leader – Home Condition to lead a team of surveyors in delivering high-quality property assessments that drive asset investment strategy and energy efficiency goals.

As part of the Asset Management directorate, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring property data is accurate, reliable, and aligned with compliance and sustainability standards. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage a team of Property Condition Surveyors and Domestic Energy Assessors.
  • Deliver high-quality stock condition surveys aligned with the Decent Homes Standard and HHSRS.
  • Collaborate with strategic managers to plan and execute survey programmes.
  • Ensure data quality through training, spot checks, benchmarking, and validation.
  • Collect and analyse energy efficiency data to support SAP rating calculations.
  • Monitor and report on survey access rates and performance.
  • Validate planned repair proposals and update associated data.
  • Champion excellent customer service and liaise with Neighbourhood teams to meet resident needs..

This role is being offered on a full time6 month fixed term contract basis working 37 hours per week. This role is field based covering the Somerset area, with Weston-Super-Mare as the nearest office..

About The Candidate:

  • Relevant technical qualification or significant experience.
  • Building surveying and construction management skills and experience of undertaking comprehensive property surveys working at a similar level within an RSL or similar.
  • Experience in the line management of teams of technical or surveying colleagues.
  • Full understanding of the Decent Homes Standard as well as the Housing Health and Safety Rating Standard.
  • Appreciation of the contribution housing can make to the goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and an understanding of the objectives of PAS 2035.
  • Working knowledge and understanding of stock condition databases.
  • Experience of building relationships with key influencers within the organisation.
  • Knowledge of management as a subset of leadership and understands how leadership is not about a job title or position but a set of skills and abilities.
  • Skills to develop the appropriate approach to supply the drive to reach the desired outcome.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of processes and regulations as they are relevant to the team or specialist area.
  • Basic Asbestos awareness.

    Desirable:
  • CIOB / CIH / RICS or equivalent qualification in property surveying or working towards.
  • Accredited Domestic Energy Assessor or willing to work towards.
  • Accredited PAS 2035 Retrofit Assessor or willing to work towards.

Please apply now for immediate consideration 

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