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Building Surveyor
Salary
£60,000 per annum
Location
Bedford (Hybrid)
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The vacancy
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm
Make a Real Impact Across bpha Communities
Are you a skilled Building Surveyor ready to take your career to the next level? Join bpha’s Surveying Services team and play a pivotal role in shaping safe, comfortable homes for our customers. If you thrive on variety, autonomy, and making a genuine difference, this is the opportunity for you!
What You’ll Do as a Building Surveyor:
· Lead the way: Conduct property inspections, diagnose issues, and manage repairs from start to finish.
· Champion quality: Oversee damp, mould, and disrepair works, ensuring every home meets bpha’s high standards.
· Be the expert: Provide technical advice to colleagues and customers and supervise contractors to guarantee top-notch results.
· Drive positive change: Deliver outstanding customer service and ensure repairs are completed efficiently and safely.
· Make every mile count: Travel across bpha’s diverse communities, bringing your expertise directly to the people who need it most.
What You’ll Bring as a Building Surveyor:
· Strong communication and report-writing skills.
· Excellent IT proficiency (Microsoft Office, housing/asset management systems).
· Commitment to customer care, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
· Self-motivation and independence.
· Negotiation and problem-solving abilities.
· In-depth knowledge of building construction, maintenance, and social housing legislation.
· Experience with Housing Disrepair/Housing Condition Claims.
· Relevant qualifications (HNC/HND, HHSRS Practitioner, CIOB/RICS membership).
Why bpha?
At bpha, our values drive everything we do:
· Responsibility: We deliver on our promises.
· Empathy: We listen and respect every colleague and customer.
· Collaboration: We achieve more together.
· Ambition: We strive for excellence and positive change.
Benefits Tailored for You
We know Building Surveyors are always on the move, so our benefits are designed to support your lifestyle:
· Generous mileage allowance for travel across bpha areas.
· Company car or car allowance options to make your journeys easier.
· Flexible working arrangements to help you balance work and life.
· 28 days annual leave + bank holidays for well-deserved breaks.
· Professional development and career progression opportunities.
· Private health care and Employee Assistance Programme for your wellbeing.
· Retail discounts to help your money go further.
· Pension scheme to secure your future.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re passionate about improving homes and communities, we want to hear from you! Apply early to avoid disappointment—applications may close once we find the right candidate.
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and as such bpha reserves the right to close applications prior to the advertised closing date upon identification of a suitable candidate.
Early applications are encouraged to avoid disappointment.
All offers will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening, including DBS check and references.
About us
bpha is a Housing Association located in the Oxford to Cambridge Corridor, which is committed to providing its customers with high quality, value for money services whilst continuing to develop energy efficient, sustainable and affordable housing.
We are a leading provider and developer of affordable homes – for rent, shared ownership and supported housing.
We work together with communities – to improve opportunities, independence and quality of life for our residents, and to benefit the wider community. We bring people together, and run and support a wide range of community activities.
We invest the money we make in existing homes, to enable us to build new homes, and to deliver new and improved services.
As a bpha employee, you’d be joining 500 passionate and valued colleagues. All working together, to achieve our mission and deliver quality service for over 20,000 homes and a more than 33,000 residents (and counting!).
Our vision and values
‘Quality homes. Connected communities’.
Our vision underpins our commitment to provide and maintain safe, sustainable, efficient, high standard homes for local people.
Our values underpin the work that we do and are ingrained in our culture at bpha. We are looking for people who can share these values and translate them into day-to-day practices for the benefit of our communities, customers and fellow colleagues. So that we can realise our vision, together.
We show empathy
We take responsibility
Benefits
We believe that benefits should be more than just perks. For us, they aren’t simply little extras added on at the end, they’re fundamental parts of what we stand for, from the very beginning. As standard.
That’s why at bpha, we reward our employees by making sure we give them a supportive and caring environment, that empowers them to be happy, healthy and inspired, every day.
- Holiday entitlement of 28-33 days a year, plus public holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Competitive pay
- Life assurance cover
- Private healthcare
- Mental Health First Aid
- Counselling service
- Eye tests
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free annual flu jabs
- Wellbeing activities and events
- Free fruit and refreshments
- Long service award
- Annual staff recognition awards
- Discretionary reward scheme
- Annual volunteering day
- Social events, clubs and activities
- Breakout areas
- Onsite cafe/restaurant at headquarters
- Opportunities for professional training and qualifications
- Workshops and training sessions for new skills
- A fresh and modern eLearning platform
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