Lead Building Surveyor

Templer Homebuild is looking for a Lead Building Surveyor to join its expanding Building Safety and Technical team based in Newton Abbot.

You'll provide integral technical leadership across a wide range of workstreams; including planned investment works, responsive repairs, and void property refurbishments.

Working closely with Building and compliance Surveyors, operational, commercial, and senior stakeholders, you'll ensure the communities’ homes remain safe, compliant, and well maintained.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled surveyor who enjoys a mix of technical expertise, team leadership, and project management.

In this role, you can make a real difference to the quality and safety of Teign homes. In return, we are committed to supporting your professional development, accreditation, and career progression.

The recruitment process will be undertaken in partnership with Ian Williams Ltd.

Benefits:

• Salary up to £61,622 including Car allowance and Fuel Card
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an employer pension contribution of up to 5%
• 31 days paid holiday (including bank holidays), but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year 
• Annual pay reviews
• Life Insurance
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.

The Lead Building Surveyor :

• Lead the delivery of planned maintenance, capital investment, repairs, and void property programmes.
• Manage and support the Technical Surveying Team made up of Building Surveyors and coordinators.
• Carry out detailed property inspections and technical surveys.
• Diagnose building defects and provide practical solutions.
• Produce specifications, drawings, tender documents, and contract information.
• Oversee larger capital projects through all stages of delivery.
• Monitor contractor performance, quality, compliance, and costs.
• Provide expert technical advice to colleagues, contractors, and stakeholders.
• Ensure all works meet relevant legislation, regulations, and industry standards.
• Promote best practice and continuous improvement across building surveying activities.

What will you bring as a Lead Building Surveyor?

• Experience in building surveying, ideally from repairs, maintenance, and capital projects industries. Experience in leading or mentoring surveyors or technical teams would be advantageous
• Strong knowledge of building construction, defects, and compliance requirements.
• Experience in managing contractors and overseeing project delivery.
• The ability to prepare specifications, reports, and technical documentation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving and risk management.

For further information on all other additional benefits, please visit our website.

About Templer HomeBuild

We deliver a comprehensive responsive repairs service (including gas servicing and repairs) as well as offering a host of additional property services such as planned maintenance works, voids, cyclical painting solutions and appliance testing and repairs. 

We are passionate about people and firmly believe that our success will only be maintained if we continue to offer you a great place to work, support you with the right benefits and provide you with the opportunity to develop your career and fulfil your potential.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Templer HomeBuild is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Templer HomeBuild —it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different. 

Templer HomeBuild will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.

We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies; therefore, we politely request no agencies engage with us in regard to this position.