Property Surveyor

Job Title: Property Surveyor

Location: Remote with travel, covering the South

Hours: 35

Salary: £38,000 to £45,000 depending on experience

Additional Benefit:£1,353.42 essential car user allowance

Contract: Permanent

Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK and be currently resident within the United Kingdom. Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Join Our Team

At United Response, we’re looking for a motivated and qualified Property Surveyor to join our Housing Team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced surveying professional who enjoys working independently while making a real difference by helping to maintain safe, high-quality homes and properties.

Working remotely, you’ll manage a varied portfolio of residential and commercial properties across the South East and East Midlands, with occasional travel to other locations across the UK.

Purpose of the role

To provide professional surveyor services for residential and commercial portfolio to cover demand throughout the south east and east midlands areas, with occasional wider national coverage working as a team player.

About the role

As Property Surveyor, you’ll provide expert surveying advice and technical support across our property portfolio. You’ll identify building defects, recommend practical solutions, and help ensure our homes and buildings remain safe, compliant and well maintained.

This is an ideal role for someone with strong technical knowledge, excellent communication skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out property inspections across residential and commercial buildings.

Identify building defects, diagnose issues and recommend effective remedial works.

Provide professional surveying advice to colleagues, contractors and stakeholders.

Support the delivery of planned and reactive maintenance programmes.

Ensure properties meet relevant health and safety, compliance and quality standards.

Produce clear inspection reports and technical recommendations.

Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Housing Team to deliver an excellent property service.

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise with excellent people skills.

You’ll have:

A sound understanding of residential and commercial construction methods, building defects and property maintenance.

The ability to identify issues and recommend practical, cost-effective solutions.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical information clearly to colleagues, contractors, tenants and on-site teams.

Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a varied workload across multiple locations.

A collaborative approach and a commitment to delivering high-quality customer-focused services.

Essential Qualifications

You will hold one of the following:

A degree or diploma accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), or

A qualification accredited by the Chartered Association of Building Engineers (CABE).

Why Join United Response?

At United Response, you’ll be part of an organisation that values expertise, collaboration and making a positive difference. We offer flexible remote working, a supportive team environment and the opportunity to use your professional skills to help provide safe, high-quality homes for the people we support.

If you’re an experienced Property Surveyor looking for your next challenge, we’d love to hear from you.

In return, we will help you build a rewarding career along with the following benefits;

• Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay
• Access to Blue Light Discount Card and Costco membership* T&C’s apply
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
• Two wellbeing days per year
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications/apprenticeships
• Generous annual leave allowance, so you can balance your work and personal life.
• Our UR STARS recognition program rewards for individuals and teams who go above and beyond.
• Work place pension scheme
• Long service awards recognising loyalty to the people we support and the organisation
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers

United Response is not just a social care provider, we’re a well-respected charity dedicated to championing the rights of people with learning disabilities, people with Autism and those with mental health needs. Our mission is to empower these individuals to live, work, and actively participate in their communities, free from discrimination and unnecessary obstacles. In everything we do, we strive to be Connected, Empowered, Driven and Bold

United Responses’ culture of inclusion, and our focus on health and wellbeing and working models helps ensure that everyone, regardless of background, feels included and can be the best they can be. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person’s identity. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our organisation and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realise their full potential.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with mental and or physical disabilities including guaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

If you are an experienced leadership and management professional with a passion for developing others, a strong track record of driving high standards, and the ability to translate quality, risk management and continuous improvement into practical learning, while keeping the people we support at the heart of leadership practice, we would welcome your application.

How to Apply

Please apply with your CV and a supporting statement outlining your relevant experience and motivation for applying.

This role is subject to a DBS check, the cost of which will be covered by United Response. Please note, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications, early application is strongly encouraged.

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