Salary: £45,315.00 pa and £5,000 pa car allowance
Location: Mobile/home-based (with regular travel across East of England)
Hours: Full time (35 hours per week)
About us
Hastoe owns and manages more than 7,500 homes across the south of England from Devon to Norfolk. We are a social housing landlord and England’s leading rural housing specialist. We deliver small housing developments in partnership with local communities although, for historic reasons, we also own some housing in urban areas.
We are passionate about providing a first-class service for our customers. If you are enthusiastic, customer-focused, and passionate about making a difference to people’s lives, then we want to hear from you.
About the role
We are looking for a Surveyor to join our East Regional Team. The successful candidate will work with a great team of colleagues to help deliver our planned and major works programmes and projects and also provide technical knowledge and expertise to their colleagues.
Working closely with your team and with external contractors, the successful candidate will provide excellent customer service to Hastoe residents while ensuring properties are maintained and repaired to high standards, providing Hastoe with value for money and ensuring all legal and regulatory requirements are met.
Our planned and major works projects typically include: arranging works identified by fire risk assessments; cyclical redecorations; window and door replacements; re-roofing; heating upgrades; kitchen and bathroom replacements; overseeing major/complex repairs; defect surveys; and decent homes works.
The role will be based in the East of England and cover our East Region. Working arrangements will be mobile (home based), with attendance at Hastoe’s Little Canfield Office near Stansted airport two to four times a month, together with regular site/property visits in and around Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and London. This will be a mix of home, site and office working to suit your week so you should be self-reliant, practical, flexible and ready to travel.
Duties will include:
- Taking the lead as Project Manager and Contract Administrator for each project.
- Preparing specifications, schedules of works and contract documents for tendering by contractors to deliver Hastoe’s planned, cyclical and major works programmes.
- Planning and undertaking stock condition inspections to provide high-quality data and assist with effective asset management planning.
- Performance monitoring and improvement of the supply chain to meet resident satisfaction.
- Partnering with colleagues in the responsive repairs team by picking up repair works and assisting with more challenging and difficult to diagnose responsive repair issues.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with contractors, suppliers, residents and other Hastoe departments.
About you
You will need to have good working knowledge of building construction, building regulations and health and safety legislation. You’ll also need:
- Construction or related qualification such as a BTEC, HNC, HND – as well as either currently working towards or a desire to work towards a Professional Qualification such as RICS, RIBA, MCIOB or BSc in Building Surveying.
- Experience of managing projects using JCT Minor Works and JCT Measured Term contracts and schedules of rates or proprietary pricing indices.
- Understanding of building pathology and ability to diagnose complex building related defects.
- Good report and specification writing.
- Experience of delivering high standards of customer service to all customers, internal and external.
- Awareness of regulations concerning fire prevention, legionella and asbestos.
- Ideally, experience in using housing management systems (Hastoe use MIS).
- Hold a valid driving licence and have use of your own vehicle.
You will also need:
- Proven successful project management and contract administration of planned, cyclical and major repair projects.
- To be self-motivated, reliable and resilient under pressure.
- The ability to manage own workload and meet deadlines.
Read more detail in the Job Description
Benefits provided
Annual Leave: Starting at 25 days plus UK Public/Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time) plus 1.5 days complimentary leave, along with the option to purchase additional leave.
Enhanced Pension: Hastoe's employer contributions start at 5% and are based on a matching of your own contribution level, plus 2%, up to a maximum of 8% employer contribution.
See the full list of benefits you'll receive as a Hastoe employee
A personal note from Tom Newman, your hiring manager:
“We are a small but dedicated team managing a broad variety of interesting programmes and projects. You will be part of the team based in the East region. We support our colleagues to provide the best quality service to our residents and colleagues. Hastoe offers the opportunity to be involved in providing safe, affordable and well maintained homes within a caring setting, making working days satisfying and professionally fulfilling.”
How to apply
Please send your CV, along with any supporting statement, to recruitment@hastoe.com by Midnight on Sunday 1 June 2025.
We will be conducting interviews as the recruitment progresses and may close the vacancy early. We recommend applying early.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Tom Newman at tnewman@hastoe.com. For enquiries about the application process please contact the HR Team at recruitment@hastoe.com.
