Survey Manager

We're searching for a dedicated Survey Manager to lead our new in-house surveying team at A2Dominion. This role will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of an efficient, accurate, and high-quality surveying service, along with comprehensive data collection that aligns with and supports the organisation's strategic objectives, working collaboratively across Property Services and the broader business., Stock Condition Survey Programme: Design and oversee a rolling 20% stock condition survey, including HHSRS, ensuring accurate, high-quality data collection across the portfolio.
Energy Performance Data: Manage EPC data collection for regulatory compliance and support energy efficiency strategies, informing investment and energy improvement programmes.
External Survey Management: Organise and manage external survey resources, ensuring clear specifications, methodologies, and high-performance standards.
Team Leadership: Recruit, manage, and mentor a skilled team of surveyors, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture focused on productivity and results.
Training and Support: Ensure the Surveying Team is well-trained, resourced, and supported to work safely and efficiently, producing reliable data.
Data Prioritisation: Focus on robust data collection to underpin reliable 1-year, 5-year, and 30-year stock investment programmes.
Strategic Collaboration: Collaborate with stakeholders to translate survey findings into actionable strategies aligned with organisational goals.
Interdepartmental Integration: Align surveying activities with asset management, maintenance, and operational objectives through close collaboration with Property Services and other units.
Expert Advice: Provide expert input, guidance, and recommendations on surveying matters.
Quality Assurance: Implement robust quality assurance to meet industry standards, comply with regulations, and adopt best practices.
Innovation and Process Improvement: Continuously enhance survey processes with new technologies and innovative methodologies to improve efficiency and data quality.
More about you

Bachelor's degree in Building Surveying, or a related field or equivalent experience.
Membership with RICS, CIOB or equivalent professional body is desirable.
Strong technical knowledge of building systems and familiarity with the lifecycle and maintenance challenges of various construction types and materials.
In-depth understanding of Decent Homes legislation and HHSRS.
Significant experience of property surveying techniques and methodologies.
Demonstrable experience in commissioning and managing stock condition surveys, technical assessments, and inspections to gather essential asset data and intelligence.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Experience of line management responsibility.
Join us in making a tangible impact on housing in the UK, where your expertise contributes directly to improving lives and shaping thriving communities. We want to provide homes that people love to live in.

We're a UK housing association committed to a new vision - providing homes people love to live in.

With over 38,000 homes in management across London and southern England, we provide a wide range of homes for social, affordable and private rent, specialist housing services, as well as homes for sale and shared ownership.

Our 70,000 customers have diverse backgrounds and levels of income and we're here to provide all of them with homes that are safe, high quality and sustainable. And with social housing roots going back eight decades, we continue to ensure that every penny of profit we make is reinvested into our charitable social purpose - delivering more homes and better services for customers.

We're also members of the G15, a group of leading housing associations that work together to house one in ten Londoners and tackle the housing crisis.

As an employee of A2Dominion, we want you to feel rewarded and have a choice of flexible benefits, salary exchange benefits, and rewards and discounts that work for you, wherever you are in your life.

We offer a wide range of staff benefits. For this role, these include:

25 days' holiday (Plus Bank Holidays) increasing up to 28 days with 3 years of service
Up to 8% contributory pension
Flexible working
Investment in your learning and development.
In addition, all permanent and fixed-term employees receive a generous annual allowance of up to £300 to use towards health and lifestyle benefits for both you and your family.
We also operate a Cycle to Work Scheme whereby employees have access to cycling equipment throughout the year and can pay via monthly salary deductions.
Whatever the role, we want you to bring your knowledge and experience to play your part in improving people's lives.