Building Surveyor - Residential
4 days ago
Manchester
Building Surveyor – Residential Royal Tunbridge Wells + South East Portfolio | Full Time | £50,000 – £60,000 per annum + Bonus Grifo Developments is a growing residential development and operations business managing a high-quality portfolio across the South East. We combine hands-on operational leadership with disciplined commercial oversight to ensure our buildings are safe, compliant, efficient, and resident-focused. We are seeking a commercially minded Building Surveyor – Residential to take technical ownership of completed assets and drive operational performance across the portfolio. What's in it for you? • Performance-based annual bonus, • Hybrid working (up to 2 days remote per week), • 25 days holiday + public holidays, increasing by 1 day per year of service (capped at 30 days + PH), • £500 per annum towards professional accreditations/memberships, • Free parking at Head Office, • Free annual eye tests + £50 contribution towards glasses, • Direct access to senior leadership with real ownership and autonomy Essential skills & experience: • Strong residential property operations experience (Build-to-Rent / PRS preferred), • Proven experience managing statutory compliance programmes, • Solid understanding of building systems and lifecycle maintenance planning, • Experience managing OPEX budgets and controlling cost variance, • Confidence managing contractors, SLAs, and supplier performance, • A highly organised, audit-ready approach to documentation, • A practical, solutions-led mindset, • RICS / CIOB / IWFM or similar property qualification, • Knowledge of Building Safety Act and Golden Thread requirements Key responsibilities include: • Taking full ownership of the safe, compliant, and efficient operation of the residential portfolio, • Owning statutory compliance across fire, water, lifts, gas, electrical and other regulatory frameworks, • Maintaining a live compliance tracker, ensuring 100% in-date certification, • Leading reactive maintenance delivery with the in-house Maintenance Operative and approved contractors, • Designing and managing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programmes, • Building and managing OPEX budgets, monitoring variance and gross-to-net performance, • Managing supplier SLAs, contract renewals, and performance reviews, • Overseeing operational insurance governance across the portfolio, • Leading operational mobilisation at Practical Completion, • Maintaining risk registers and business continuity plans If you're a commercially minded Building Surveyor looking for real ownership within a growing residential portfolio, we would welcome your application. Your data will be handled in line with GDPR JBRP1_UKTJ