We’re working in partnership with a Leading housing providers — to recruit a talented and motivated Building Surveyor to join their team on a permanent basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically skilled surveyor with expertise in maintenance, void management, and damp and mould diagnosis, to play a key role in maintaining safe, sustainable, and high-quality homes for residents.

The Role

As a Building Surveyor, you’ll be responsible for diagnosing building defects, specifying works, and managing works processes, void refurbishments, and planned projects. You’ll ensure homes remain safe, compliant, and in excellent condition — providing a service that delivers real value for money and excellent customer outcomes.

Working with a level of autonomy, you’ll make day-to-day operational decisions to ensure service performance, resident satisfaction, and compliance with organisational maintenance and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Diagnose, specify, and manage repairs and maintenance projects across a diverse housing portfolio.
• Carry out property inspections to identify defects, including damp and mould issues, ensuring appropriate remedial action is taken.
• Oversee contractors and consultants to ensure works are delivered to the required quality, on time, and within budget.
• Manage void properties, ensuring efficient turnaround and compliance with void standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, risk management, and operational efficiency.
• Undertake technical audits and performance reviews to drive quality and compliance across the supply chain.
• Ensure accurate financial and compliance reporting, maintaining robust record-keeping in line with organisational asset management systems.
• Promote a culture of building safety, collaboration, and resident engagement across all maintenance activities.

About You

• Qualified to HNC level (or equivalent) in a building-related discipline.
• Experienced in responsive and planned maintenance, void management, and defect diagnosis (including damp and mould).
• Excellent technical knowledge of housing maintenance, building pathology, and construction practices.
• Strong understanding of health & safety, landlord and tenant responsibilities, and relevant compliance legislation.
• Effective communicator with the ability to engage positively with residents, contractors, and colleagues.
• Skilled in contract administration, cost control, and ensuring value for money in service delivery.
• Ideally, a member or technical member of RICS (TechRICS) or working towards professional accreditation (desirable, not essential).

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary: Circa £49,000 - £50,000
• Permanent position.
• A supportive, inclusive, and purpose-driven working culture.
• The opportunity to directly impact housing quality and resident satisfaction across London.

If you think this could be the right role for you then contact us with our most up to date CV and one of the team will be in touch to discuss further.

Salary: Circa £57,000

Location: Buckinghamshire

Contract: Permanent 

Braxfield Recruitment is a specialist recruitment agency working within property services and we are currently working in partnership with a Leading housing providers — to recruit a talented and motivated Building Surveyor to join their team on a permanent basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled surveyor with management experience aswell as expertise in maintenance, void management, and damp and mould diagnosis, to play a key role in maintaining safe, sustainable, and high-quality homes for residents.

The Role:

• Allocating works to them and ensuring those works are being carried out in line with the organisation and residents’ expectations.
• You will have the technical knowledge to be able to support the surveyors with any queries they escalate and provide coaching or training as necessary.
• The work will focus on all projects that sit outside of the repairs team and not within any planned works programmes. This will include damp and mould issues, structural works and anything else deemed to be complex or a major works project.
• The Senior Surveyor will need to build strong relationships with specialist contractors required to look at solutions to issues highlighted and work closely with colleagues such as the Project Managers and Senior Project Managers as they will ultimately deliver the works scoped out by the surveying team.

About you:

• Ideally hold a RICS Qualification.
• History of working as a surveyor within a Housing Association, Local Authority or Contractor operating within the social housing sector.
• Experience of managing a team of surveyors.
• Experience of undertaking complex defect diagnosis across building types (including modern methods of construction), building technologies and building services.
• Experience of implementing quality systems.
• Experience of managing and administrating large and complex contracts delivering high volumes of multidisciplinary repairs to housing, offices and other building types.
• Experience of managing planned maintenance and/or major repairs – especially in respect of void works, elemental replacements, etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Excellent Computer skills in Microsoft products, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary: Circa £57,000
• Permanent position 
• A supportive, inclusive, and purpose-driven working culture.
• The opportunity to directly impact housing quality and resident satisfaction across London.

To summarise:             

If you have a background in Surveying within the sector either with a housing association, local authority or contractor then please submit your CV and one of our consultants will be in touch to discuss the role in more detail. Equally, if after reading this it is not quite what you are looking for, please email your CV to theteam@braxfieldrecruitment.com and we can make you aware of other positions that we have.

London

Permanent £55,000 - £62,000
 

We are currently working in partnership with a London-based social housing provider to recruit an experienced Asbestos & Health and Safety Manager.

This is a key role within the organisation’s housing and compliance function, responsible for leading asbestos management and supporting wider health and safety compliance across residential properties and communal areas.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring statutory compliance, safeguarding residents, and driving high standards of safety, operational performance, and contractor management across the housing portfolio.

The Role

As the organisation’s lead asbestos specialist, you will act as the competent person under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, overseeing asbestos compliance activity across the council’s housing stock and operational premises.

You will provide expert technical advice, lead compliance programmes, manage contractors, and ensure robust systems and processes are in place to maintain full regulatory compliance and resident safety.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery and implementation of the organisation’s Asbestos Management Plan and asbestos policies
• Managing asbestos surveys, re-inspections, risk assessments, and remedial works programmes
• Maintaining the asbestos register and ensuring records remain accurate and up to date
• Overseeing contractor performance, quality assurance, and compliance monitoring
• Reviewing risk assessments, plans of work, and post-completion documentation
• Conducting audits, inspections, and compliance checks across housing stock and communal areas
• Leading on asbestos-related complaints, FOI requests, audits, and incident investigations
• Providing expert advice and guidance to internal teams, contractors, residents, and stakeholders
• Supporting wider housing health & safety compliance and promoting a positive safety culture
• Producing reports and performance data for senior leadership and regulatory purposes

About You

We are seeking a knowledgeable and proactive compliance professional with strong experience managing asbestos and health & safety within social housing, property, or the built environment.

You will demonstrate:

• Strong technical knowledge of asbestos legislation, compliance standards, and best practice
• Experience managing asbestos compliance programmes within occupied residential environments
• Excellent contractor management and performance monitoring skills
• Experience conducting audits, inspections, and compliance reviews
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with residents and stakeholders
• The ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail
• A collaborative and solutions-focused approach with a strong commitment to resident safety

Essential Requirements

• BOHS P405 – Management of Asbestos in Buildings (or equivalent)
• NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent Health & Safety qualification
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012
  • Health & Safety at Work Act 1974
  • CDM Regulations 2015
• Experience managing contractors and delivering compliance programmes
• Experience working within social housing or a similar property environment

Desirable

• NEBOSH Diploma or equivalent higher-level qualification
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as IOSH, BOHS, or IEMA

For further information or a confidential discussion, please send your up to date CV over to hello@braxfieldrecruitment.com and one of the team will be in touch to discuss.

London Social Housing Provider
£600–£700 per day (Inside IR35)
Interim Contract

A London-based social housing provider is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Compliance & Building Safety to lead on the strategic oversight and delivery of building safety compliance across a diverse housing portfolio.

This is a senior leadership role with a strong focus on fire safety, asbestos management and wider statutory compliance within a regulated social housing environment. The successful candidate will act as the organisation’s lead specialist for housing health & safety and building compliance, providing expert guidance to senior stakeholders, members and operational teams.

The organisation is looking for a highly credible compliance professional with strong experience operating within local authority or housing association environments and a demonstrable track record of leading compliance functions through regulatory change and service improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic management of building safety and statutory compliance across the housing stock
• Act as the Organisation’s principal advisor on housing health & safety, fire safety and compliance matters
• Ensure compliance with the Building Safety Act 2022 and associated regulatory requirements
• Oversee fire safety and asbestos management programmes across the portfolio
• Manage the Golden Thread of information for High-Rise Residential Buildings (HRRBs)
• Lead on compliance assurance across fire, asbestos, gas, electrical, lifts and legionella
• Provide expert advice to senior leadership teams, members, residents and external stakeholders including the HSE and London Fire Brigade
• Drive continuous improvement across compliance systems, governance, reporting and risk management frameworks
• Support procurement and contract management activity relating to statutory compliance services
• Lead and develop an established compliance and health & safety team

Candidate Requirements

• Significant senior-level experience within social housing, local authority or public sector property compliance
• Strong strategic knowledge of fire safety and asbestos management within residential portfolios
• Extensive understanding of landlord compliance and the Building Safety Act 2022
• Experience managing compliance functions across multiple workstreams including fire, gas, electrical and asbestos
• Strong stakeholder engagement and report-writing experience at Board/Committee level
• Proven leadership capability with experience managing and developing technical teams
• Chartered IOSH membership (or equivalent professional accreditation) highly desirable
• NEBOSH Diploma / Health & Safety Degree or equivalent essential

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced interim professional to support a high-profile London housing provider through a critical period of compliance and building safety delivery.

For further information or a confidential discussion, please get in touch.

London

Permanent
£65,000 - £72,500

We are currently partnering with a London-based social housing provider to recruit an experienced and strategically minded Building Safety & Compliance Manager.

This is a pivotal leadership role responsible for ensuring the organisation meets all statutory and regulatory obligations relating to building safety, landlord compliance, and health & safety across a diverse residential portfolio, including Higher-Risk Residential Buildings (HRRBs).

The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping and driving a resident-first approach to safety, compliance, and operational excellence across housing services.

The Role

Reporting into senior leadership, you will act as the organisation’s lead expert on housing compliance, building safety, and health & safety matters. You will provide strategic direction, technical expertise, and operational oversight to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation, including the Building Safety Act 2022.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading and managing building safety and compliance functions across housing stock
• Overseeing compliance areas including fire safety, gas, electrical, lifts, asbestos, and legionella
• Managing the Golden Thread of information for Higher-Risk Residential Buildings
• Providing expert guidance and advice to senior stakeholders, residents, contractors, and external regulators
• Ensuring robust compliance monitoring, auditing, and remediation processes are in place
• Leading procurement and contract management activity relating to statutory compliance services
• Developing policies, strategies, systems, and operational plans to support best practice
• Managing and developing a specialist compliance and health & safety team
• Producing high-level reports, performance data, and recommendations for senior leadership
• Working collaboratively across housing, asset management, resident engagement, and operational teams to embed a positive safety culture

About You

We are looking for a highly experienced compliance and building safety professional with a strong background within social housing, property, or the built environment.

You will demonstrate:

• Extensive knowledge of housing compliance and statutory building safety requirements
• Strong understanding of the Building Safety Act 2022 and landlord compliance obligations
• Experience managing health & safety and compliance functions within complex organisations
• Proven leadership and people management capability
• Experience working with regulators, contractors, residents, and senior stakeholders
• Excellent analytical, communication, and report-writing skills
• The ability to influence, advise, and drive cultural change across services
• Experience overseeing compliance areas including fire, gas, electrical, asbestos, lifts, and legionella

Essential Requirements

• Chartered membership of a recognised professional body such as IOSH
• Health & Safety Degree, NEBOSH Diploma, or equivalent qualification
• Demonstrable experience within housing property, asset management, or development environments
• Strong operational and strategic leadership experience within compliance or building safety

For further information or a confidential discussion, please send your up to date CV over to hello@braxfieldrecruitment.com and one of the team will be in touch to discuss.