Choice is seeking to appoint a Building Surveyor to assist the Head of Planned Maintenance in providing a range of in-house Building Surveying Services. As a Building Surveyor, you’ll play a key role in delivering exceptional asset management services, managing innovative projects, and making a real difference for our tenants. You will build strong relationships with tenants and stakeholders, helping to promote trust and meaningful engagement. Contributing to the development of policies and best practices that drive continuous service improvement and supporting our organisational growth.

Choice Housing is an award-winning organisation recognised for our commitment to equality, diversity, and family-friendly values; we foster an inclusive and supportive working environment. We are committed to learning and development, offering opportunities to progress your career and work towards chartership.

• Have a degree qualification in Building Surveying (or similar building discipline) and a minimum of 3 years’ experience (inclusive of placement year) of construction project management (new and refurbishment work).

AND

• Knowledge of Health & Safety in the Construction industry, including CDM NI 2016 Regulations
• Knowledge and application of contracts management to include the NEC suite of contracts (Professional Services and Construction) , Measured Term Contracts and Framework Agreements.
• A full, clean driving licence with access to private transport.

Responsibilities:-

• Deliver customer-focused asset management services to maintain and enhance our property portfolio.
• Manage planned maintenance projects, from cost planning and tendering to contract administration.
• Conduct inspections, risk assessments, and audits, providing creative solutions to improve our assets.
• Prepare CAD drawings, tender packages, and reports to support project delivery.
• Collaborate with internal teams, contractors, and external agencies to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Administer NEC construction projects and Measured Term Contracts from start to finish.

Our employees have access to a range of benefits: –

• 22 days annual leave plus an additional 5 days after 5 years’ service, and 12 public holidays,
• Flexible/Hybrid working opportunities – anticipated 2 working days in the office,
• Excellent work-life balance: we support flexible working e.g. accruing an extra 2 days annual leave per month through flexitime, starting hours between 8am and 10am and finishing between 4pm and 6pm
• Essential car user allowance,
• Professional fees will be reimbursed,
• Learning and Development opportunities to include paid courses relevant to your role e.g. RICS or CIOB,
• Paid maternity and paternity leave,
• Death in service benefit x3 annual salary,
• Health cash plan to include annual routine dental treatments, dental accident & injury, yearly optical, specialist consultations, diagnostic tests and scans, complementary therapies e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy and chiropractic treatments, alternative therapies e.g. reflexology, head massage, allergy testing, and yearly health screening.

Completed application forms should be returned by 5pm, Monday 28 th July 2025.

Please be advised that failure to clearly state or reflect the essential criteria in your CV may result in your application not being shortlisted. Your CV must clearly demonstrate all essential criteria outlined in the job description, including an overview of relevant projects, specific skills, and any systems or tools used, where applicable.

Choice Housing is committed to a fair and efficient recruitment process. This role involves a single-stage interview designed to assess the candidate’s skills and experience against the essential criteria.

Shortlisting will occur week commencing 4 th August 2025

Interviews will occur week commencing 11 th August 2025

Please note, the Association reserves the right to create a reserve list following the interview process.

NB: The panel may enhance the criteria in order to facilitate short-listing of the post.

“Choice Housing Ireland Limited is an Equal Opportunities Employer”.