Managing Surveyor

• Job Title: Managing Surveyor
• Location: Field Based / ideally based in South/ Central area
• Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Benefits: Competitive salary, plus Company car or car allowance and excellent Colleague benefits

Churchill Estates Management is an award-winning and expanding property management company. We are now recruiting for a Managing Surveyor to lead our Building Surveying function and support the strategic development of our Property Services operations across the estate.

About the Role

The Managing Surveyor role combines national leadership with regional operational responsibility. You will manage a Building Surveyor team covering developments across England, and you will also be responsible for delivering surveying activity within your own defined South Central area.

You will champion technical excellence, accuracy, and continuous improvement across the function, developing new processes that support consistency and enhance our asset intelligence.

In this role, you will provide CEM with robust, reliable data that ensures our homes remain safe, compliant and well‑maintained. You will oversee and support a wide range of activities, including:

Operational Responsibilities

• Leading Section 20 Major Works consultations, including complex and high‑value projects.
• Preparing detailed scopes of work, specifications, and technical reports.
• Carrying out site visits, condition surveys, defect inspections and technical sign‑off for major works.
• Providing expert adjudication on contractor proposals, variations, and technical submittals.
• Challenging contractors where required to ensure works meet specification, budget and compliance standards.
• Supporting Owner engagement meetings and presenting technical information clearly and confidently.
• Delivering contingency fund planning, forecasting and financial analysis.
• Undertaking due diligence assessments and handovers for new developments joining our portfolio.

Strategic & Leadership Responsibilities

• Line managing and developing a national team of Building Surveyors, setting high standards for quality, accuracy and professionalism.
• Designing and improving processes to enhance efficiency, reporting quality and consistency across the team.
• Driving a culture of continuous improvement, ensuring lessons learned are embedded and operational performance is strengthened.
• Building strong, influential relationships with internal stakeholders at all levels – including Operations, Finance, Legal, Commercial, IT and the wider Property Services team.
• Contributing to long‑term asset strategy, future maintenance planning and risk‑based investment decision making.
• Ensuring excellent documentation standards, rigorous technical scrutiny and robust audit trails to support compliance.

You will report directly to the Property Services Director and collaborate closely with the wider Ringwood based team. Occasional overnight stays may be required.

About You

To succeed in this role, you will be:

• Educated to a minimum of HNC or degree level in a relevant construction or property discipline
• Ideally professionally qualified (eg. RICS or CIOB)
• Experienced in the property management sector, with strong working knowledge of Health & Safety, building regulations, and fire safety
• An excellent communicator, able to build effective relationships with contractors, colleagues, RTM Directors and leaseholders
• Organised and proactive, with strong attention to detail and a hands-on, solution-oriented mindset
• IT literate, especially proficient in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Teams, Word), with the ability to create and write detailed specifications and survey reports
• A valid UK driving licence is essential

Your rewards

• Competitive salary
• Cash for car or company car
• Mileage and expenses reimbursed
• Annual holiday entitlement - 25 days, plus Bank Holidays
• Day off on your birthday
• Group Personal Pension Plan
• Private medical cover
• Health Screening
• Life Assurance
• Eye Care vouchers
• £200 John Lewis vouchers for expectant parents
• Colleague, Client and Land Introduction incentives
• Charity fund matching through Churchill Foundation

About us

Churchill Estates Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Churchill Retirement Plc. The business has grown year on year since launching in 2006 and we now manage more than 250 retirement developments, 9,000 apartments, supporting over 11,000 retired people nationally.

Our Head Office, based in Ringwood, provides vital centralised services in support of our retirement developments who in turn are supported by a team of experienced Regional and Area Managers, right across the UK.

Our service is about so much more than simply buildings and facilities management, we provide an enhanced lifestyle for our homeowners in their retirement. You will find all Colleagues of CEM extremely passionate about this, and we go above and beyond to ensure our customers enjoy their retirement, and their loved ones have peace of mind.

We are an ambitious and innovative company who have a clear growth strategy for the years ahead. Our Vision is to be the best property management company in the UK.

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