Job Description

42,500 pa + 1,800 essential car user allowance

Hastings - hybrid working available

We are looking for a

Maintenance Surveyor

to join our Reactive Repairs team. The primary function of the Maintenance Surveyor role is to provide a responsive surveying service for Southern Housing.


You will ensure that all Southern Housing-owned and managed properties are maintained to the highest possible standards and that all statutory and regulatory requirements are met. You will ensure staff, residents, leaseholders, managing agencies and property owners are provided with a high standard of service.

The role is based in our Hastings office covering East and some parts of West Sussex. You will need a full, clean UK driving licence.

What you'll be doing

Undertake the management of responsive repairs by site inspections, including taking corrective action where necessary and reporting regularly to the Contract Manager on progress. Analyse and assess building defects, provide remedial proposals, and prepare specifications for remedial repairs. To ensure specifications are to a high standard of detail and meet current legislative standards. Obtain, where necessary, quotations and estimates in accordance with our procurement procedures. Maintain communication and consultation to the highest possible standard of customer care with internal and external stakeholders. Ensure work is carried out within the budgets and value for money is achieved, through scrutinising quotations, variation requests and proposed specifications. Respond to residents' enquiries and communicate updates on cases you are overseeing via telephone, email and text message.

What you'll need

Experience as a building surveyor in a maintenance environment, carrying out pre, mid and post inspections. Knowledge of relevant and current codes of practice, building regulations, health and safety legislation, standards, and materials. Knowledge of construction and design-related defects and how to avoid them. Knowledge of procurement law and different forms of contract. Knowledge of contract management. Ability to use the appropriate IT tools to produce detailed reports, documents, and emails, including using Excel and Word and company software to compile reports for different audiences.

In your supporting statement, it is important that you address how you meet each of the above criteria providing real examples.

Closing date: Thursday 22nd January 2026 at 23:59pm. We may close this advert early if we receive a suitable number of applications.

About us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.


A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.

What's in it for you

Pension Life assurance Healthcare cash plan Eyecare & dental Birthday leave Retailers discounts Cycle to work Buy & sell annual leave Season ticket loan In-house academy & career development Flexible working

Inclusion and Diversity

We work hard to create a diverse and inclusive culture and environment where people are respected for who they are. Encouraging inclusion is not just about protected characteristics, it's about celebrating differences of thought, opinion, experience and perspective of each individual. We're all different in our own way and we want our colleagues to feel comfortable, that they belong, and are safe to be themselves at work, without fear of being judged or excluded, but valued for their contribution to our One Team approach.


Work Location: In person