Property Condition Surveyor
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The Vacancy
🌟 We’re Hiring: 2 x Property Condition Surveyors 🌟
Location: Cornwall (with travel across the region)
Salary: £36,537 per annum
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Department: Property Services
Are you ready to make a real difference in people’s lives? Do you have a passion for property, problem-solving, and delivering excellent service?
Ocean Housing Ltd is excited to offer two fantastic opportunities to join our team as Property Condition Surveyors — each with a unique focus but united by a shared mission.
🏡 About the Roles
We’re recruiting for two specialist positions within our Property Services team:
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Stock Condition Surveyor
- Lead on stock and estate condition surveys
- Forecast component lifecycles and costs
- Support long-term asset planning and maintenance programmes
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Damp, Mould & Disrepair Surveyor
- Diagnose and specify solutions for damp, mould, and disrepair issues
- Liaise with tenants and contractors to ensure timely, high-quality remediation
- Support disrepair claims and ensure compliance with housing standards
While each role has a primary focus, there will be opportunities to support each other during busy periods — offering variety, collaboration, and shared learning.
🔧 Key Responsibilities (Shared Across Both Roles)
- Conduct property surveys and produce accurate reports
- Maintain and update the asset management database
- Collaborate with internal teams and external contractors
- Provide technical advice and support across the organisation
- Promote a culture of continuous improvement and customer satisfaction
🎓 What We’re Looking For
Essential:
- A Level or equivalent Level 3 qualification
- HNC in Building Construction or equivalent
- Experience in building surveys and property diagnostics
- Strong IT and data entry skills
- Excellent communication, organisation, and customer service skills
- Ability to travel across Cornwall
Desirable:
- RICS membership or Diploma in Surveying Practice
- HHSRS, P402 Asbestos, or Domestic Energy Assessor qualifications
- Experience in social housing or asset management
For more information please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification
💡 Why Join Us?
At Ocean Housing, we’re more than just a housing provider — we’re a community. You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team that values innovation, inclusion, and professional growth. We offer:
- A positive, flexible working environment
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- A chance to make a real difference in people’s lives
- A role where your ideas and input are truly values
🎁 What We Offer
- 27 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Professional membership fees paid
- Company sick pay scheme
- Workplace pension with death in service benefit
- Home office work payment
- Medicash health plan (includes dental & optical)
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Rewards & recognition programme
- Free on-site parking
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Family-friendly policies
🌍 Working location
We believe work is what you do—not where you go. Our hybrid model empowers you to work where it makes the most sense, whether that’s from home, on-site, or at our St Austell head office for meetings, training, and team collaboration.
📩 Ready to Apply?
If you're ready to take the next step in your surveying career and want to be part of a purpose-driven organisation, we’d love to hear from you!
📅 Closing Date: 17th August 2025 at Midnight
We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications—so don’t wait!
The Company
Ocean Housing Ltd is a not for profit, charitable registered provider of social and affordable housing, with a stock of over 4,700 properties throughout Cornwall. We are part of the Cornwall Homechoice ‘Choice Based Lettings’ scheme.
At Ocean we believe affordable housing is not just about the buildings, but about the people who turn them into homes. We provide a wide range of services to our residents, helping them to make the most of their homes and the communities they live in.
Mission Statement
“To be an innovative provider of quality homes and services, with residents and staff at the heart of Ocean, and Ocean at the heart of the community.”
At Ocean our vision is to be the employer of choice for Cornwall. We want to create a work environment where everyone feels like they belong, can bring their best, authentic selves to work every day and are provided with the support they need to do a great job.
Our purpose is to create a modern, dynamic and agile work environment, fit for the 21st Century and one of which all of our colleagues feel included and proud to be a part of. An environment which enables colleagues to provide quality, affordable homes and services for the people of Cornwall. We believe work is what you do, not where you go and therefore colleagues deliver their work where it best suits the need, whether that be in the office, home or around a local area or site using local facilities. Colleagues are agile and work or have meetings in any place to suit the need and task.
Benefits
Generous Holiday Entitlement
Healthcare Benefits
Occupational Sick Pay Scheme
Pension which includes Death in Service Benefit
Values
Gallery
2022 Award
Winner
Best Place to Work at Cornwall Business Awards 2022
Sponsored by the Skills Hub
“This is a really challenging sector to work in and Ocean Housing Group have really gone above and beyond to support their workforce. They really show strong leadership from above in putting their employees first and the level of engagement they get from everyone in their teams is commendable, with really high number of team members taking part in surveys, consultancy and feedback. The Ocean Housing Group have also invested in the continual improvement of their staff, services and benefits to ensure that staff consistently feel invested in and valued – Well Done!”
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