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  • Surveyor

Residential Surveyor

  • Norwich and surrounding areas
  • Permanent Full-time

We are looking for a RICS registered surveyor to join our field team covering Norfolk and north Suffolk. You will carry out Level 2 and Level 3 Home Surveys and mortgage valuations on residential property, working from home with a patch built around where you live.

This is a role for someone who enjoys being out on site every day and wants the backing of a national panel without the admin that usually comes with it. Our scheduling team books your diary, our support desk handles client queries, and you concentrate on the inspection and the report.

What's on offer

  • Salary of £48,000 to £58,000 depending on experience and qualifications
  • Company car or a car allowance of £5,400 a year
  • Annual bonus linked to volume and report quality
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 28 with service
  • All PII, RICS fees and CPD costs paid
  • Fully home-based with equipment and a survey tablet provided
  • Pension with 5% employer contribution and life assurance at 4x salary

Your life at SDL Surveying

Most of our surveyors are out of the house by eight and finished inspecting by mid-afternoon, writing up from home. You will have a regional manager who has done the job themselves, a peer group on hand for second opinions, and a patch that respects your travel time rather than sending you across three counties in a day.

We review workload weekly rather than pushing volume at you, and we would far rather you flag a difficult inspection early than fight it alone.

What you'll do

  • Carry out Level 2 and Level 3 Home Surveys on residential property
  • Complete mortgage valuations for our lender clients to their individual criteria
  • Produce clear, accurate reports within agreed turnaround times
  • Assess defects, risks and market evidence, and set out your reasoning plainly
  • Speak with homeowners, agents and lenders to arrange access and answer follow-up queries
  • Keep to our quality and audit standards, and act on feedback from the audit team
  • Maintain your CPD record and stay current with RICS guidance

What we're looking for

You will be RICS registered and confident working on your own judgement out in the field. Beyond that, we care most about the quality of your reasoning and how you deal with people on the doorstep.

  • MRICS or AssocRICS with residential registration
  • VRS registration, or eligibility to register
  • At least two years of post-qualification survey and valuation experience
  • Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle
  • Strong written English and an eye for detail in reports
  • Comfortable using tablet-based survey software

None of the following are essential, but they would be useful.

  • Experience of Help to Buy or shared ownership valuations
  • Knowledge of period and non-standard construction
  • Experience mentoring trainees or APC candidates
  • Familiarity with EPC assessment

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If you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let our recruitment team know within your covering letter. Individuals with different cultures, perspectives and experiences are at the heart of the way SDL Surveying works.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnerships, and ex-offenders.

Submit your CV

Respond to this advertto apply. Alternatively, for a condential, no-strings-attached conversation, feel free to reach outto our Surveyor Recruitment Team – Abbie Piggott and Michele Southern at surveyorrecruitment@SDLsurveying.co.uk or call 07776 151969 (Abbie) and 0115 671 9643 (Michele).

Apply for this role

Prefer something more informal?

We’d also be happy to arrange a quick call, or chat over coffee to get to know you better. Contact Abbie Piggott or Michele Southern at

surveyor.recruitment@SDLsurveying.co.uk

or call 07776 151969 (Abbie) and 0115 671 9643 (Michele)