Building Surveyor | Full Time / Permanent | Cheltenham | £35,412 – £48,053

Cheltenham Borough Council is looking for a Building Surveyor to join its Property Team.

This is a full-time, permanent role based at the Municipal Offices. You will work 37 hours per week.

The salary is £35,412 - £48,053. A pay award is pending from 1 April 2026.

You will report to the Head of Property Management and Decarbonisation. This role has no line management responsibility.

Cheltenham Borough Council owns and manages more than 200 commercial, leisure and municipal buildings. This includes listed buildings, swimming pools, war memorials and a football stadium. So yes, a slightly wider brief than “please inspect one damp cupboard and call it a day”.

You will support a wide range of buildings, with a focus on commercial property within the council’s property stock. You will help plan, procure and deliver good quality reactive and planned maintenance work.

You will also carry out property surveys and support asset management plans and programmes of work.

Key Responsibilities

• Support property maintenance: Help deliver reactive and planned maintenance projects.
• Manage projects: Handle several projects across different buildings and sites.
• Support asset management: Carry out property surveys and help shape work programmes.
• Plan works: Help plan and prioritise building repairs and maintenance.
• Procure contractors: Make sure contractors are procured in line with local government rules.
• Manage contractor standards: Check contractor costs, work quality and delivery times.
• Monitor health and safety: Make sure building work follows health and safety law.
• Check contractor compliance: Monitor contractors working in council buildings.
• Support financial control: Work in line with council financial rules and policies.
• Challenge poor value: Question costs, delays or poor standards where needed.
• Build relationships: Work with tenants, leaseholders, service managers and other users of council buildings.
• Identify specialist needs: Know when specialist contractors are needed for building issues.
• Improve processes: Suggest better ways to deliver value for money.
• Give technical advice: Support council staff, tenants, leaseholders and team members.
• Protect information: Handle confidential and sensitive information with care.

About You

Cheltenham Borough Council is looking for someone with:

• Building Surveyor knowledge: Experience in building surveying or a related property role.
• Relevant education: 5 GCSEs, including English and Maths.
• Degree-level knowledge: A degree in Building Surveying, Construction, Property or a related subject.
• Professional development: Qualified, or working towards, RICS, CIOB or an equivalent professional or technical qualification.
• Ongoing learning: Evidence of continued training and development.
• Stakeholder skills: Experience building relationships with a range of people.
• Project skills: Ability to manage several projects across different locations.
• Reactive repairs experience: Ability to support urgent repair work.
• Planned maintenance experience: Ability to help deliver planned maintenance programmes.
• Time management: Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines.
• Communication skills: Clear written and verbal communication.
• Technical advice skills: Ability to advise colleagues, tenants and leaseholders.
• Health and safety focus: Ability to support safe working for colleagues and contractors.
• Integrity: Respect for confidential matters and sensitive information.

It would also be useful to have:

• CAD experience: Experience using AutoCAD or similar.
• Survey experience: Experience with condition and dilapidation surveys.
• Fire safety actions: Experience dealing with fire risk assessment remedial actions.
• Workload management: Experience managing reactive and planned maintenance tasks at the same time.

What Cheltenham Borough Council Offers

Cheltenham Borough Council offers:

• Salary: £35,412 - £48,053.
• Pay award: Pending from 1 April 2026.
• Hours: 37 hours per week.
• Contract: Permanent.
• Location: Municipal Offices.
• Varied estate: Work across commercial, leisure and municipal buildings.
• Prestigious buildings: Support some of Cheltenham’s most important buildings and structures.
• Project variety: Work on day-to-day maintenance and larger redevelopment projects.
• Sustainability focus: Support property work linked to sustainability and decarbonisation.
• Career development: Learn and progress within a specialist property team.
• Team culture: Work with like-minded property professionals.
• Council values: A workplace focused on ownership, learning, ethical leadership and future thinking.

How to Apply

Apply through Cheltenham Borough Council by Thursday 4 June 2026.

Use your application to show how you meet the role criteria. Focus on your building surveying experience, maintenance project work, stakeholder management and knowledge of property standards.

You may need to work at other locations and on site to meet business needs. You may also need to work reasonable additional hours in line with service needs.

You will need, or may need, use of a car for work purposes.

Application Tips

For this Building Surveyor role, focus on your commercial property, maintenance and surveying experience. Give clear examples of reactive repairs, planned maintenance, contractor management and property surveys. Mention any work with condition surveys, dilapidations, fire risk remedial actions, CAD, procurement or local government property. Keep your application clear and practical. The panel needs evidence, not a grand emotional memoir about loving buildings since childhood.