Surveyor Apprentice

Job Introduction

We have an amazing opportunity to join us as an Apprentice Surveyor! Working in the heart of our Building Services team, you’ll learn the technical expertise to support your colleagues and our customers.   

You’ll be working with a great team, who will support, guide and mentor you as you help to keep homes safe and up to scratch. From getting hands-on with surveys to learning about our customers and their homes, this is a great opportunity to kickstart your technical career in housing. 

We have big plans for the future here at Yorkshire Housing and growing talent to support our customers across a range of trades plays a huge part in ensuring we can revolutionise our customer service offer.  We’ll invest in you, our expert team will be on hand to support you through growing your technical and personal skills, all while working towards a Level 3 qualification in Construction and the Built Environment Exciting right? 

What will I be doing?  

This is an exciting opportunity where you’ll be learning something new each day and developing key skills and understanding of what it means to be a YH Surveyor. You’ll be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team acting as shared service across YH, our Building Services teams work in our customers’ homes fixing repairs or making upgrades.  

Here’s what you’ll be getting up to: 

• Helping out with surveys, including damp and mould assessments, disrepair and complaints 
• Taking ownership of tasks and evidence-based recommendations on works needed to maintain our customers’ homes  
• Spotting any health and safety hazards and making sure they’re reported to keep homes safe 
• You’ll be getting out and about across Yorkshire as you travel with one of the team 
• You’re the eyes and ears of Yorkshire Housing - you’ll constantly scan for ways we can provide a better service and allow our customers to live in a house they’re proud to call home  
• You won’t walk by when you spot something that isn’t right, and you’ll make sure you deal with it or that it’s reported to the right team 

You’ll play a key role in working with trades and other colleagues to provide insight which will maximise customer experience and satisfaction and meet customers’ diverse needs, whilst balancing cost effectiveness.  Although our services are primarily an in-house building repairs service, you’ll also help to manage contractors to complete works on time, correctly and meet contractual standards, escalating any issues if needed.  

What you’ll bring to the role: 

• 5 GCSE’s at Grade 4 (C) or above including English and Maths 
• A passion for construction, the built environment and wanting to pursue a career as a surveyor 
• An ability to provide a friendly and top-notch service to our customers 
• A keen eye for detail 
• Health and Safety awareness  
• A pride and passion in your work 
• An eagerness to develop your own skills 

It would be a bonus if you had: 

• Work experience in a similar role 
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle 

Check out the attached Role Profile for more details! 

If you’re sitting there thinking, I can’t quite bring everything to the role that they’re asking for, but I’m pretty confident I have a ton of other skills that make me stand out… Don’t let the bullet points put you off, we’re a friendly bunch and want to get the best people in the best roles and if that’s you, we’d love to hear from you! 

A bit more about us  

At Yorkshire Housing, we own and manage over 20,000 homes across the Yorkshire region. Providing our customers with a place they’re proud to call home is at the core of what we do. But our service doesn’t stop when the keys are in the door.  

As we continue to develop new homes and our customer base expands, it’s more important than ever that we look towards our future talent and ensure we have the best people in place to provide excellent support to our customers. As our Apprentice Surveyor you’ll play a key role in making this happen.  

What’s in it for you?  

In return, we offer a salary of £13,995 per annum for 35 hours per week, 25 days annual leave (rising annually to 30 days) plus Bank Holidays.   

We also work (truly) flexibly, and believe work is something you do, not somewhere you go.  

But that’s not all. We offer a reward package to suit everyone. At YH, you can claim back for prescriptions, eye tests and more with our cash plan, make the most of a variety of retail discounts and take advantage of our pension scheme where we’ll match your contributions up to 9%, just to name a few.  

Our people’s health and wellbeing is one of our top priorities, and you can make the most of our readily available wellbeing support package. This includes access to a library of free fitness classes, as well as an instant My GP service and free counselling sessions with a trained professional.  

 So, now you’re really interested?  

At YH, we’re actively building a work environment that’s inclusive as well as diverse, where everyone can contribute their best work and be themselves. We believe difference is what makes us stronger and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve, so we welcome and encourage candidates from all backgrounds for this role.  

We’re committed to recruiting top talent and valuing our customers unique experiences to help us stay customer-focused. That’s why we’re actively encouraging our customers to apply. We’re looking for folk based in and around West Yorkshire, ideally within the Kirklees area. 

If you require additional support with your application, or have any further questions, please contact our recruitment team via email at recruitment@yorkshirehousing.co.uk.  

The fine print  

The closing date for applications will be 15th March 2025 but we might close it early if we get lots of fab candidates, so don’t hang around. As this role is an apprenticeship, it’s a 30-month fixed term contract, but once you’re fully qualified, we’d work with you to secure you an opportunity with us at Yorkshire Housing as we know good talent when we see it! 

Your training college will be in Leeds, and you’ll attend either on day release or block release, ensuring that all of your assignments and assessments are completed as you work towards your qualifications. 

Please remember to complete your application is as much detail as possible, if your CV isn’t the most detailed, your application is your time to shine! 

We know not everyone excels at interviews which means we don’t always get the best out of people in a traditional interview. So, as you can probably tell we don’t do things the ‘typical’ way here at Yorkshire Housing so the next step of the process will involve a super exciting assessment centre approach where we get to see you face to face!