Property Inspector
Home Group · Reading, South East
Property Inspector at Home Group, based in Reading, South East. This is a contract role.
- Salary
- Competitive
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Contract
- Contract
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Closes
- 18 Nov 2026
- Sector
- Engineering & Manufacturing
Reference https://jobs.homegroup.org.uk/vacancies/948/property-inspector.html
About the role
- Advertising Start Date: - 29 Sep 2026
- Function - Repairs and Maintenance
- Location - Reading
- Vacancy Type - Permanent Full Time
- Salary Details - Salary circa £40,000 per annum plus 34 days leave
- About the role - Salary circa £40,000 per annum plus 34 days leave and matching pension contribution up to 7%
Home, a place where you belong
You will help people feel safe and comfortable in their homes by spotting problems early and putting things right fast. Your inspections will make a real difference to community safety and housing quality. You will be trusted to use your judgement and supported by a skilled team who value your ideas.
What you’ll do
• Carry out pre and post inspections to ensure works are delivered to the required quality, compliance and safety standards.
• Liaise closely with surveyors, contractors and internal teams to coordinate works, resolve issues and maintain programme delivery.
• Undertake health and safety inspections, identifying risks and ensuring contractors comply with statutory, regulatory and company requirements.
• Review completed works, challenge poor workmanship where required, and drive timely resolution of defects and outstanding items.
• Provide clear inspection findings and technical advice to support effective decision making, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction. Monitor contractor performance on site, ensuring works are completed safely, efficiently and in line with agreed specifications and standards.
Why join us
You will join a friendly, experienced team who want you to succeed. We listen, share knowledge, and support each other to do our best work. You will grow your skills through great training and real hands on experience, with space to bring your ideas and shape how we work. We also give you the flexibility to balance work and life in a way that works for you. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work! We can’t offer a CoS for this role.
You have
• A minimum ONC in construction (or equivalent such as NVQ Level 3 trade qualification) and relevant experience in a construction-related field, with sound technical and property repairs knowledge.
• Experience inspecting homes and giving clear, confident advice.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills to record and report findings well.
• Knowledge of building and planning rules and the Decent Homes Standard.
• A full UK driving licence and confidence using access equipment.
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
• You need a vehicle insured for business use, and we pay your mileage.
• You need a Basic DBS check that we pay for.
• Ideally located in West of London, enabling travel across and support for multiple patches within the region.
• You’ll work core hours between 9:00am and 5:00pm with flexibility built in.
What’s in it for you?
• Health cash plan saving you (and your children) £1140+ each year covering dental, opticians, prescriptions and more
• Matching pension contribution (up to 7% and life insurance of 3x basic salary)
• Up to 34 days annual leave
• Career path with development and excellent training package.
• Family friendly policies including maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal, fertility and menopause support
Finally
For reasonable adjustments email [email removed]. Roles can close early, so don’t delay applying. If you can’t see the Job Description at the top of this page, click APPLY to view it on our pages and find out more about us
Reference: https://jobs.homegroup.org.uk/vacancies/948/property-inspector.html · Posted 1 day ago · Closes 18 Nov 2026 · Listed via Home Group
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