Project surveyor

The Vacancy

🏗️ Project Surveyor – WPS Housing Maintenance (Redditch Area)

We’re looking for a driven and commercially minded Project Surveyor to join our WPS Planned Maintenance team, supporting our social housing contracts in the Redditch area .

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in delivering high-impact projects that improve homes and communities—while growing your career in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

🔍 What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Project Surveyor, you’ll take ownership of both pre- and post-contract commercial activities, including:
* Driving project team performance and ensuring contractual obligations are met.
* Producing and submitting monthly CVRs and progress reports.
* Managing external valuations and cash flow to maximise project value.
* Supporting the Commercial Manager with final accounts and subcontractor agreements.
* Overseeing procurement, valuations, instructions, and ensuring compliance with H&S processes.

💡 What You’ll Bring:

We’re looking for someone who:
* Has strong commercial acumen and experience in cost control, value recovery, and cash management.
* Understands financial reporting and final accounts.
* Has experience in social housing retrofit —SHDF knowledge is a bonus, but not essential.
* Is a confident communicator who can build strong relationships with clients, colleagues, and the supply chain.
* Is passionate about leading and developing commercial site teams.

🌱 Why Join Us?

At Wates, we’re committed to creating places that work for everyone. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement—while making a real difference in the communities we serve.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting

Interested?
A member of the Recruitment Team will then be in touch to guide you through the next steps.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
* Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
* Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
* Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.