Trainee Project Surveyor in Manchester

We’re looking for a motivated Trainee Project Surveyor to join our Assets and Building Safety team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to build a career in housing, asset management and property investment while gaining practical experience across planned maintenance and improvement programmes.

You’ll work alongside experienced Project Surveyors and Project Managers, developing your technical and professional skills through hands-on experience and a dedicated learning and development package. Your work will help ensure our homes remain safe, well maintained, and fit for the future.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting the delivery of planned maintenance and investment projects, helping ensure work progresses safely and to agreed standards.
• Assisting with property visits, site-based activities and the collection of accurate asset and condition data.
• Maintaining project and property information, supporting progress monitoring, budget reporting and risk management.
• Developing your knowledge of building construction, defects, remedial solutions and contract administration.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, consultants, contractors and partners to support effective project delivery.
• Contributing ideas, learning from experience and taking an active role in your professional development.

What we’re looking for:

• A genuine interest in developing a career in surveying, asset management and property investment within social housing.
• Relevant experience in a construction-related environment.
• An ONC in Construction would be desirable but is not essential.
• Good IT skills, including confidence using Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong communication, administration and organisational skills.
• A practical and logical approach to problem-solving, with the ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines.
• A motivated, adaptable and collaborative approach, with a willingness to learn and use your initiative.

Additional information:

• The successful applicant will be required to complete a DBS check.
• A driving licence and access to a car are required.
• Some flexibility to work occasional evenings or weekends may be needed.

Why join us?

As an Investors in People Health & Wellbeing recognised employer we offer a wide range of benefits such as; 25 days Annual Leave, rising to 30 with length of service and subject to approval the option to buy and sell additional annual leave, enhanced leave options for Maternity, Paternity, Adoption & Shared Parental Leave, enhanced Pension scheme contributions, our Health Care Plan gives you money back for dental, optical, therapy costs and more, subsidised Healthy Living benefits i.e. gym membership or yoga classes, subsidised Leisure Learning benefits i.e. finance towards driving lessons or learning a new language, Car Lease Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, and volunteering days in the local community.

About Us:

Wythenshawe Community Housing Group (WCHG) manages almost 14,000 properties, providing homes for more than 29,000 people in Wythenshawe, South Manchester. We are committed to investing in the health, wellbeing and development of colleagues, who we will reward fairly and empower and trust to deliver their best work for the benefit of WCHG, our customers and stakeholders. WCHG is an inclusive employer of choice, where differences are recognised as strengths in delivering our purpose. WCHG operates anonymous recruitment selection practices. A disability confident employer, WCHG will work to make reasonable adjustments where possible throughout its employment processes. Our purpose is to provide good quality homes and services to our customers and leaseholders and to play a leading role in creating safer, healthier communities. WCHG boasts an impressive development portfolio which aims to deliver on average 1,100 new homes over the next five years with £195m estimated investment, leaving a lasting legacy in our communities.