National Building Fabric Assurance Lead

Company: ISS Facility Services UK
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  • Competitive salary with car or travel allowance & private healthcare
  • Monday to Friday
  • Home based with regular travel across the UK to client sites

Here at ISS, as a leading Facilities Management we are looking to recruit an established and qualified Fabric Assurance Lead to join our flagship Banking contract, focusing on the client’s Retail Estate.

In post, you will deliver building fabric surveying, inspections and condition assessments across the UK Retail estate, providing the technical evidence that underpins fabric assurance, maintenance planning and lifecycle investment decisions.

The role will undertake planned condition surveys, targeted inspections, audit surveys and defect investigations, producing high-quality ISS specification aligned survey outputs that identify

risk, building condition, landlord/occupier liability and maintenance priorities.

We are keen to consider either a Structural Engineer or an MRICS Building Surveyor.

Reporting into our Account’s Head of Asset Management and line managing a more junior surveyor this is a fantastic new role across high profile client, in a role where you will be responsible for the end to end risk process in relation to Building Fabric across the customer estate.

Duties will include:

  • Fabric Risk & Criticality Framework: Build and govern a risk-based fabric management framework covering maintenance, surveys, inspections, audit activity, lifecycle priorities and escalation criteria.
  • Annual Survey, Inspection & Audit Programme: Build and govern a risk-ranked c.42-site programme, regional batching, targeted inspections and assurance/audit surveys across the c.208-site estate.
  • Client Fabric Risk Reporting: Manage and relay fabric risk and criticality, translating defects into priority, lifecycle, resilience and investment narratives for client governance.
  • Specialist Supplier & Technical Resource: Manage RICS surveyors, IStructE referrals, UAV survey deployment and internal thermal-imaging support.
  • QA, Data, SLA & Compliance Evidence: Deliver 100% desktop QA, on-site validation, report acceptance, 60-day Tririga SLA monitoring and auditable evidence packs.

We need from you:

  • RICS-qualified Building Surveyor MRICS or a CEng or IEng Structural Engineer
  • Strong building fabric, pathology and condition-survey experience across retail, banking or multi-site commercial estates.
  • Ability to build and govern a risk-based fabric management framework

ISS is a global leader in workplace and facilities management, helping organisations create environments where people and businesses can thrive. We partner with clients across sectors—from healthcare to finance—to deliver smart, sustainable solutions that improve everyday experiences.

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer, committed to diversity, wellbeing, and supporting the Armed Forces community.

As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible. If you require any adjustments, please contact our Resourcing Team—we’ll be happy to support you.

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Posted: July 12th, 2026