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Chartered Building Surveyor, City of London
About the company...
Our client is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; improving the communities in which we all live and work.
A dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.
Developing long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. One of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.
A nationwide presence with offices located across the UK.
The working envirnment is busy but great fun, work hard and play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.
Bringing people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through values;
You can expect...
Opportunities for flexible and remote working - a work life balance helps us all.
Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.
Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay.
Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
Health cash plan scheme.
Professional membership support
Family policies
Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
Cycle to work Scheme.
Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)
Death in service benefit.
Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).
Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
Employee Referral Scheme.
Employee working groups
The Role...
We are currently recruiting a Chartered Commercial Building Surveyor to join our clients' London office.
The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract, administration, building surveys and dilapidations.
The building surveying team has varying levels and types of experience, The team works within a mixture of public sectors including healthcare, education, commercial and local authority projects. It is a perfect place for you to commence and progress your career.
Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.
The selected candidate will...
Act as building surveyor on a variety of project and professional services projects from inception to completion, liaising with team members and others as necessary. To deliver services in a variety of sectors including commercial, healthcare, public sector etc.
Lead own commissions and work as part of the team for commercial sector schedules of dilapidations, PPMs, condition surveys, pre-acquisition building surveys, defect analysis reports etc.
Lead own commissions and work as part of the team on party wall matters and general neighbourly matters commissions in preparing notices, approach letters, negotiations terms of awards and taking schedules of condition.
Prepare specifications and documents to enable projects to be tendered and to gain accurate costs from contractors. Assess tenders and make recommendations to clients.
Act as contract administrator on a variety of projects on offices, warehouses, public sector buildings etc.
Assist and learn from senior Building Surveyors how to understand and clearly define clients' expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress on projects and make them aware of technical and financial implications.
Administer the construction contracts, ensuring that acceptable quality standards of workmanship and performance are achieved.
Essential skills, experience, and attributes...
Degree in Building Surveying.
MRICS Chartered status or a willingness to achieve RICS chartered status.
Well-developed skills in the areas of surveys, dilapidations, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial
Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial
Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astut.
Full driving license.
Committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.
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