Senior / Chartered Building Surveyor

My client is looking for a highly competent, enthusiastic, self-driven, client facing senior building surveyor.

You will enjoy a high quality and diverse range of instructions. The focus of instructions will be in the design and contract administration of new build, extension, refurbishment and elemental renewal building projects.

Your duties will include: -

• Design and providing clear direction to Architectural Technologists for Auto CAD output.
• Project procurement through the RIBA work stages
• Advising clients on schemes and projects and determining requirements by carrying out feasibility studies and budget costings
• Preparing scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of projects and specification of works
• Preparing documents for tender and advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes
• Contract administration
• Project management
• Ensuring projects are completed on budget and to schedule
• Experience and track record of securing Capital funding from funding agencies
• Building Surveys recording the condition of existing buildings, identifying and analysing defects, including proposals for repair
• Advising on the management and supervision of maintenance works of buildings including provision of PPM schedules
• Processing planning applications and advising clients on property legislation including DDA, health and safety and building regulations
• Carrying out party wall procedures for both building owner and adjoining owner

It would be beneficial if the candidate had experience of Professional Services work / Fire Risk Assessments / Party Wall surveying.

With proven managerial experience within a property consultancy delivering design and contract administration services and having held responsibility in the above areas, the candidate will be expected to have been providing services to the public sector, ideally the Education Sector. The selected candidate will be well rounded in all areas of managerial responsibility and building surveying with excellent communication skills. This is a great opportunity to join an expanding team within a highly regarded practice.

A clean Enhanced BDS Check will be required as a condition of employment due to the percentage of work the company carries out for education Clients.

Benefits package BUPA, Pension, extra holidays for long service, bonus for performance, subscriptions paid, life insurance, electric vehicle plan. (Car allowance is included within the overall salary).