Chartered Building Surveyor

Role Overview

A fantastic opportunity to join a highly motivated team of building surveyors, architects and technicians covering the South of England.

The role requires you to take ownership of key projects and be able to operate both independently and as part of a team.

The role would encompass undertaking building surveys, report writing, contract management and project monitoring

Key Responsibilities

• Contract administration and project monitoring
• Building surveys and report writing
• Schedules of Condition and planning preventative maintenance programmes
• Preparing tenders and contract documents
• Advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes
• Preparing scheme designs, specifications of works and schedules of dilapidations
• Advising on the preservation/conservation of historic buildings
• Knowledge of CDM2015 and ensuring health and safety regulations are followed
• CAD skills are desirable in either ArchiCAD, Revit or AutoCAD being the systems used within the team (training will be available)

Key Skills

• Strong written communication and report writing skills with good attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills
• Able to manage individual instructions, build client relationships and provide an outstanding level of client care
• Practical understanding of buildings
• Skill and knowledge of working on historic buildings
• Strategic approach to problem solving
• MRICS, CIOB, CIAT or equivalent qualification
• Good understanding of CDM and health and safety regulations
• Possesses vision and is able to develop complex strategies and solutions
• Excellent relationship builder to generate business from existing colleagues and new enquiries
• Focussed, commits to challenging goals and delivers consistently against these
• Cost management, financial and commercial acumen with good planning, budgeting and operational reporting skills
• Continuous improvement, delivers efficiency in addition to effectiveness
• Self-starter who relishes challenges and strives for the best
• Strong team player, builds relationships and consults with others, quickly establishes trust and credibility
• Diplomatic and challenging with the ability to influence others
• Confident with a positive outlook
• Strong decision maker who gives assurance
• Ethical with strong integrity
• Someone who has innate curiosity and is eager to experiment and push the boundaries of what is possible

Team Overview

 A busy and respected team of building surveyors, architects and architectural technicians working in central England on many managed estates and private client work. Clients vary from institutional, charity and private clients with varying types of portfolios, mainly in the domestic arena.

 

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