Associate-Director Building Surveyor

Ingleton Wood; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property and construction consultancy in Cambridge is seeking an Associate or Director Chartered Building Surveyor. This role involves leading the building surveying team, managing resources and projects, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. Candidates should have MRICS chartered status, a proven ability to deal directly with clients, and strong organizational skills. The company offers competitive salaries and numerous employee benefits, including opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Professional development support

Company pension scheme

Health cash plan scheme

Team building events

Cycle to work scheme

Death in service benefit

Qualifications

• Proven track record of delivering excellent service to clients.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cambridge building surveying team, managing resources and finances.
• Act as building surveyor on projects from inception to completion.
• Mentor and coach team members to enhance their skills.

Skills

MRICS chartered status

Client management

Organizational skills

Commercial acumen

Proactive attitude

Job description

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are 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.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our 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 our values;

✅ We are progressive

✅ We collaborate

✅ We support

✅ We take ownership

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You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand 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. We are a real living wage employer.
• 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.
• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)
• 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 require an Associate or Director Chartered Building Surveyor to lead the Cambridge building surveying team, providing project and professional consultancy to both public and private clients.

To lead the resource management, finances, business planning and business development of the team with the office partner. The desire is to build the team to expand upon existing workloads and develop new business connections.

This role will provide an efficient and effective BS/PM service to the Practice, and its clients. The post holder will have autonomy and be adaptable to be able to deliver professional services as well as project manage building schemes.

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…

• Responsible for the day to day workload of the teams to ensure that all team members are motivated, and have the necessary skills and abilities to carry out their work efficiently and effectively.
• 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. Autonomy to develop business and deliver services in a variety of sectors including commercial, healthcare, residential block management and defence.
• Manage similar works undertaken by team members to ensure quality and timeliness of service provided to clients and act as the point of contact for Ingleton Wood.
• Manage workload of self. Report to team and office Partner on financial forecasting and progress of commissions.
• To continually improve team profitability by managing time and resources allocated to projects and by ensuring that time spent on projects is recorded and that fee invoicing is carried out at appropriate stages. To monitor and report the same against target
• To have a clear understanding of client expectations including their aims for the development of the brief.
• Liaise with other consultants, internal and external, to ensure fully integrated production of documentation for the work.
• To liaise with all necessary authorities in relation to the work.
• To attend site for meetings to understand and clearly define clients’ expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress and make them aware of technical and financial implications.
• Marketing the services and the Practice to new and existing clients in order to increase workload. Whilst this is listed last, this is a very important aspect of the role and will require time to be set aside specifically for marketing. Work with our Cambridge Marketing Forum, partners and marketing team to ensure maximum coverage and effect.
• Responsible for mentoring and coaching all team members as necessary to ensure that every member is part of the team and knows their particular role within the team.
• Responsible for promoting the Practice and conducting business in an ethical, professional and legal manner.
• To maintain the highest standards of integrity in all business relationships both within and outside the Practice.
• Responsible for developing the teams for which you are responsible. Including identification of training needs to match future requirements of the Practice and its clients.
• To assist the Partners in agreeing strategies for the future development of the Practice.
• To ensure professional competence through continual professional development.
• To take on additional responsibilities from the office Partner as directed.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• MRICS chartered status.
• Track record of dealing directly with clients and delivering an excellent service.
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute.
• Full driving licence.

We're 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.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website https://www.ingletonwood.co.uk/