Building Surveying Lead

ZipRecruiter; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Building Surveying Lead to join their Consultancy Project Services team. This role offers the chance to lead a talented team while providing essential surveying services to diverse clients across various sectors. With competitive benefits, including a matched pension scheme and car allowance, this position encourages professional growth and offers flexibility in work hours. If you are passionate about building surveying and have the leadership skills to inspire a team, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a company that values diversity and inclusion, where your contributions will shape the future of the industry.

Benefits

Matched Pension Scheme

Car Allowance

Annual Holiday Entitlement

Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans

Qualifications

• Full membership of RICS or equivalent professional body with Chartered status.
• Experience with JCT and NEC contracts and public sector procurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of building surveyors and manage client relationships.
• Deliver building surveying services and ensure quality service.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Contract Administration

Project Management

Building Surveying

Education

RICS Membership

Tools

NBS Chorus

AutoCAD

Job description

Job Description

We're looking for a Building Surveying Lead to join our Consultancy Project Services team based nationwide. Within this role, you can enjoy competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave, a fantastic, matched pension scheme, a share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans, and more.

Location: Nationwide - with remote working available. The role requires regular travel to visit staff based in Speke (near Liverpool), Lincoln, Maple Cross, Waterbeach (near Cambridge), and various Kier and client sites nationwide.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 plus £6,700 car allowance per annum.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Building Surveying Lead, you'll lead our team of building surveyors in providing building surveying services to both internal and external clients, from the public and private sectors, for maintenance, repair, refurbishment, remodelling, restoration, extension, or demolition works to existing buildings. Your role includes managing and providing technical leadership, maintaining client relationships, and business development activities.

Your day-to-day will include:

1. Line management of building surveying staff, allocating workload, and managing target billable utilization levels, while personally delivering complex or high-profile commissions.
2. Project management of building surveying services delivery to clients, ensuring quality service and internal management of Kier’s commissions.
3. Business development activities, including maintaining relationships with existing clients, account management, identifying new clients, and winning work.
4. Team growth by working with recruitment to bring in suitable new staff.

What are we looking for?

This role is ideal if you:

• Hold full membership of RICS as a Building Surveyor, or equivalent professional body, with Chartered status relevant to building surveying, and possess a full driving license.
• Demonstrate effective leadership, motivation, influencing, and communication skills, with experience across various building types and sectors.
• Have strong contract administration skills, experience with JCT and NEC contracts, good project management skills, and knowledge of procurement processes, especially in the public sector.
• Are proficient in NBS Chorus and AutoCAD software.
• Bring energy and ambition to lead and develop a team of building surveyors.

We encourage applications from candidates with transferable skills, even if you don't meet every requirement. Please apply and we can discuss further.

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs. Diversity and inclusion are priorities for us, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. Our employees play a key role in shaping our policies and initiatives.

We look forward to receiving your application to #joinkier#LI-MA1