Building Surveying Lead

Kier Group; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy in the UK is seeking a Building Surveying Lead for their Consultancy Project Services team. This role is based in Liverpool, with remote working available. The successful candidate will manage a team of building surveyors, oversee projects, and engage in business development. Ideal applicants will have RICS membership, strong contract administration skills, and a desire to lead a dynamic team. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

£6,700 annual car allowance

Private healthcare

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Full driving license required.
• Experience with JCT and NEC contracts required.
• Experience across various building types and sectors essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of building surveyors and manage workloads.
• Project manage delivery of services to clients.
• Undertake business development and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Communication skills

Contract administration

Commercial awareness

Education

Full membership of RICS as a Building Surveyor

Tools

AutoCAD

NBS Chorus

Job description

We're looking for a Building Surveying Lead to join our Consultancy Project Services team based in Liverpool.

Location: Liverpool - with remote working available. The role requires regular travel to staff locations in Speke (near Liverpool), Lincoln, Gerrards 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 + £6,700 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Building Surveying Lead, you'll lead our team of building surveyors in providing services to internal and external clients across sectors, focusing on maintenance, repair, refurbishment, remodelling, restoration, extension, or demolition of existing buildings. Your role includes managing and providing technical leadership, maintaining client relationships, and engaging in business development activities.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Line management of Building Surveying staff, allocating workload, and managing target billable utilization levels while personally delivering complex or high-profile building surveying services.
• Project managing the delivery of services to clients, overseeing service quality and internal management of commissions.
• Undertaking business development, maintaining relationships, account management, and identifying new work opportunities.
• Managing the growth of the Building Surveying team, including recruitment efforts.

What are we looking for?

This role is ideal if you:

• Hold full membership of RICS as a Building Surveyor, Chartered Surveyor, or equivalent, with Chartered status relevant to building surveying, a full driving license, and demonstrate leadership, motivation, and communication skills. You should have experience across various building types and sectors, ideally with both public and private sector exposure.
• Have strong contract administration skills, experience with JCT and NEC contracts, project management, commercial awareness, procurement knowledge (especially in the public sector), and proficiency in NBS Chorus and AutoCAD.
• Bring personal energy, ambition, and a desire to lead and grow a team of building surveyors.

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs. You can see more information about benefits here.

Diversity and inclusion

We prioritize making Kier a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employees are key to shaping our initiatives, and their experiences influence our policies. You can see our D&I action plan here.

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