Building Surveyor

Access Talent Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Project Manager / Building Surveyor based in London. The successful candidate will manage multidisciplinary projects from concept through construction, ensuring they meet agreed targets on time and within budget. Key qualifications include being a Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) with excellent leadership skills. Ideal for those who enjoy collaborative work in a vibrant team environment and have a strong focus on client relationships.

Qualifications

• Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent with experience in large projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team effectively.
• Familiarity with NEC3 and JCT construction contracts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects on time, within budget and to quality standards.
• Manage and report on project performance against targets.
• Lead a project team and ensure timely completion of tasks.
• Close out the project and ensure client satisfaction.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent

Tools

BIM

3D modelling tools

Job description

Overview

This role has excellent prospects for a Building Surveyor based in London who has a strong ambition to progress and enjoys working collaboratively within a vibrant team and has experience in managing client relationships and specific interest / experience of project management. As a Senior Project Manager / Building Surveyor you will be responsible for delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to construction, on our expanding portfolio of challenging projects across our Market Sectors.

Responsibilities

• The successful delivery of the project to agreed targets, e.g., programme, budget and quality.
• Identifying and agreeing project objectivities with the Project Director and developing a strategy for achieving these.
• Identifying, escalating and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to the Project Director (PD) at the earliest opportunity.
• Utilising commercial manager support to obtain clear understanding of contractual obligations and negotiating amendments.
• Setting objectives, and defining tasks for the project team, delegating authority and agreeing how risks will be shared as necessary.
• Actively managing the project – both technically and financially, in accordance with corporate and business policies, directives, guidance and procedures.
• Monitoring and reporting performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets; taking, or advising the PD on the requirements for, any necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets being missed, controlling change and managing effective change control process.
• Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team; including providing regular feedback to all team members and ensuring staff have the necessary H&S training for discharging their design duties and defining line of communication and the responsibilities for co-ordination within the project.
• Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans; providing project reports on a regular basis to convey cost and schedule information.
• Closing out the project on completion, archiving project documentation, updating market information, ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated.

Requirements

• Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent with demonstrable experience managing design commissions on large building/ infrastructure projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities.
• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 and JCT.
• Experienced at preparing Scope Definition papers, Project Execution Plans, Risk Registers, Change Control Logs and Client & Stakeholder Management plans.
• Experience of managing design projects to time, cost and quality objectives and familiar with programming and earned value techniques.
• Familiar with BIM and has an understanding of 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes.
• Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills.
• A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team.
• Be available to travel across the UK and work away from home, when required.
• Holds a valid UK driving licence.