Building Surveyor

New Step Recruitment; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consultancy in London seeks a chartered building surveyor to join their team. The successful candidate will manage various building surveying services, ensuring project delivery from inception to completion. Ideal applicants will possess a BSc in building surveying, MRICS membership advantageous, and strong communication and project management skills. This role offers a supportive team environment with opportunities for career progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in higher education, local government, and healthcare sectors beneficial.
• Significant exposure to private and public sector clients.
• Well-developed skills in surveys, project management, repairs, and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects from inception to completion.
• Maintain effective communication for project success.
• Visit sites to undertake surveys and meet with clients.

Skills

Technical writing

Communication

Project management

Teamwork

Education

BSc in building surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Tools

AutoCAD

NBS

MS Project

Excel

Word

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a chartered building surveyor to join an expanding global consultancy.

The successful candidate will be part of a team of building surveyors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across the private and public sector. Supporting project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for their clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing the culture of innovation and reinforcing their reputation as a preferred service provider.

Working in this role will involve assisting in the management of client and project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time to a wide range of clients. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration, building surveys and dilapidations.

The building surveying team has a broad-based background, is a highly motivated group with varying levels and types of experience and is the ideal place for you to commence and progress your career in the profession with many opportunities to learn from the team and the commissions.

Responsibilities

• Delivering projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Assist with the managing of client/project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time
• Visit sites to undertake surveys, visit construction sites, meet with sub-contractors, contractors, clients and other staff as required to deliver projects.
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner, meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong and long-lasting working relationships

Essentil skills and attributes

• BSc in building surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) beneficial
• Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external)
• Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial
• Experience in the higher education, local government and healthcare sectors beneficial
• Significant exposure to, and good working relations with, private and public sector clients beneficial
• Well-developed skills in the areas of surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial
• Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
• A team player with a 'can-do' attitude
• Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and clients alike
• Good IT skills (AutoCAD, NBS, MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excel and other bespoke software)

If this role sounds like you and is of interest, please click here now to apply