Building Surveyor

MA Cost Consulting Ltd.

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 60,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Private Vitality Healthcare

27 Days Holiday plus Bank Holidays

Professional Membership Fees Paid

Social Events Funding

Job summary

A leading construction consultancy firm in Greater London is seeking a Building Surveyor to conduct assessments and evaluations of buildings to ensure they meet legal and safety standards. The role involves thorough inspections, compliance with regulations, and providing clients with consultancy on building issues. Ideal candidates will have 3-4 years of experience and relevant qualifications. This position offers hybrid working, private healthcare, generous holiday, and professional development support.

Qualifications

Experience of at least 3-4 years in the construction industry as a building surveyor.
Professional status preferably MRICS/MCIOB or equivalent.
Valid driving license required.

Responsibilities

Conduct thorough building inspections and assessments.
Advise on repair and maintenance solutions.
Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards.
Provide consultancy services on building and property issues.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Effective communication

Teamwork

Knowledge of building regulations

Education

Degree in Building Surveying or Equivalent Experience

Tools

JCT Contract Software

NBS

GoReport

MS Projects

Job description

The Building Surveyor will provide reliable assessments and evaluations of buildings to ensure they meet legal and safety standards. This role involves conducting thorough inspections, identifying structural issues, advising on repair and maintenance solutions, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. The Building Surveyor plays a critical part in project planning, risk management, and sustainability initiatives, working closely with project teams, contractors and clients to deliver safe and efficient building solutions.

Responsibilities

Organisational and Time Management Skills:The ability to oversee multiple projects and organise own time and deadlines to meet differing client needs.

Accuracy and Due Diligence:The ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks with excellent technical attention to detail. Strong measurement and cost planning skills.

Effective Communication:An ability to communicate clearly and effectively across all levels, with clients and external stakeholders, including leading meetings when required.

Team Work and Collaboration:Building healthy team and client relationships to foster a positive and cooperative work environment.

Technical Knowledge & Skills:The ability to understand the administration of building contracts. Applying commercial project management knowledge, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope and to budget.

Knowledge Development:To maintain and establish knowledge on industry trends, regulations and best practice.

Qualifications

Education:Degree or Equivalent Experience in Building Surveying

Professional:Working towards or hold MRICS/MCIOB, CIOBE or equivalent.

Software/IT Tools:

Essential: JCT Contract Software, NBS, GoReport and MS Projects

Driving License:Yes

Experience:

It is essential anybody coming into this role has experience working within the construction industry as a building surveyor. Typically, we would look for somebody with a minimum of 3-4 years relevant experience working towards or having achieved professional status. They should ideally have knowledge in the following Regulations applicable too the Building Industry :

Building Safety Act and Regulations
Construction (Design and Management) Regulations

What We're Looking For

Providing a consultancy advisory service to clients on a range of building and property issues including technical, financial, legal, environmental, regulatory and restoration matters.
Providing clients timely advice in relation to legal and planning issues including managing the planning and building regulations application process. Liaising with local planning bodies to ensure that projects meet safety, sustainability and preservation standards.
Carrying out building surveys to a consistently high standard across multiple construction projects at any one time.
Writing technical reports and preparing technical information in relation to commissions.
Providing clients advice on property alterations, improvements, extensions and deterioration of defects of properties.
Providing clients advice and support (and monitoring) with unexpected damage (fire, flood) on property including assessing the condition and any defects in the building. Assisting with insurance claims or a financial settlement where required.
To assist and oversee any small scale building works when architects are not required.
To work closely with other service divisions such as Cost Management and Projects to ensure that collaborative client projects are delivered on time with scope and to budget.
Attending conferences and networking events. Build new business contacts/networks.
Attending site meetings, and internal meetings as required to assist with communication and collaboration.
To seek guidance from senior colleagues when required. Supporting and guiding junior members of staff with internal proto-col and technical skills/knowledge.

Our Values

‘Stronger Together’. Leading and working collaboratively as part of a team and building positive working relationships. This could be ensuring that you celebrate the successes of those on your team and those you manage, reinforcing teamwork and a culture of appreciation.

Client Focused

‘Listen to Clients. Learn. Make it Happen’. Demonstrating that you are continuously enhancing client experience. This could be delivering bespoke solutions tailored to our client’s individual requirements through taking time to listen carefully to a clients needs.

Leadership

‘Be the Difference’. Encouraging, training, and supporting more junior members of your team. This could involve sharing knowledge or consistently setting examples and serving as a role model. This could be supporting staff on apprenticeships through coaching and guidance.

‘Think Solutions. Not Problems’. Demonstrating and communicating solutions and smarter ways to approach a piece of work. This could be questioning an approach/method with a new way of doing something, making it more efficient.

Accountability

‘Do What’s Right. Not What’s Easy’. Always following through on commitments and tasks whether set by your team or by clients. Taking ownership of tasks and carrying responsibility of a task from start to finish. This could be regularly updating Senior Managers or clients on progress and stages of your work.

ROLE CHALLENGES

This role should aim to work with minimum assistance and independently. They should be developing a balance between ensuring guidance is requested when needed without expecting the same level of supervision as the Assistant role. Communication and organisational skills are crucial at this level with the aim to develop a level of independence whilst continuing to build their knowledge of the administration of construction contracts from inception to completion.

AIM OF ROLE