Building Surveyor

Bruntwood; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday off

Annual bonus

Volunteer time

Sabbatical opportunity

Healthcare plan

Life assurance

Pension matching

Retail discounts

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Job summary

Bruntwood SciTech is seeking a Building Surveyor to manage multi-discipline building assets in Manchester. You’ll work in a collaborative team, delivering Cat A/B fits, fabric and M&E projects, with budget awareness and creative problem solving.

You’ll be supported toward APC progression and will contribute to a portfolio spanning office, lab and tech spaces within the city centre assets.

Qualifications

• Degree in Building Surveying or equivalent.
• Experience as a Building Surveyor in a commercial property company.
• APC progress encouraged; support provided for APC.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects within your cluster of buildings using best-practice analysis.
• Engage with the portfolio team to meet high customer standards.
• Lead low-to-medium value projects for assets and fit-outs.
• Focus on fabric, M&E, refurbishments and minor aesthetic schemes.
• Consider budgets and strive for best value using benchmark data.
• Understand fabric and infrastructure to provide joined-up advisory decisions.
• Proactively manage portfolio strategic works in line with plans.
• Support project handover post-PC and close out snagging.

Skills

Building Surveying degree

APC support

Commercial property experience

Team collaboration

Education

Building Surveying degree

Job description

Bruntwood SciTech is the UK’s largest property platform dedicated to the growth of the tech, innovation and science sectors.It is also the leading developer of city-wide innovation ecosystems and specialist environments, helping companies - from startups to global powerhouses - to form, scale and grow.

Valued at £1.6bn, Bruntwood SciTech has a portfolio of 5.8m sq ft across 11 campus locations and 31 city centre innovation hubs in Manchester, Cheshire, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Cambridge. It has plans to create a £5bn portfolio by 2033 and has a 900,000 sq ft secured development pipeline.

Some examples of our varied portfolio include: Bloc , Alderley Park , Circle Square and Pall Mall

Have a look at these videos to give an insight into who we are:

Bruntwood SciTech

Sustainability at Bruntwood

This role will be based at our head office based in the heart of Manchester City Centre - Union on Albert Square. Working on our city centre assets such as Pall Mall & Bloc.

Job purpose:

This role is a key multi-disciplined role that touches all aspects of looking after building assets within a wider portfolio. This role is one that works as part of a team of seven within a matrix, but with the freedom to use your specialist knowledge and creative thinking, to solve problems that support your wider team to achieve their ambitious goals.

What we’re looking for:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Building Surveying
• Experience as a Building Surveyor within a commercial property company
• Ideally working towards your APC which we can fully support, and someone who wants to work on multi-use/industry led projects across pioneering office/lab and tech space.
• A positive collaborator, with the role being client side you’ll work closely with internal development/operations and finance teams.
• A passion for developing sustainable and innovative spaces, enjoying the process of thinking creatively and problem solving

What will you be doing:

• Contribute to the delivery of projects within your cluster of buildings, using your knowledge of internal and external best practice, including life cycle analysis and preparation of service charge major project plans
• Engage with a portfolio team delivering to a high standard, in line with customer expectations.
• Responsible for the delivery projects from low to medium value and complexity, for assets and required Cat A & B fit-outs, using innovative and progressive solutions.
• A focus on projects relating to; fabric, M&E, suite refurbs, fit outs and minor aesthetic schemes.
• Consider budgets and costs, driving best possible value against a backdrop of in house benchmark data with support
• Develop a full understanding of every element of the fabric and infrastructure of buildings in your portfolio, in order to provide joined up advice and decision making
• To proactively manage the delivery of the portfolio strategic works/projects in line with asset plans
• Support project handover from delivery to operations post PC as and when required and ensuring all snagging is closed out by respective delivery team.

We really believe that if you’re brilliant to work with, you deserve brilliant things in return:

• 28 days holiday plus you get your Birthday off work - and if that’s not enough you can also buy & sell holidays too
• Company bonus - paid annually
• 24 hours a year volunteer time - there are endless opportunities for you to get involved in supporting the causes that matter most to you
• Sabatical of up to 12 months so you can take a career break after five years with us
• Healthcare cash plan for all colleagues, so you can claim back medical expenses like optical, dentist & physiotherapy. We also offer free private healthcare cover on an opt in basis too
• Life assurance cover for all colleagues
• Up to 8% matched pension scheme
• Discounts & cashback at leading retailers
• Enhanced maternity / shared parental leave - 26 weeks fully paid leave
• Interest free loans to pursue your passions and apply for up to £2000 towards learning a new skill

On our careers page you’ll find our benefits calculator, where you can select what benefits you’d use to calculate the savings you’d make.

In addition to what to expect within the role and your benefits, it’s good to know that you’ll be working for a business that gives back - The Oglesby Charitable Trust has donated more than £30m since it started out in 2001. Supporting charities across Arts and Culture, Education, Environment, Medical Research and Social & Health Inequality.