Building Surveyor

Arcus Consulting LLP; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus Consulting LLP in Liverpool seeks a recently qualified Building Surveyor to join our team. You will deliver Building Surveying services across the North, taking a lead on projects from initial planning through to completion.

You will liaise with clients, coordinate with professionals, and ensure safety and regulatory compliance while preparing costed schemes and tender documents. Strong IT skills and AutoCAD proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Qualified or close to taking the RICS APC (Building Surveying Pathway).
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
• Strong organisational abilities and ability to prioritise workloads.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and building surveys/tender documentation.

Responsibilities

• Interface with clients and build professional relationships to provide commercial advantage.
• Liaise with project team and other professionals on site.
• Maintain safety awareness on sites and ensure compliance with building regulations and design standards.
• Advise clients on schemes, determine requirements including health and safety and Equality Act.
• Prepare schemes with costings, timelines and works specifications.
• Prepare tender documents and advise on contract procurement and contractor selection.
• Carry out feasibility studies.

Skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

IT skills

Education

RICS APC (Building Surveying)

Tools

AutoCAD

CAD

Job description

We’re looking for a Building Surveyor who has recently qualified, to join the team in our Liverpool office.

The successful candidate will be delivering Building Surveying services across the North, managing or taking a leading role in projects from the earliest planning stages through to completion. A rewarding career awaits a loyal, hard-working and trustworthy individual.

Office: Liverpool

Key responsibilities:

• Effectively interfacing with clients and building business relationships to provide commercial advantage.
• Liaising with fellow professionals and other members of the project team.
• Maintaining safety awareness on sites and keeping abreast of building regulations and design standards.
• Advising clients on schemes and projects, determining requirements including health and safety and the Equality Act.
• Demonstrating first class organisational abilities when prioritising workloads.
• Preparing scheme designs with costings, programme for completion and specification of works.
• Preparation of documents for tender and advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement.
• Carrying out feasibility studies.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Qualified or close to taking the RICS APC pertaining to the Building Surveying Pathway
• Desirable but not essential experience in Dilapidations, and Party Wall matters.
• Good working knowledge of Construction Management/CA Role, Building Surveys, Building Pathology, Specification Writing, Tender/Contract Documentation Preparation, Measured Surveys and AutoCAD to produce existing and proposed drawings.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Constantly portray a professional image to colleagues, clients and other stakeholders in person and in all communications.
• Excellent organisational skills and a proven ability to work within project time constraints.
• Excellent communication skills to be able to deal effectively with staff, the client team, contractors etc.
• A good eye for both overall concepts and for detail.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, drawings, and models.
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
• Seeks and uses feedback to improve both your own and the practice’s performance.
• Excellent IT skills are required, including Excel, Word and CAD.