Building Surveyor (Building Remediation & Fire Safety)

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

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Building Surveyor (Building Remediation & Fire Safety), London

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Location: London, United Kingdom

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Posted:

18.04.2025

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02.06.2025

Job Description:

The Building Surveyor (Building Remediation & Fire Safety) will support project delivery utilising in-depth building knowledge to identify and mitigate fire-related safety risks, advise on permissible fire safety regulations, and develop high technical standards and guidance to support the business. The role will support the Director, Technical Fire Safety and Building Improvement on delivering fire safety compliance and provide support on technical due diligence on acquisitions and disposals, to review, digest, and report on fire safety concerns, advising on remedial strategies, impacts and residual risks.

This role sits within Capital Projects which delivers strategic, multi-discipline, capital project works across Greystar’s purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and build-to-rent (BTR) property portfolios across the UK.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Ability to utilise detailed technical building knowledge and analysis to support project delivery in new developments, existing buildings, and remediation projects, including Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls (FRAEW), Fire Risk Assessments, building defects, upgrading works, refurbishment projects, structural issues etc., to mitigate fire-related risks.
• Advise on permissible fire safety regulations (historic and current) and provide direction on compliance with current regulatory frameworks (including Approved Document B, British Standards, Fire Safety Act, The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, Building Safety Act requirements, etc).
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of evolving fire safety legislation, Building Safety Regulator requirements, and industry best practices, and areas of responsibility by attending internal and external training sessions, and translate and present requirements into clear guidance to the wider Greystar team, project teams, and clients.
• Liaise with internal teams, and external consultants (for example, fire engineers, architects, structural engineers, and M&E consultants) where relevant, to integrate fire safety into broader design strategies and Greystar standards.
• Support the business with fire safety and building construction technical expertise to develop and maintain high technical standards, strategies, policies, procedures, and guidance, ensuring quality assurance, consistency and best practice standards, aligned with Greystar, Building Safety Regulator and regulatory requirements, are met.
• Assist in reviewing contractual documents for compliance with construction and fire safety project requirements and relevant legislation, supporting project delivery and mitigating risk.
• Work closely with the Director, Technical Fire Safety, Technical Due Diligence lead, and Investment teams on acquisitions and disposals, to review, digest and report on fire safety concerns, and advise remedial strategies and recommendations, impacts and residual risks.
• Support Greystar teams with fire safety information to support wider business strategy, BSR requirements and fire safety and building information requests.
• Identify, raise and collate relevant information in relation to potential claims through defect identification to relevant teams for review and pursual.
• Develop updates for leadership and the wider business capturing compliance audits / gap analysis and regulatory updates, alongside the development of initiatives to streamline and drive regulatory and Greystar standards compliance.
• Deputise meetings for Director, manage expectations and lead meetings where necessary to develop projects and strategies.
• Act as technical liaison and provide fire safety and building construction technical expertise and guidance to internal teams, asset managers, investment and external consultants.
• Lead and provide technical expertise to specific fire safety and building improvement projects, and where necessary, to develop overarching delivery strategies to enable wider project rollout to move forward fire safety improvements.
• Co-ordinate and update FRA actions using Greystar systems to drive compliance and action monitoring.
• Identify and recommend asset improvements in line with upcoming regulations and best practice, and relay recommendations on next steps to the respective internal stakeholders, and feed into the portfolios 5-year asset plans.
• Support document control via requesting and filing of project-specific information, to maintain adequate and accessible records.

About You

You will have a degree (or equivalent) in a related subject such as Building Surveying or Fire Engineering, preferably accompanied by a RICS qualification. With knowledge of the building development industry, you will have demonstrable experience in building surveying, fire safety or construction remediation projects. You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to approach fire safety challenges from both a technical and commercial perspective.

What We Offer

We include a range of benefits for our corporate team members, including competitive pension, healthcare, and holiday allowance, amongst others as standard. Please reach out if you are keen to know more.

About Greystar

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan-European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Spain.

One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at https://jobs.greystar.com/.