Defects Building Surveyor

Hunter Dunning; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multidisciplinary consultancy in Greater London is seeking a Defects Building Surveyor for defect diagnosis, report writing, and project management on residential buildings. Candidates should have over 5 years of experience and ideally hold MRICS status. The position offers a competitive salary between £40,000 to £65,000, along with hybrid working options, a discretionary bonus scheme, and support with professional memberships.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

21 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas Week

Half-day Birthday + Half days before bank holidays

Travel expenses

Pool Car with fuel card

Charity days

Social events

Support with professional memberships

Qualifications

• Strong defect diagnosis experience is required.
• Specification writing experience is essential.
• Project Management experience preferred, especially in residential projects.

Responsibilities

• Conduct defect diagnosis of residential buildings.
• Write detailed reports on findings.
• Manage projects and contract administration.

Skills

Defect diagnosis experience

Specification writing

Project management

Residential projects

UK Driving Licence

Education

MRICS or close to chartered status

5+ years’ experience as a Building Surveyor

Job description

Defects Building Surveyor Job in Central London

Defects Building Surveyor job based in Kings Cross, London for a multidisciplinary consultancy, working on residential buildings. Due to an increase in workload and securing further public sector frameworks, our client is now looking for a Building Surveyor to carrying out defect diagnosis, report writing and project management mainly in London and Home Counties. The role offers a salary of between £40,000 - £65,000 + Hybrid Working.

Established over 50 years ago, our client has built a strong reputation as a reputable consultancy for the built environment. They provide multidisciplinary services including project management, building surveying, quantity surveying, architecture, building services engineering, clerk of works, employers agent, retrofit, principal designer, CDM and compliance services including fire risk assessments. They have 5 offices across the South, London and North working with both public and private sector clients across residential, commercial, education, healthcare, heritage and leisure.

Role & Responsibilities

• Defect diagnosis of mainly residential buildings including damp issues, structural issues and cracks
• Building pathology
• Report Writing
• Spec writing
• Project Management / contract administration.

Required Skills & Experience

• Ideally 5+ years’ experience as a Building Surveyor post-graduation
• MRICS or close to achieving chartered status
• Strong defect diagnosis experience
• Specification writing experience is essential
• Project Management experience preferred
• Residential projects preferred but other sectors would also be advantageous
• UK Driving Licence and own car is essential, although pool car is available from North London.

What you get back

• Salary of £40,000 - £65,000
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 21 Day Holiday + Bank Holidays + Christmas Week + Half-day Birthday + Half days before bank holidays
• Hybrid Working 2 days from home and 3 days office or site based
• Travel expenses
• Pool Car with fuel card available based in North London
• Charity days
• Social events
• Support with professional memberships.