Graduate Building Fabric Asset Surveyor

AA Projects Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building consultancy in Birmingham is seeking Graduate Building Surveyors to assist in conducting asset surveys and technical services. The successful candidates will be responsible for site surveys across the UK, requiring strong communication skills and a relevant qualification. This role offers an attractive benefits package, including private health cover and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Private health cover

Pension scheme

Income protection

Life assurance

Retail discount scheme

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity pay

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Willingness to learn and develop new skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical services in accordance with project time and quality.
• Conduct site surveys to record building fabric assets.
• Liaise with clients, contractors and other departments.
• Report findings and collaborate with the Asset Surveying Team.

Skills

Communication skills

Initiative

Proficient in IT systems

Building Surveying experience

Education

Qualifications in Building Studies or HNC/HND/Degree in Building Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Outlook

GoReport

Job description

Location: Birmingham Preferable (other locations may be considered)
Date Posted: 10 July 2024

We are looking for Graduate (Junior or Intermediate) Building Surveyors who will support the delivery of full asset capture, life-cycle, condition and dilapidation surveys, interfacing with clients, customers, consultants, and construction firms.

What you'll be doing

Duties of the role would include:

• Contribute to successful project completion by providing technical services in accordance with project time and quality
• Maintain, enhance and apply technical knowledge ensuring production of high quality surveys and reports
• Liaise with clients, professional organisations, contractors, suppliers, sub-contractors and other surveying departments
• Work as part of the Asset Surveying Team (which includes Building Fabric and M&E Surveyors)
• Carry out site surveys to record, condition grade and detail existing building fabric assets
• These assets will be recorded using an app-based specialist surveying software on a handheld tablet device (iPad, android or similar)
• Detailed word descriptions of the building fabric assets and any defects will be required as part of the report output
• Surveys will be undertaken at a variety of buildings, such as (but not limited too) hospitals, health care, schools, colleges, universities, hotels and commercial premises.
• Our survey commissions cover the whole of the UK, requiring the need to stay away from home on a regular basis on a fully expenses basis
• Smaller surveys may require you to work alone under your own initiative
• Report to Associate Director MEP Asset Surveying
• Other tasks as required

Type of surveys include (but not limited to):

• Full asset capture and lifecycle surveys, where all existing assets are recorded, condition graded and remedial works given a priority rating
• Planned preventative maintenance surveys to identify assets and likely maintenance budgets required over a 5 or 10 year period
• Latent defect surveys undertaken as buildings approach the end of a construction contract
• Dilapidation surveys typically undertaken towards the end of tenancy or lease term
• Accessible ceiling inspections recording the condition and grading of building fabric assets above ceilings using ladders

Who we're looking for

Along with a professional, confident and friendly manner, you should possess:

• Qualifications in Building Studies, or a HNC/HND/Degree in Building Surveying
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
• Ability to use own initiative and work proactively, sometimes working under pressure to meet deadlines
• Proficient in the use of IT systems with experience of using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. Experience in using GoReport would be beneficial
• Building Surveying experience
• A willingness to learn and develop new skills

We hold Investors in People status

We hold Investors in People status and will provide the successful candidate with:

• A great benefits package, including private health cover, pension scheme, income protection, life assurance and retail discount scheme
• 25 days holiday increasing with length of service, plus holiday purchase and sell-back schemes
• Enhanced Maternity / Paternity pay

The working hours for this role are 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 8.30am to 3.45pm Friday, 45 minutes for lunch.

We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity.

We are a progressive and innovative global organisation which welcomes and embraces new ideas. Our aim is to offer a significantly higher quality service than all of our competitors. We offer and support unrestricted career progression within the business and believe that our employees of today can be the company owners of tomorrow.