Senior Building Surveyor

Access Talent Group; Colchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency seeks a Senior Project Manager / Building Surveyor to oversee multi-disciplinary projects from concept to construction in the UK. The successful candidate will deliver projects within set objectives and manage a team effectively. Requirements include MRICS qualification and experience with large building/infrastructure projects. This role offers competitive compensation and strong career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience managing design commissions on large building/infrastructure projects.
• Experience of managing design projects to time, cost and quality objectives.
• Familiar with programming and earned value techniques.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects to agreed targets such as programme, budget, and quality.
• Identify and manage project objectives with the Project Director.
• Lead and motivate the project team, ensuring necessary training.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Leadership qualities

Customer-focused

Education

Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent

Tools

BIM

3D modelling tools

Job description

This role has excellent prospects for a Building Surveyor who has a strong ambition to progress and enjoys working collaboratively within a vibrant team and has experience in managing client relationships and specific interest / experience of project management.

As a Senior Project Manager / Building Surveyor you will be responsible for delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to construction, on our expanding portfolio of challenging projects across our Market Sectors.

Responsibilities

• The successful delivery of the project to agreed targets, e.g., programme, budget and quality.
• Identifying and agreeing project objectives with the Project Director and developing a strategy for achieving these.
• Identifying, escalating and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to the Project Director (PD) at the earliest opportunity.
• Utilising commercial manager support to obtain clear understanding of contractual obligations and negotiating amendments.
• Setting objectives, and defining tasks for the project team, delegating authority and agreeing how risks will be shared as necessary.
• Actively managing the project – both technically and financially, in accordance with corporate and business policies, directives, guidance and procedures. While monitoring and reporting performance against programme, technical quality, financial and KPI targets; taking, or advising the PD on the requirements for, any necessary mitigation actions to prevent targets being missed, controlling change and managing effective change control process.
• Leading the project team – building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team; including providing regular feedback to all team members and ensuring staff have the necessary H&S training for discharging their design duties and defining line of communication and the responsibilities for coordination within the project.
• Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans; providing project reports on a regular basis to convey cost and schedule information.
• Closing out the project on completion, archiving project documentation, updating market information, ensuring that lessons learned are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated.

Requirements

• Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) or equivalent with demonstrable experience managing design commissions on large building/infrastructure projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities.
• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, in particular NEC3 and JCT.
• Experienced at preparing Scope Definition papers, Project Execution Plans, Risk Registers, Change Control Logs and Client & Stakeholder Management plans.
• Experience of managing design projects to time, cost and quality objectives and familiar with programming and earned value techniques.
• Familiar with BIM and has an understanding of 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes.
• Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills.
• A supportive and encouraging approach to mentoring less experienced members of the team. Be available to travel across the UK and work away from home, when required.
• Holds a valid UK driving licence.

Our client is offering a competitive salary and a fantastic opportunity for career development, for more information and to apply for the position submit your CV to this vacancy.