Senior Building Surveyor

Baily Garner LLP; Eltham; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

Hybrid working

Medicash health plan

Life assurance

Mental health first aiders

Pay reviews

Annual leave

Birthday leave

Long-service leave

Pension salary sacrifice

Job summary

Baily Garner LLP in Eltham, London, seeks a Senior Building Surveyor with hybrid working flexibility. You will operate across Housing, Education, Commercial, Emergency Services and Health sectors, with leadership opportunities on project teams.

Ideal candidates hold MRICS with a Building Surveying degree and demonstrated ability to manage programmes, client liaison, and contract administration. Experience across multiple sectors is advantageous, with a focus on delivering high-quality surveying

Qualifications

• MRICS status and building surveying expertise required.
• Strong leadership and ability to manage interdisciplinary project teams.
• Experience managing programmes to keep projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Assist Programme Manager/Project Team Leader with client liaison, briefs, proposals and scheduling.
• Act as Contract Administrator or Employer's Agent on a range of building types; manage delivery and inspections.
• Visit site to carry out inspections and produce reports; assist with feasibility studies and budgets.
• Prepare design proposals, budgets, and working drawings for construction, including statutory approvals.
• Prepare tender documents, contract paperwork, maintenance manuals and related administration.
• Undertake professional services such as Party Wall matters and rights to light; delegate duties while retaining delivery responsibility.

Skills

Leadership

Client liaison

Project management

Education

MRICS (RICS Chartered Surveyor)

Building Surveying degree

Job description

Join our Eltham, London team as a Senior Building Surveyor with the potential for Project Team Leadership responsibility. Work on diverse projects across Housing or Education, Commercial, Emergency Services, and Health sectors, with flexibility of hybrid working.

Who are Baily Garner?

With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 250 employees and offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham—delivering national coverage. We provide a full suite of services including Architecture, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, M&E Engineering, Sustainability Consulting, and more.

Our purpose is to positively impact people’s lives. We achieve this by delivering exceptional service and creating opportunities that make a real difference—for our clients, end users, our people, and the planet.

Role duties:

• Assist Programme Manager/Project Team Leader with Client liaison to include formulation of briefs, fee proposals, presentation of schemes, and/or services, project programming and other matters affecting delivery of service.
• Act as the Contract Administrator or Employer's Agent on a wide range of building types, utilising all standard forms of construction and assuming full responsibility for the following:
• Visit site and carry out and issue inspections reports.
• Prepare and present initial appraisal and feasibility reports.
• Carry out measured surveys of existing buildings or sites.
• Understand full survey drawings.
• Prepare and present outline design proposals, including preparation of budget estimate costs.
• Prepare and present for approval complete scheme designs.
• Prepare full working drawings sufficient for the construction of the project.
• Submit applications for statutory approvals, including Planning, Listed Building Consent and Building Control Approval.
• Prepare specifications and schedules of work and/or provide information for the preparation of bills of quantities.
• Prepare Employer's Requirements for Design and Build purposes
• Invite tenders for the main contract, carry out tender analysis and prepare tender reports.
• Prepare contract documents.
• Prepare maintenance manuals.

• Undertake professional services to include Party Wall Matters, Rights to Light issues, schedule of condition, inspection of buildings to determine conditions and future maintenance liabilities, including preparing detailed reports.
• Delegate any of the above duties whilst retaining responsibility for their delivery.

The Ideal Candidate:

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) status.
• Building Surveying Degree or equivalent
• Expertise in building surveying.
• Must efficiently manage programs to ensure projects stay on track and within budget.
• Experience in education, emergency services, healthcare and/or commercial projects is advantageous.
• Strong client interaction skills are necessary to build relationships.
• Proven leadership in interdisciplinary project teams is advantageous.

What We Offer:

Competitive Package: We understand that top talent deserves top compensation. We offer a highly competitive package that reflects your skills and experience.

Career Development: We're committed to helping you grow and excel in your career. Join us, and you'll have access to excellent career development opportunities.

Modern Consultancy, Endless Opportunities: Our friendly and modern multi-disciplinary construction consultancy is dedicated to delighting our clients. This isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to make a positive impact.

Are you ready to make your mark and advance your career? If you're excited about the prospect of joining a passionate team, contributing to meaningful projects, and enjoying the benefits of hybrid working, we'd love to hear from you.

Some of our amazing benefits include:

• Flexible working hours (choice of start and finish times based around a 7 hour working day, core hours between 10am-4pm) 35 hours per week
• Hybrid working (potential to work from office and home)
• Medicash health plan (money back on your dental, optical, physio appointments and more)
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary) for all colleagues.
• In-house mental health first aiders
• Pay reviews twice a year
• Annual leave + bank holidays
• Birthdayleave
• Buy/sell annual leave
• Long-service leave
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched)
• Professional development scheme
• Sponsorship of professional fees
• 2paid corporate social responsibility days

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.

Example: If you need additional time for assessments, require materials in an alternative format, or need a different interview setting, please inform us, and we will make the necessary arrangements.