Senior Building Surveyor

Baily Garner; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (office/home)

Medicash health plan

Life assurance 4x salary

Mental health first aiders

Pay reviews twice a year

Annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday leave

Long-service leave

Pension salary sacrifice (Scottish Wid

Professional development sponsorship

CSR days

Job summary

Baily Garner LLP seeks a Senior Building Surveyor in Eltham, London, with potential for Project Team Leadership. Hybrid working available across Housing, Education, Commercial, Emergency Services and Health sectors.

Strong MRICS credential and a degree in Building Surveying are essential. You will lead client liaison, prepare briefs and budgets, manage programmes, and oversee design, surveys, and tender processes.

Qualifications

• MRICS status required.
• Building Surveying degree or equivalent required.
• Expertise in building surveying.
• Ability to manage programmes to keep projects on schedule 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist Programme Manager/Project Team Leader with client liaison, briefs, proposals, and schemes.
• Act as Contract Administrator or Employer's Agent on diverse building types.
• Visit sites and carry out inspections and reports.
• Prepare and present initial appraisal and feasibility reports.
• Carry out measured surveys and understand survey drawings.
• Prepare design proposals and budget estimates.
• Prepare full working drawings for construction.
• Submit applications for statutory approvals and building control.
• Prepare specifications, schedules, and information for tendering.
• Invite tenders, analyze bids, and prepare tender reports.

Skills

Project management

Client liaison

Leadership

Budgeting

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

MRICS

Building Surveying Degree or equivalent

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 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.

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
• Birthday leave
• Buy/sell annual leave
• Long-service leave
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched)
• Professional development scheme
• Sponsorship of professional fees
• 2 paid 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.