Senior Building Surveyor - Nottingham

Gleeds; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car allowance

25 days annual leave

Holiday buy/sell

RICS subscription

Maternity leave

Career development

Health & wellbeing

Corporate discounts

Hybrid working

Pension

Job summary

Gleeds is recruiting a Senior Building Surveyor to join our Nottingham hub. You will lead multi-disciplinary building surveying projects, manage client relationships and mentor junior staff within a collaborative, flexible environment.

Working on public sector and private sector mandates, you will oversee feasibility, design, contract administration and handover, while driving value and growth for the Built Asset Solutions team.

Qualifications

• Sound Building Surveying experience post MRICS qualification.
• Practical experience delivering professional building surveying services.
• Practical experience in design, specification writing and acting as contract administrator on JCT suite of contracts.
• Thorough knowledge of construction methods, materials, procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies.
• Excellent communication, organisational, problem solving, information processing and negotiation skills.
• Ability to adapt, plan, and manage people, working as part of a team or as a team leader.

Responsibilities

• Customer relationship management, including developing, growing and maintaining positive relationships with new and existing customers
• Delivery of multi-disciplinary building surveying services to high standards ensuring customer requirements are met
• Working collaboratively to support delivery of built asset solutions, and Gleeds business objectives
• Managing building projects from feasibility through to design, contract administration to handover and post completion reviews
• Mentoring and coaching direct reports and colleagues where appropriate to support both personal, professional and technical development
• Managing services and fees to optimise revenue and profitability
• Actively identify new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit activities

Education

MRICS

Job description

About This Opportunity

Join our Nottingham building surveying team and discover a world of opportunity with Gleeds Built Asset Solutions.

Senior Building Surveyor

Gleeds Built Asset Solutions

Nottingham, NG2

This is a chance to choose an exciting career path as a member of an innovative, new multi-disciplinary offering with a bright future, shaped by a collaborative team of professionals.

Joining us as a senior building surveyor you'll be part of our UK building surveying hub in Nottingham.

A team of 20+ building surveyors from apprentices to our head of service, you'll have the opportunity to learn from highly experienced discipline leaders, as well as the chance to mentor, line manage and lead junior team members.

Whilst our Nottingham workstreams are predominantly public sector led projects with design, specification and contract administration services, we also work with private sector clients on professional services instructions. This includes TDD, party wall matters, dilapidations commercial surveys and more.

Joining our Built Asset Solutions team, you'll benefit from autonomy and flexibility; with freedom to pursue leads, identify opportunities and bring new ideas to the table. You'll be encouraged to achieve personal and professional career goals, with our consultative career development frameworks, created to ensure your development is prioritised, approached and managed in a way that works for you.

As a senior building surveyor, your core responsibilities will include:

• Customer relationship management, including developing, growing and maintaining positive relationships with new and existing customers
• Delivery of multi-disciplinary building surveying services to high standards ensuring customer requirements are met
• Working collaboratively to support delivery of built asset solutions, and Gleeds business objectives
• Managing building projects from feasibility through to design, contract administration to handover and post completion reviews
• Mentoring and coaching direct reports and colleagues where appropriate to support both personal, professional and technical development
• Managing services and fees to optimise revenue and profitability
• Actively identify new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit activities

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• A company car allowance
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Holiday buy & sell scheme (buy up to 10 additional days annually)
• Annual RICS subscription payment
• Enhanced 39 week paid maternity leave benefit
• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• Health & wellbeing benefits
• Exclusive corporate partnership offers and discounts
• Hybrid working & flexible working arrangements
• A contributory pension scheme

Who we’re looking for:

Experience, Knowledge, And Skills

• Sound Building Surveying experience post MRICS qualification
• Practical experience delivering professional building surveying services
• Practical experience in design, specification writing and acting as contract administrator on JCT suite of contracts
• Thorough knowledge of construction methods, materials, procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
• Excellent communication, organisational, problem solving, information processing and negotiation skills
• Ability to adapt, plan, and manage people, working as part of a team or as a team leader

Qualifications

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

About us

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.