Senior Chartered Building Surveyor

Gateley Plc; Guildford; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Learn platform access

My Flex rewards package

Cycle to work / health and wellbeing

Job summary

Gateley plc is seeking a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor to support the Regional Manager/Technical Director and lead a team within authority. You will inspect and advise on design, construction and refurbishment, manage your team, mentor APC candidates and liaise with HR and department heads.

You will undertake large value projects, apply health and safety and regulatory standards, promote the Gateley Smithers Purslow brand, and develop client relationships across Gateley Built Environment.

Qualifications

• MRICS qualification with current status and relevant professional registration.
• Experience in consulting engineering, surveying, architectural and planning practices.
• Defect diagnosis and report writing experience.
• Insurance repair project experience preferred.
• Negotiation, supervisory and leadership experience required.
• Experience in working to deadlines and budgets on large-scale projects.
• Knowledge of CDM Regs 2015, Party Wall and Building Regulation legislation.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Inspect and advise on design, construction, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of buildings and sites.
• Day to day management of the assigned team.
• Liaise with department head and HR on trends and team matters.
• Mentoring APC candidates to promote knowledge and understanding.
• Undertake surveys, prepare reports, schedules of works and specifications.
• Design and oversee works using recognised contracts and current standards.
• Manage large value projects independently with sound knowledge of professional consultancy services.
• Apply health and safety, party wall, building regulation and planning requirements.
• Promote Gateley Smithers Purslow services to secure projects and client relationships.
• Adhere to company procedures and Health & Safety regulations.

Skills

MRICS Qualified

Defect Diagnosis

Report Writing

Negotiation & Leadership

Communication Skills

Deadlines & Budgets

CDM Regs 2015 Awareness

Job description

The role

The Senior Chartered Building Surveyor is expected to support the Regional Manager / Technical Director and is responsible for handling projects within own level of authority. The Senior Chartered Building Surveyor is also expected to provide management, training and guidance support to their assigned team members.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Inspect and provide advice on the design, construction, maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of all types of buildings and sites.
• Day to day management of their assigned team members.
• Liaise with their department head and HR to highlight any key trends within their own team.
• Liaise with HR on team matters.
• Mentoring support for new starters within your team.
• Inspections to involve acquisition surveys, condition reports, measured surveys and defect investigations.
• To prepare reports, schedule of works and works specifications.
• To design and oversee works using recognised building contracts and to current technical standards.
• Undertake large value projects independently with sound knowledge on all aspects of professional consultancy services.
• To understand and apply other relevant legislation such as health and safety, party wall, building regulations and planning.
• To play an active part in promoting the company’s services to secure projects and promote the Gateley Smithers Purslow brand.
• To provide supervision and support to APC candidates to promote knowledge and understanding.
• At all times to comply with the requirements of the Company’s administrative, personnel procedures and Health & Safety regulations.

The team

Gateley Smithers Purslow is part of Gateley Built Environment, a multidisciplinary consultancy made up of four established specialist businesses: Gateley Hamer, Gateley RJA, Gateley Smithers Purslow and Gateley Vinden.

Together, we bring more than 600 property specialists together with the property and construction lawyers in Gateley Legal. This gives our clients access to connected expertise across the full property lifecycle, from strategy, funding and development through to occupation, long-term asset management and exit.

For our people, it means being part of a specialist business with its own established identity and close-knit culture, while benefiting from the range, scale and career opportunities available across Gateley Built Environment and Gateley plc. You will have opportunities to work on varied projects, collaborate with experts across different disciplines and build a long-term career within the wider group.

The person

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• MRICS Qualified.
• Experience and extensive working knowledge of consulting engineering, surveying, architectural & planning practices and procedures supported by an awareness of the latest statutory requirements and technical publications.
• Experience in Defect Diagnosis and report writing.
• Insurance repair project experience preferred.
• Experience in negotiation, supervisory and leadership roles.
• Experience in working to deadlines and within budgets on large scale projects.
• Experience and understanding of CDM Regs 2015, Party Wall and Building Regulation legislation.
• Sound mathematical, scientific and IT skills and the ability to think methodically to problem solve.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Flexible and Variable Attitude to work type.

The benefits

• With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty.
• We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
• In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career.
• Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent).
• Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.

We are Gateley

We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.

The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.

Diversity, inclusion and well being

Diversity, inclusion and well being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.

We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.

We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.

Additional Information

If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.