Senior Building Surveyor

Gleeds Corporate Services Ltd; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Gleeds as a Senior Building Surveyor in New York, where you will lead diverse surveying projects and engage with clients across sectors. This role offers you the chance to shape environments while advancing your career within a committed and innovative team. Enjoy a work culture dedicated to personal growth, quality relationships, and a balanced life.

Benefits

Opportunities to develop and grow your career

A contributory pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Sound Building Surveying experience post MRICS qualification.
• Good knowledge of construction methods and materials.
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contracts Administrator.

Responsibilities

• Managing building surveying commissions including surveys and construction projects.
• Quality monitoring of construction projects.
• Mentoring and coaching employees.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving skills

Negotiating skills

Financial management skills

ICT skills

Education

MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

Tools

MS Outlook

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

About The Role

About this opportunity

Join Our Team as a Senior Building Surveyor – Manchester

Are you an experienced Building Surveyor ready to advance your career? We’re looking for a Building Surveyor up to Senior level to join our dynamic team in Manchester, delivering impactful projects across a diverse portfolio of public and private sector clients throughout the North of England.

In this senior role, you’ll take the lead on managing a variety of building surveying commissions—ranging from detailed surveys, dilapidation assessments, and party wall advice to overseeing construction projects including new builds, renovations, and ongoing maintenance works.

If you’re passionate about shaping built environments and eager to work on exciting, varied projects, we’d love to hear from you!

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Supporting business unit directors in delivering business objectives
• Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing, and maintaining customer relationships
• Delivering high quality services and ensuring that building surveying deliverables meet customer’s requirements
• Managing projects to deliver high quality services and deliverables in accordance with business procedures
• Managing building surveying commissions, including surveys, dilapidation advice, party wall advice, and construction projects for new builds, renovations and maintenance works – from feasibility through to design, contract administration to handover and post completion reviews
• Quality monitoring of construction projects
• Planning service delivery in conjunction with the Director with overall responsibility for the project;
• Agreeing with the director and client the right sub-consultants to assist with delivery of a commission. Following the approved procedures for appointing Sub-Consultants
• Communicating with and providing good sound professional advice to both clients and other project team members
• Ensuring that all quantitative and financial information has been independently checked before issue, including maintaining evidence of independent checks
• Remaining in the remit of your role and when additional responsibilities need to be carried out, conduct this in a fully informed manner with the approval of your line manager
• Producing and presenting to customers
• Mentoring and coaching employees to their full potential
• Preparing bids for services
• Managing services delivery for profit
• Advising directors promptly of any issues that have arisen, or that might arise, on projects; in particular those that might impact on Gleeds professional indemnity (PI) insurance
• Identifying new business development opportunities and driving growth across the Business Unit activities

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

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Our Global Travel Scholarship Programme
• Flexible working arrangements

About You

Who we’re looking for:

Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills

• Sound Building Surveying experience post MRICS qualification;
• Sound knowledge and practical experience of delivery of building surveying tasks;
• Cohesive knowledge of construction methods and materials;
• Thorough knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies;
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contracts Administrator and Employers Agent;
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts;
• Clear and effective communication skills – both oral and written;
• Good organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changes;
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills;
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily;
• Sound ICT Skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Ability to work as part of a team and lead teams.

Qualifications

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

About Us

About us

A world of opportunity

Gleeds is a place to be part of something bigger. We take pride in our diverse and supportive culture that empowers you to make a difference while creating connections with brilliant people – colleagues and clients alike. Enjoy doing work that shapes our collective future, while steering your own journey in a trusting environment. Benefit from our rich heritage and global opportunities as you construct a career with purpose.

With over 75 offices across the globe, you’ll become part of a truly global team that isn’t restricted by borders. We welcome new perspectives and ideas but above all, we believe that quality relationships sit at the heart of good business. We strive to be the people that seek to understand and bring people together. Wherever we are in the world, we’re committed to the success of our people, clients and communities – giving everyone a safer and more sustainable place to live, work and thrive.

Our values underpin what we stand for and how we work:

• Professionalism with personality
• Excellence with humility
• Innovation with agility
  
  

We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications regardless of age, disability, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status or gender.

We recognise the importance of work/life balance and agree flexible working arrangements to suit each individual.

Gleeds is a Great Place to Work certified employer.