MRICS Building Surveyor

Our client is a leading practice of Chartered Surveyors and Consultants; they are looking for an experienced Building Surveyor - ideally qualified with RICS or MRICS and a minimum five years relevant post-qualification working experience. The successful candidate will become a key person to work alongside current Senior Surveyors to successfully deliver a high quality service to clients and provide support and guidance to less senior surveyors. You should have attention to detail and provide work with high standards of presentation and must be able to use their own initiative and common sense to apply their skills to a range of instruction and client types.

Workload will include a full range of project and professional duties working for both private and public sector clients. Workload will include Fire Risk Assessment related building surveying, fund monitoring, defect reports and usual building surveying project works including preparing tender documents and Post Contract Administrator roles.

The successful candidate must also be a competent user of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook. It is essential that the successful candidate understands the administrative requirements of the JCT Intermediate and JCT Design and Build contracts.

The successful candidate should ideally also have a good understanding of construction and building pathology, and should be capable of using dictation to record information from site and must be able to clearly and effectively write reports.

AutoCAD experience is not essential, but would be advantageous.

Essential skills are as follows:

• Site surveys and reporting (Schedules of Condition, Defect Diagnosis, etc.)
• Condition survey reports
• Preparing tender documents for refurbishment and alteration works. Preparing specifications and schedules
• Feasibility estimates
• Contract Administrator duties
• Employer s Agent duties
• Fire Risk Assessments and related building surveying advice for mainly residential blocks and educational buildings

Preferred skills, for which training and guidance can be given where experience is currently limited, are as follows:-

• Building Surveyor Expert Witness experience (i.e. disrepair and workmanship cases)
• Building survey/Acquisition reports (non-residential)
• Party Wall Surveying
• Dilapidations & licence to alteration advice
• Principal Designer duties under the CDM Regs 2015

Desirable additional skills are as follows:

• AutoCAD Architecture 2010 or newer
• Preparing plans and Building Control applications
• Preparing/arranging detailed technical drawings using AutoCAD for typical building surveys & design
• Able to use Microsoft Project
• Sustainability related advice, possibly including BREEAM qualifications, EPC experience

Sector Types

• Private Sector residential, education, office, industrial and some retail
• Public Sector corporate/office, residential, education and healthcare

Interview Stages

Some candidates will be asked to take part in an initial telephone interview before receiving an invitation to attend in person. The interview format will usually comprise of a combined two stage process.

Employment Basis

• Permanent full time, with a 6 months probationary period
• 22 days holiday plus 3 to 4 additional days at Christmas (in addition to public holidays)
• Up to three additional days holiday entitlement in subsequent continuous years worked
• Business travel expenses paid (mileage £0.45 per mile)
• RICS subscription fees paid
• Workplace pension offered

Other requirements

• Driving licence and car essential with business use insurance
• Must be a team player as well as a strong team leader
• Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK