Senior Building Surveyor

Kier Group plc; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm is seeking a Senior Building Surveyor to join their team in Cambridge. This role involves delivering building surveying services, managing projects, and advising clients on a range of regulatory issues. Ideal candidates will have a degree in building surveying, chartered status, and significant experience across various sectors. A competitive salary of £45,000 - £50,000 per year plus benefits is offered.

Benefits

Wide variety of benefits

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Minimum of HNC/HND or RICS accredited degree in building surveying.
• Chartered status in RICS or CIOB required.
• Extensive experience in building surveying across public and private sectors.

Responsibilities

• Undertaking surveys of sites and existing buildings.
• Project managing the delivery of solutions for clients.
• Supporting procurement processes and contract administration.

Skills

Building surveying

Project management

Client relationship management

Education

Degree level qualification in building surveying

Chartered status through full membership of RICS or CIOB

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Building Surveyor, based in Cambridge, Gerrards Cross, Lincoln or Nottingham, to join our Kier Design business in providing design and professional services across a range of sectors, which include the built environment, for public and private sector clients.

Location

Location: Cambridge, Gerrards Cross, Lincoln or Nottingham

Hours

Hours: 37.5 hours per week - some flexibility on hours available if desired, just let us know when you speak to us

Salary

Salary: £45,000 - £50,000 per year + benefits

What will you be responsible for?

As Senior Building Surveyor you will be working within our Architecture & Building Consultancy team, delivering building surveying services to public and private sector clients. These services will typically include carrying out surveys of existing buildings, providing reports to clients as to their general condition, advising on repair and maintenance and / or scope for improvement, development or demolition. Advising clients regarding the condition of existing buildings and related matters including health & safety, environment / sustainability, planning, building regulations and other relevant regulatory issues and supporting clients with regard to the delivery of solutions within the scope of building Surveying services. You will travel to undertake surveys, carry out site inspections, meet with clients and colleagues as required, which may be in varied locations across the UK.

Your day to day will include:

• Undertaking surveys of sites and/orexisting buildings, developing feasibility / options studies, designing and specifying solutions that might include maintenance, repair, refurbishment, remodelling, restoration, extension or demolition works
• Supporting clients with the procurement of contractors taking on maintenance, repair,refurbishment, remodelling, restoration, extension or demolition works
• Project managing thedelivery of solutions for clients, including the administration of construction contracts
• Commencing quality assurance checks on the work of colleagues,supporting colleagues (including guiding and mentoring more junior Building Surveyors) and supervising the delivery of building surveying services on a larger scale
• Supporting work winning and business development by maintaining and developing positive relationships with existing clients, promoting client feedback, identifying potential new clients and contributing to the development of fee proposals and tender responses

What are we looking for?

This role of Senior Building Surveyor is great for you if:

• You have a Degree level qualification (minimum HNC / HND) in a discipline relevant to building surveying or a Degree level qualification accredited by RICS and suitable for the sector pathway for building surveying or a RICS accredited post-graduate conversion qualification, again suitable for RICS' sector pathway for building surveying
• Hold Chartered status through full membership of RICS, through the sector pathway for Building Surveying, or full membership of CIOB
• Demonstrate an extensive body of knowledge and experience as a building surveying practitioner covering a range of building types and sectors, ideally drawn from both the public and private sectors, and good familiarity with procurement processes, especially within the public sector, and contract administration with regard to JCT and NEC forms of contract.

Rewards and benefits

We\'re proud to be able to offer our brilliant people a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion initiatives and our people have made a huge impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies.

We look forward to seeing your application to join the #constructionrevolution #joinkier