Chartered Building Surveyor

Chartered Building Surveyor

Nottingham

Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working

About this opportunity

We're searching for a chartered building surveyor to join our Nottingham office as a member of our new national multi-disciplinary service. This is an opportunity for a qualified building surveyor to work with iconic estates and a diverse range of clients across multiple sectors.

Joining us you will be a key member of a new offering at the start of a significant phase of development, collaborating with over 120 members of the service nationally to deliver a range of projects & instructions to support clients with their portfolios & estates.

You'll work independently as key client contact for local & regional work. You'll also work as part of a multi-disciplinary team on national frameworks and contracts with public & private sector clients. Key work delivery will include:

• Design, specification & contract administration & project management of refurbishment & fit-out projects
• Professional surveys & reports including, conditions, full building surveys, specific defect analysis & dilapidations

Alongside your delivery focuses, you'll have the opportunity to:

• Take on management of junior team members and support with their development.
• Establish successful relationships with key clients, stakeholders, contractors & consultants
• Network, identify & develop business leads
• Progress & develop your career, with clearly defined, structured career pathways
• Visit iconic locations & landmarks in the UK, with potential to work on international instructions

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
• Preparing and managing planned maintenance programmes
• Quality monitoring of construction projects
• Planning service delivery in conjunction with the Director with overall responsibility for the project
• 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
• Managing service 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
• Flexible working arrangements

Who we’re looking for:

Experience, Knowledge and Key Skills

• Sound Building Surveying experience
• Sound knowledge of construction methods and materials
• Good knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contract 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
• Sound 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

Qualifications

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