Position: Chartered Senior/Associate Building Surveyor

Location: London/Orpington

Salary: £80,000 + benefits and bonus

I am searching for a an experienced and highly capable Senior/Associate Chartered Building Surveyor to join our multi-disciplinary practice. With an extensive and diverse range of experience, you will lead on Project co-ordination, contract administration and perform general Surveying duties across a range of projects and clients.

They provide a definitive range of services to the UK building and construction industry covering civil & structural engineering, building & quantity surveying, clerk of works, project management, employers agent, architecture, mechanical & electrical engineering, sustainability, building information modelling, development monitoring, expert witness, rights of light, party wall and health & safety.

Main Responsibilities:

• Receiving Client instructions and agreeing fee proposals for various projects and professional surveying instructions in conjunction with group leaders.

• Surveying and reporting on both commercial and residential properties. This includes building surveys, defect investigation reports, schedules of conditions and planned maintenance surveys

• Dilapidations, including surveys, preparation of schedules and negotiating settlements.

• Party wall matters including advising Clients, serving Party Wall Notices, recording schedules of condition and agreeing and publishing awards.

• Acting as Lead Consultant for various refurbishment projects of both commercial and residential properties. Includes briefing clients, design, coordinating consultants, local authority consultants, specifying, cost advice, tendering, drafting contractual documents ad contract administration.

• Acting as Project Manager, Project Co-Ordinator or Employer's Agent for commercial projects with varying degrees of involvement, including agreeing terms for consultant appointments, advising and preparing contractual documentation, cost advice and general coordination of project teams performance.

• Any other reasonable duties that may be relevant to this post.

Person specification:

• Demonstrate good oral, written communication and personal presentation as the role is client facing and you will be required to give presentations, chair meetings and prepare professionally written reports to a high standard.

• You will need to demonstrate your resilience as this position attracts a high volume of work and at times, can be a pressured environment.
• Be organised and prioritise own workload to meet tight deadlines.

• You will need to manage client expectations skilfully and bring solutions to challenging situations.

• Be able to work under own initiative and also as part of a team.

• The role will include an element of mentoring junior staff.

• You will be required to drive between sites so need to have access to own vehicle and a clean driving licence.

• Ideally, you will be Chartered or commensurate experience and capability and be studying towards or willing to study towards RICS Chartership

Apply:

Please make your enquiries in the strictest confidence to Chris Kilkenny, by emailing c.kilkenny@capstone-recruitment.com or calling 07494368638

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