About the job
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join our dynamic team of professionals as a Graduate Building Surveyor, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering a comprehensive array of Building Surveying services across diverse commercial properties. Our unique program emphasizes early and ongoing client engagement, allowing you to forge valuable relationships and gain confidence in practical environments from day one.
We offer a singular pathway:
- A 24-month program designed to guide you through the completion of your APC, leading to chartered Surveyor status.
This is a full-time position that includes hands-on training along with opportunities to attend external events and forums.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As a Building Surveyor, you will collaborate with an experienced team to handle a wide spectrum of building surveying mandates across various commercial properties such as offices, retail spaces, and industrial sites.
Tasks are typically divided between professional and contract work, with a focus on existing buildings that often involve landlord or tenant considerations. Contract projects can vary from £10,000 to £2.5 million, where you may serve as a designer, contract administrator, project manager, or a combination of these roles. Additionally, you will manage multi-disciplinary teams for projects typically ranging from £2.5 million to £20 million. Our workload consists of approximately equal parts property management tasks and client engagements without a management brief.
Your clients will primarily include large institutional firms and property companies such as Threadneedle, BlackRock, CBRE Global Investors, Goodman, Hansteen, Hammerson, Hermes, Intu, and Land Securities.
While we have an internal CAD team for drawing tasks, we strive to provide our building surveyors with a well-rounded experience, as we believe that the best surveyors are those with diverse skills.
Duties will encompass:
- Professional tasks including Schedule of Dilapidations, pre-acquisition surveys, party wall awards, defect diagnosis, planned preventative maintenance reports, reinstatement cost assessments, retail delivery, and schedule of conditions.
