Building Surveyor - Orpington, United Kingdom - calfordseaden

calfordseaden

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Orpington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

calfordseaden is a leading multi-disciplined construction and property consultancy. We 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.
A Surveyor or Senior Building Surveyor, with relevant degree, to work as part of a Group. To lead on Project Co-ordinating, Contract Administration and performing general Surveying duties across a range of projects and clients.

Duties

Receiving Client instructions and agreeing fee proposals for various projects and professional surveying instructions
Surveying and reporting on residential, commercial and education properties.
Acting as Lead Consultant for refurbishment and new build projects for public and private clients in different sectors including residential, commercial and education. Includes briefing Clients, design, coordinating consultants, specifying, cost advice, tendering, drafting contractual documents and contract administration.
This is a Client facing role and will include chairing meetings, presentations, resident meetings and the like. There may be a requirement to attend out of hours meetings from time to time e.g. resident and leaseholder stakeholder meetings.
Experience of JCT contracts (both Contract Administration and Employer's Agent roles), Party Wall and building pathology / defects diagnosis essential.
Ability to use AutoCAD preferable.

Person specification

Good oral and written communication, professional report writing, client facing, so good personal presentation, able to negotiate difficult situations, organised, able to prioritise, be able to work under own initiative and also as part of a team, role will include an element of mentoring junior staff, the role will require you to drive between sites so need to have access to own vehicle and a clean driving licence.

Our Vision:

To be identified as a trusted client advisor; national in reach, local in service and selected for our quality and expertise in the built environment

Our values, which are:

Collaboration - being one team and supporting each other to achieve the best results and maximise our potential

Being Yourself - being true to ourselves and other and celebrating differences

Social Value - recognizing and embracing the need for our work to have a positive social impact

Excellence - Striving to be up with the best and at the forefront of what we do

Support - providing investment, encouragement and support to bring out the best in our people

Integrity - being honest and doing the right thing

are integral to everything we do and are reflective of our interaction with each other, our clients, our wider stakeholders and how we approach our work and present ourselves.

Our brilliant team consists of individuals who are willing to go the extra mile to deliver the best results and are ultimately why our clients choose to work with us time and time again.

Wellbeing and Inclusion are at the forefront of our people strategy, and we are now happy to offer hybrid working on 95% of our roles and have recently committed to enhanced Family Leave schemes (after a qualifying period).

We also invest heavily in Leadership and Management Development and Female Leadership Programmes.

We are passionate about encouraging more diversity within the construction industry and are looking at apprenticeship and schools outreach programmes as part of our strategy.

If you are aligned to our values and are a talented and commercially minded
Building Surveyor, please apply, or if this job isn't quite right for you but you would like to start or progress a career within construction consultancy, please send us your CV for one of our future roles.

Training and Development
The Practice is keen to assist individuals in developing work related professional interests. The Practice takes training seriously, providing practical and financial assistance to all personnel.

Calfordseaden is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to and support the principles of equality of opportunity in employment, training and service delivery.

Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006: List of Documents

The Practice is required under this Act to ensure that all Employees have the right to work in the UK and the right to do the work offered.

At interview all potential Employees must provide one of the original documents set out in List A or two of the original documents in the combinations given in List B (Please see Supporting Document 1).

It is not necessary to produce documents from both lists.

Photocopies of documents provided will be retained on the successful applicant's file.