Building Surveyor - Newcastle

Chartered Building Surveyor 

Built Asset Solutions | Newcastle

Permanent | Full-time | Hybrid working

About this opportunity

Join an established multi-disciplinary team innovating building consultancy through a fresh approach.

We're searching for a chartered building surveyor to join our successful Newcastle Building Surveying team as capabilities and commissions expand across our new Built Asset Solutions service.

You'll join a team of 15 comprising building surveyors and building services design engineers in our Newcastle office providing specialist surveying and project management services to clients in the North East of England. 

Joining us in this role, you will be a key member of our new built asset solutions service line, a national division of 110 consultants working collaboratively to provide comprehensive built asset consultancy services to client organisations nationwide.

Working closely with senior and junior team members, you will be responsible for managing building surveying commissions, including surveys, dilapidation advice, party wall advice, and construction projects for new builds, renovations and maintenance works.

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
• Providing good sound professional advice to both clients and other project team members
• Producing and presenting to customers

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

• Experience delivering building surveying services independently or with minimal supervision
• Sound knowledge of construction methods and materials
• Good knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contracts 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
• Ability to work as part of a team

Qualifications

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) OR 
• MCIOB (Member of the Chartered Institute of Building)