We are looking for a Sussex based, exceptional and experienced Building Surveyor to become an integral part of the team, providing leadership and encouraging the development of other colleagues and surveyors.
Reporting to the senior management team, you will directly influence colleague engagement and fulfilment and thereby increase productivity and client satisfaction, which are at the heart of the company.
Employee benefits package: training, company pension contribution, employee recognition/reward scheme, team building events, cycle to work scheme, free eye test voucher, Employee Assistance, community activities. Statutory annual leave allowance, and bank holidays, during the first two years of service however, increasing to 25 days annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays) upon completion of two years’ service. An additional day annual leave during the week of your birthday. Support with training, CPD and career development.
Experience required:
- Experience in CAD drawings preferable.
- Design capability.
- Practise in local authority applications and approval, including to Heritage properties.
- Experienced and able to undertake schedules of dilapidations on residential and commercial properties.
- Experienced and able to undertake schedules of condition, level 2 and level 3 building surveys etc on residential properties and commercial building surveys.
- Sufficiently competent to act as the building owner’s and adjoining owner’s surveyor in regards to party wall matters.
- Able to undertake preparation of specifications and contract administration work and to act as the principal designer under CDM 2015 regulations.
- Able to undertake defect investigation reports.
- Able to undertake and sign off insurance reinstatement cost assessments.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Preparation of Condition Surveys and Specifications of Works
- Building pathology inspections and reports
- Submitting of applications for listed building consent, planning approval and building regulation approval.
- Professional work including; Party Wall Awards, Schedule of Dilapidations, Building Surveys
- Preparation of costed planned preventative maintenance schedules
- Being responsible for the Supervision of Works and acting as the Contract Administrator and Principal Designer
- Certifying the payment of monies to contractors for completed works
- Issuing relevant Legal Notices including lessee consultation procedures relating to proposed works and dealing with enquiries raised
- Preparation of Reinstatement Cost Assessment Valuations and liaising with the insurers accordingly
- Dealing with general day-to-day correspondence and telephone calls
- Maintaining property and tenant/lessee/client records on the office system
- To be responsible for some Building Surveying work in connection with Property Management
- To form contacts and links to other fields of work, or a passion to work towards, bringing in new business
- Reporting – report to senior management team regularly regarding any issues or concerns.
Please send your application through for review, initial interview will be taken by phone with AMI Consulting prior to your CV being submitted to the client.