Chartered Building Surveyor

Job Title: Chartered Building Surveyor

Location: RLB Wokingham Office

Department Overview

Our dedicated Building Surveying Team at RLB proactively manage and undertake surveys, formulate designs and specifications, administrate projects and programmes plus various other bespoke services to ensure our clients estate remains well maintained and achieves its full potential. We additionally provide extensive commercial services which include Dilapidations, Lease Advice and Pre-acquisition surveys. We pride ourselves on the quality of our service to our clients and enjoy long term relationships them.

We are a sector focused business actively operating and investing in Commercial, Residential, Education, Sports, Nuclear and Retail clients and projects. Surveyors work in close contact with the client, advising them on legal and financial matters that arise during the project.

Overview Of Role

We are currently recruiting a Building Surveyor to join a client focused team within our office. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated candidate to join and strengthen our team, providing all core surveying services on a number of interesting areas of property

Key Responsibilities

• To ensure business objectives of delivering value for money in all circumstances
• To carry out assigned duties efficiently and in accordance with processes and procedures
• Comply with established procurement/commercial/contractual strategies
• To comply with Environmental, Health, Safety, Security and Quality Standards
  
  

Professional Skills

• Project Management
• Contract Administrator & Employer’s Agent
• Design & specification writing
• Pre-acquisition surveys
• Quadrennial surveys on listed buildings
• PPM and asset condition schedules
• Quality& Technical Monitoring
• Bank/Fund Monitoring
• Defects Diagnosis
• Dilapidations
• Measured Surveys
• Party Wall Awards
• Principal Designer
  
  

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive proactive approach to the role, and will be delivering customer service excellence, with good commercial results.

• Degree qualified in Building Surveying or similar technical discipline
• CDM / Health & Safety exposure
• Strong technical delivery experience
• MRICS or membership of other relevant professional body
• Ability to successfully manage complex projects in a proactive and diligent manner
• Excellent specification writing skills
• Good knowledge of JCT Contracts
• Track record in project management of projects from inception to completion
• Evidence of working with multiple stakeholders
• Client facing, ensuring a high standard of technical delivery
• Able to build long-term relationships
• Previously employed by a consultancy
• Experience working with teams and managing projects by prioritising workloads and delivering deadlines
  
  

RLB will provide you with a flexible, friendly and creative environment in one of our UK offices to develop your skills and challenge yourself. We will encourage you to innovate, collaborate and build a meaningful career. Our strong network of people and knowledge will help expand your horizons and give you access to a variety of interesting projects across the UK and potentially further afield.

Our employees are rewarded with generous salaries, opportunities to purchase shares in the business and many other benefits including: 28 days holiday + bank holidays (option to purchase up to 5 extra days per year), Company pension scheme, Life Assurance, Bicycle Purchase Scheme, Health Screening, Employee Assistance Programme, Dental Cover, Professional Memberships plus many more benefits.

At RLB, our aim is to create and enhance an inclusive workplace culture where diversity is not only accepted but valued and built into our company culture, creating opportunity for all. In order to support this, we recognise the importance of flexible and agile working and are open to having conversations on how this could work for you and our business from day one.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you during any stage of the application or interview process, please contact our recruitment team at: [email protected]