Building Surveying - Colchester, Essex

About the role

Our client is a growing and dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across the majority of industry sectors including commercial, health, education, defence, residential and community.

Services include architecture, building surveying, building services engineering, planning, interior design, sustainability, civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying, project management, CDM and health and safety services.

With offices nationwide, the plan is to open further sites in the future to develop the national service.

A day at work

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

- We are progressive

- We collaborate

- We support

- We take ownership

You can expect

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working we understand a work life balance helps us all.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.
• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Professional membership support
• Family policies
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)
• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)
• Death in service benefit.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).
• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee working groups

The Role:

We are currently recruiting a Graduate Building Surveyor/ Project Manager to join our Building Surveying and Project Management Team in our Colchester office.

The role will assist the team provide an efficient and effective Building Surveying and Project Management service to the Practice, and its clients. The role will provide an opportunity to help across both project-based Building Surveying and Project Management services, and will include preparing project documentation, undertaking surveys, design and specification, contract administration, monitoring construction works, and project management.

Our Building Surveying and Project Management team has varying levels and types of experience. The team undertakes a mixture of work for Public Sector, Military, Police, Fire, Lifeboat, Education, Residential, Commercial, Health, and Arts / Culture clients.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will

• Undertake surveys (including measured surveys) of buildings during the initial stages of construction projects refurbishment, maintenance, extension and new build.
• Preparing project documentation, for example the project execution plan, project programme, risk register, and the project directory.
• Work alongside and coordinating the input of other consultants working on a project whether internal or external. For example, mechanical and electrical engineers.
• Prepare specifications and documents to enable projects to be tendered and to gain accurate costs from contractors.
• Assist in preparation of any necessary building regulation or planning applications and monitor and deal with as necessary through discussions with the necessary authorities.
• Draw, design and specify varying sizes of projects.
• Assess tenders and make recommendations to clients.
• Chair and minute Project Progress Meetings.
• Undertake and record inspections of construction works.
• Control expenditure and ensure that schemes are completed within budget/on time.
• Ensure designs and specifications are checked and meet the highest level of accuracy and quality.
• Learn and utilise AutoCAD and Revit design computer-based packages.
• Learn and use NBS (National Building Specification) computer-based package, resulting in the ability to prepare specifications and documents to enable projects to be tendered and to gain accurate costs from contractors.
• Prepare Schedule of Works, Preliminaries, Cost Summaries, and other documents that can be used as tender documentation for Building Surveying projects.
• To learn process and gain thorough understanding of Building Regulations.
• Assist Project Managers on projects by attending site for Project Progress Meetings.
• Learn from Building Surveyors how to understand and clearly define clients expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress on projects and make them aware of technical and financial implications.
• Administer the construction contract, ensuring that acceptable quality standards of workmanship and performance are achieved.
• Check contractors valuations and authorise payments accordingly under the supervision of the Senior Building Surveyor.
• Learn how expenditure is controlled and how to ensure that schemes are completed within budget and on time.
• Understand how final accounts are agreed with Contractors.
• Be aware of reasons why specialist consultants may need to be appointed.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes

• Degree in Building Surveying.
• Well-developed skills in the areas of design and specification, contract administration, and project management.
• Skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial
• Well-organised, good communication skills, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially aware.
• Full driving license.