Building Surveyor / Senior Building Surveyor

Currie & Brown is looking for a chartered building surveyor / senior building surveyor to join our Liverpool office. The successful candidate will form part of a team covering all aspects of professional and project‑related building surveying across the private and public sector. The role involves supporting project leaders in delivering high‑standard service, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, and capturing and sharing knowledge across projects. You will assist in the management of client and project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time to a wide range of clients. The role covers the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration, building surveys and dilapidations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion.
• Maintain effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaise with other managers to ensure efficient financial control.
• Assist with managing client/project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time.
• Visit sites to undertake surveys, visit construction sites, meet with sub‑contractors, contractors, clients and other staff as required to deliver projects.
• Deliver work outputs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Represent the company in a professional and diligent manner, meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong and long‑lasting working relationships.

Qualifications

• BSc in building surveying or equivalent.
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) – beneficial.
• Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external).
• Proficient in AutoCAD and NBS – beneficial.
• Experience in higher education, local government and healthcare sectors – beneficial.
• Significant exposure to, and good working relations with, private and public sector clients – beneficial.
• Well‑developed skills in surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance.
• Well‑organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well‑disciplined and commercially astute.
• A team player with a ‘can‑do’ attitude.
• Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and clients alike.
• Good IT skills (AutoCAD, NBS, MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excel and other bespoke software).