Senior Surveyor / Associate - Telecoms

Build the world you want to live in with a career in the infrastructure property sector. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic property professional at Senior Surveyor or Associate Surveyor to join our class-leading Telecoms team. Your location can be flexible, as we support agile working, but to best serve our clients and support you in your development, the role will be based from one of our Infrastructure offices in Edinburgh, Leeds, Warrington, Birmingham, Winchester, Bristol, West Malling, or London.

You will be advising and acting on behalf of land and property owners across the UK in complex and often contentious matters, across a range of site and asset types. Working as part of a small, but highly experienced technical team, this is a perfect opportunity to further develop your career as a property specialist in the Telecoms sector. Experience the benefits of working at the heart of a small and established team in our Infrastructure division, supported by the cross-disciplinary expertise of our Rural, Commercial, Planning & Development, and Residential divisions.

The consultancy we provide from the Telecoms team is grounded from understanding our client’s needs and objectives, along with unparalleled knowledge and experience in telecoms property and portfolio management, which helps promote personal and professional development.

A typical working day might involve dealing with matters such as:

• Negotiating Code agreements
• Advising on development schemes and termination strategy
• Rent reviews
• Managing portfolio access issues
• Attending inspections
• Assisting with valuation advice or expert reports

You will have the opportunity to create and develop your own client base, or specialism by area or interest. Maintaining and developing relationships with clients, solicitors and colleagues is essential, and you will be encouraged to explore opportunities to build on this.

We offer a highly competitive salary package which includes a fantastic benefits package including a variety of flexible benefits allowing you to choose those that suit your personal circumstances including purchasing additional leave, health cash plans, cycle to work scheme and so on! In addition, we welcome applications from those seeking flexible or agile working arrangements and can be discussed at the application stage.

What will it take to be successful? Ideally you will be a member of RICS, or a RICS Registered Valuer (or the willingness to be) with experience in a general practice, infrastructure, planning & development, or commercial property surveying role, with extensive PQE experience of telecoms property. You will have a client and business focussed approach to delivering “best in class” advice which focusses on quality, over quantity.

You must also be able to demonstrate you have a good working knowledge of the Electronic Communications Code, the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, valuation principles and approaches, and other relevant property law and market practices. The ability to maintain accurate records, including timesheets is essential, as is managing your own caseload of instructions. Understanding the importance of key financial metrics and performance around “work in progress”, invoicing, debt, and generating new work within a small profit centre is critical.

Working with Microsoft Word and Excel daily, you will be able to prepare and format reports, financial records, inspection surveys and other documents clearly and professionally. A calm and clear communication style, organisation, and prioritisation is key as the role demands a significant amount of engagement with clients as well as agents. As there is a certain amount of travel involved in the role, a full driving licence is essential.

If you feel you have some of the qualities we are looking for and would like to ask questions about the role, we would like to hear from you. We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, with the Investors in People Gold accreditation, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

Our values: Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm.

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital
• Employee Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity- Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.