Graduate Building Surveyor - Cambridge (Immediate start)

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We have an opportunity in Cambridge for a Building Surveying graduate to work within our surveying team, to help provide a range of building surveying services to our clients in the UK and around the world. AECOM provides building surveying services to Clients in both the public and private sector, and to organisations in all areas of the Construction Industry including:

• Commercial – condition surveys, refurbishments
• Manufacturing, Industrial and Automotive facilities for Clients such as Rolls Royce, BMW and Jaguar Land Rover
• Education establishments including schools, academies and universities
• Leisure and Culture projects such as theatres, concerts halls and museums
• Defence projects throughout the UK

Here’s what you’ll do:

Project Based (Design) Work:

You will have the chance to be involved in all stages of a project. From initial project definition and brief, design and specification, through to procurement, construction and building use, you will have an opportunity to work with a wide variety of clients including some very high profile names, often working alongside other construction professionals in multi-disciplinary teams. We believe that actually doing the work itself gives the best opportunity to learn, so you can expect to be given responsibility, and will need to be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, all whilst receiving the guidance and support to allow you to develop.

Professional Based Work:

You will be given the opportunity to undertake schedules of condition, dilapidations, party wall works and technical due diligence work. Working under the guidance of senior staff to enable you to gain experience and knowledge in these areas.

Job Responsibilities:

The Building Surveyor role we offer can be varied and is dependent on the Client, sector and project we are working for as well as the team for which you will be working. General Building Surveying duties are listed below and will be provided as far as practicable to ensure breadth of knowledge for gaining successful Chartership through the RICS APC.

• Feasibility Studies
• Design and specification
• Detailed drawings
• Planning applications
• Listed building and conservation area consents
• Building regulations
• Contract administration
• Measured surveys
• Dilapidations
• Party wall awards

A Building Surveying Graduate at AECOM could have the opportunity to assist in all of the above tasks, and see projects from inception to completion on site.

Enjoy the Perks:

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

• National chartership support network
• Early Careers Training Programme
• Residential Chartership Technical Training

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (min 2.1 or equivalent) in Building Surveying RICS accredited
• Effective decision making and strong verbal and written communication
• Proactive and driven approach to work and creating success
• Ability to work in a team of diverse individuals to meet common objectives
• Good organisation skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and willingness to ask for help when needed, as well as support other members of the team.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK &/or Ireland as we unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.