Building Surveyor

Department: Property Management

Location: Marble Arch and multiple sites across London.

Reporting to: Senior Building Surveyor

Type of Contract: Permanent

Our purpose is to create and manage outstanding places which deliver positive outcomes for all our stakeholders on a long term, sustainable basis. We are a FTSE listed business with a strong balance sheet and over £13bn of assets under management. With just 600 employees, you’re given the ability to make a big impact and elevate your career quickly. Our diverse, passionate team of experts works on some of the most ambitious, innovative and sustainable projects in the country – from our high-quality campuses across central London to some of the top retail schemes in the UK – providing a rewarding career journey where you can shape how you grow. We believe in shared success and enabling people to be themselves. If you want to feel listened to and understood in an environment where your opinions count and bright ideas are encouraged, you’ve come to the right place! In our recent engagement survey, 93% of our employees stated they were proud to work for British Land!

The Role

Key member of the in-house British Land Building Surveying Team who proactively manages the maintenance of the fabric of the properties under management to the highest possible standards.

What You’ll Do

• Provide independent technical advice, support, project management and budget advice on a consultancy basis to non-technical Property Managers.
• Deliver all services with a professional, impartial approach.
• Implement the British Land Planned Preventative Maintenance Programme, ensuring maintenance records, sign-off and external audit is correctly carried out – “the bespoke 20% Survey regime”.
• Hold recorded periodic meetings with the Property Manager of each office building and/or estate.
• Carry out regular building façade and roof inspections to ensure they are maintained and cleaned to the specified standard.
• Provide technical options and make considered recommendations for each remedial requirement.
• Specify, tender and project manage new and remedial works.
• Ensure works are executed to the correct specifications and deliver value for money.
• Assist Property Managers in compiling the annual Fabric Maintenance Budget, based upon an individual maintenance plan generated for each building/estate.
• Support each Property Manager in monitoring expenditure against budget-PPM Plan.
• Investigate defects; recommend remedial works and manage resulting project works.
• Provide Life Cycle budgeting and cost in use data.
• Assist Property Managers in obtaining complete and accurate as-built records at Practical Completion and Handover of any project (new build or refurbishment).

We are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive process. Please note that we endeavour to get back to all applicants within 28 days. If you haven’t heard from us within this period, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.