Building Surveyor

Role Purpose

This opportunity is for a position at Senior Surveyor level. The role is for a surveyor with 3 years post qualification experience to join a team of 23 building surveying professionals focusing on traditional building surveying services but with a bias towards dilapidations. The building surveying team is part of the wider Projects & Building Consultancy department which provides a wide range of construction and building consultancy advice.

The candidate will predominantly be working with both internal and external investor and occupier clients ranging through international corporate occupiers, national/international investment funds.

The candidate will predominantly be involved in providing dilapidations advice/negotiations to both landlords and tenants, technical due diligence/surveys for investors and occupiers and specifying/running refurbishment works. Additional and more occasional roles will include defect diagnosis and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules. These tasks will be undertaken across a range of property types, with an emphasis on office and industrial buildings in the south east for the dilapidations/construction work and a wide range of property types across UK and Europe for the due diligence.

Key Responsibilities

• To independently deliver the successful implementation of professional and contract building surveying within the London Dilapidations team through the completion of a varied range of building surveying instructions.
• Take responsibility for the management of client and instructions and project teams to deliver high quality and timely building surveying and project services profitably;
• Deliver instructions from inception to completion with the minimum of supervision to meet the project objectives in accordance with company policies;
• Projects to include but are not restricted to:-
• Preparation of Schedule of Dilapidations and negotiating on behalf of Landlord or Tenant including interim schedules of dilapidations and preparation of dilapidations assessments;
• Purchasers, Vendors and Occupiers technical due diligence reviews of buildings including the coordination of wider specialist consultancy reports;
• Preparation of design and specification documentation, running of the tender process and the administration of refurbishment projects
• Planned Preventative Maintenance Inspections and Reporting
• Drafting of Standard Contract forms and Contract Administration;
• Support with Client Care, reporting and relationships
• Comply with CBRE's policies and management system;
• Work in compliance with Quality Management Procedures;
• To positively contribute to the department's business plan and revenue targets to assist in achieving its objectives;

Person Specification/Requirements

• The ideal candidate will be MRICS qualified
• Good appreciation of professional and project based building surveying matters being able to understand the basics of the local and wider property markets;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to present a professional and knowledgeable persona;
• Able to work as part of a team, supporting and working with colleagues and sister departments;
• Build, develop and maintain existing business and client relationships;
• Organise and prioritise tasks so that they are efficiently completed within an agreed time frame;
• Provide concise and clear written communication with accurate and excellent attention to detail;
• Sociable and outgoing team player who deals effectively with colleagues and clients Confident and assertive where required but understands and appreciates the importance of using discretion;
• Clean driving licence and willingness to travel within the UK