Senior Chartered Building Surveyor
Location: Orpington, Greater London
Salary: £60,000–£70,000
Bonus: Annual discretionary bonus
Reference: 985669
OVERVIEW
This is a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor position within an established multidisciplinary property consultancy. The role has a primary building surveying bias, with a strong focus on education and wider public sector instructions, alongside selected historic building commissions. The position is full-time, hybrid and offered on a permanent basis.
SALARY & PACKAGE
- £60,000–£70,000 basic salary.
- Annual discretionary bonus.
- Annual salary reviews.
- Pension: 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution.
- Private medical insurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- 20 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays.
- Additional 4–5 paid days over the Christmas closure.
- 15 days full sick pay within a rolling 12-month period, following probation.
- Hybrid working arrangements.
- Reimbursement of site and client visit expenses.
- Weekly CPD seminars and ongoing professional development.
- Career progression within building surveying and the wider consultancy.
THE ROLE
The primary commercial focus is the delivery and retention of education and public sector building surveying instructions, with scope to develop additional client relationships and fee income.
Responsibilities include:
- Lead building surveying instructions for schools, academy trusts, diocesan trusts and wider public sector clients.
- Manage client relationships and provide direct technical advice.
- Undertake building inspections, defect diagnosis and condition assessments.
- Prepare technical reports, specifications, schedules of work and tender documentation.
- Advise on maintenance, refurbishment and building improvement programmes.
- Administer building contracts and monitor contractor performance.
- Manage project budgets, programmes and delivery risk.
- Coordinate contractors, consultants and client representatives.
- Maintain responsibility for technical reporting and project documentation.
- Contribute to fee proposals, tender submissions and new business activity.
- Develop existing education and public sector accounts.
- Identify opportunities to expand the instruction pipeline beyond education.
- Provide technical oversight and guidance to junior surveyors.
- Undertake selected historic building commissions where relevant.
ABOUT THE CONSULTANCY
The business is an established multidisciplinary property consultancy providing building surveying, project management, procurement and asset advisory services. Its client base includes education trusts, public sector organisations and specialist heritage property owners. The consultancy is developing its client base beyond its established education workload, creating a requirement for additional senior technical and client management capacity.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
- MRICS qualified in Building Surveying.
- Degree in Building Surveying or a related discipline.
- Proven experience delivering building surveying instructions.
- Experience working with public sector clients.
- Education sector experience, particularly schools or education trusts, is advantageous.
- Experience in refurbishment, maintenance and building improvement projects.
- Strong technical reporting and defect diagnosis experience.
- Building contract administration experience.
- Previous responsibility for client relationships and project delivery.
- Commercial judgement when managing project budgets, fees and delivery risk.
- Ability to support and oversee junior surveyors.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
- Historic building experience is advantageous but not essential.
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