Senior Building Surveyor - Technical Due Diligence in London

Are you looking for a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor position within a leading independent real estate consultancy with an altogether different approach? We are looking for an experienced, efficient, and enthusiastic Senior Chartered Building Surveyor to join our London based Technical Due Diligence team after another fantastic year across our real estate sectors. We are looking for someone keen to join a strong, well-resourced team and support the growth of the TDD offering in the London/South East region. This opportunity would be a great step up for an experienced Senior Chartered Building Surveyor or existing Associate with an interest in pursuing TDD as a specialty. It would suit a multi-skilled or generalist building surveyor and you'll be able to pick up varied instructions as desired, such as contract administration, dilapidations, projects, party wall, defect surveys etc.

Main responsibilities:

• Working closely alongside our Director to deliver a variety of technical due diligence instructions across a range of sectors (industrial, office, retail, leisure, residential etc.)
• Acting as Project Lead, owning instructions from start to finish whilst maintaining excellent standards of client care and stakeholder management
• Opportunity to line manage graduates within the London office, mentoring and delegating work to improve their skills and support them to take on workloads effectively
• Actively develop the Hollis Brand and project services locally to reach new business, build a network of clients/stakeholders and play a key part in growing our London region
• Hitting the ground running in service delivery including TDD, surveys, dilapidations and residential refurbishments as desired

What we are looking for:

• Experienced carrying out building surveying instructions within a variety of real estate sectors including commercial and residential
• MRICS Building Surveyor
• An interest in focusing on technical due diligence as a specialty
• Excellent communication skills, report writing abilities and confident with presenting ideas and feedback
• Willing and able to travel to site in the London region
• Experienced within the commercial real estate sector such as office, industrial, hospitality, retail etc.

The Company:

Hollis is a leading independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate, at every stage of the property life cycle. We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, technical specialists, ESG consultants and project managers operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands. We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.

Why join us?

We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals.

We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:

• Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it.
• In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.
• We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues.
• We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.

We're Inclusive:

Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you would like the opportunity to join Hollis but your past experience is not an exact match, we encourage you to apply anyway as you could be the right candidate for this role or another role within the company.

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