Senior Building Surveyor in London

We are on a mission to become the leading force in residential property management services. The global residential property management industry is currently undergoing a digital transformation and Odevo is at the forefront of this transformation. Our mission is to radically simplify living for families and individuals by delivering highly attractive and efficient property management services to building owners and associations as well as to residents.

Our core belief is that digital technology combined with great people will play a central role in delivering a step change in how boards and residents experience property management. What we do matters to billions of people across the world. Residential real estate is the world’s largest asset class and buying a home is often the biggest investment a person or family will ever make. But the residential property management industry is lagging behind when it comes to customer focus and digitalization. That is why we formed Odevo.

Over the past six years, leading property management companies in the US, UK, Nordics, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Mexico have joined forces to form Odevo. In that time, our revenues have grown 60-fold, establishing us as one of the largest and fastest-growing international players in the industry. Our ambition is to continue to grow rapidly organically and by attracting additional companies to join us in both existing and new markets.

We deliver our property management services with custom developed software to simplify living and make life easier for property owners, association boards, residents and very importantly our own property management professionals. We make complex topics such as managing property finances and the daily maintenance of buildings easy, and we automate time-consuming everyday tasks so people can spend more time on things that they really enjoy.

We are now a 10,000 employee company with a start-up mentality. We aspire to break new ground through innovation, and we actively cultivate a workplace where we can grow as individuals and have fun while achieving great things together. To continue our ambitious growth journey, we are now looking for people who share our vision to join us on a journey that will continue to transform the property management industry on a global scale.

About SRVO: SRVO is a Chartered Surveying and Property Consultancy, providing a full range of surveying, project and consultancy services, along with Risk Assessments throughout the UK. SRVO supports both the commercial and residential sectors, we are proud of our great reputation and the relationships built with our clients over many years. Our mission is to transform the property landscape with safe and sustainable solutions. At SRVO, we set up people to succeed, giving them the tools and support that they need to do so. This includes providing our people with a clear path to career development and a broad variety of experience, whilst also providing technology and tools that enable them to flourish. We recognise the individual capabilities and contributions of all our people as we do this, in a supportive environment where wellbeing is prioritised. We foster an ambitious environment, where people strive to improve and be challenged whilst also enjoying the work that they do. We are open and clear regarding reward and seek to deliver a leading approach that recognises great people. SRVO are an Odevo Group Company.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave for work-life balance.
• Car allowance.
• Hybrid and flexible work opportunities.
• Financial support for personal development.
• Opportunities for career growth.
• Employee Referral Scheme for potential bonuses.
• Discretionary Bonus.

Job Description: Join a rapidly growing property company at the forefront of the real estate market. The Senior Building Surveyor will work as part of a team, under the direction of the Building Surveying Directors, delivering core services primarily within the residential and commercial markets. This role will require a proactive and driven professional who is eager to apply their expertise across a variety of surveying disciplines while developing strong client relationships.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing advice on building defects across the full range of property types and ages.
• Preparing Preventative Planned Maintenance Reports and budget costs and advising clients on planned maintenance matters.
• Preconstruction information pack review and oversee the RAMS review process in relation to project works under management and services installations.
• Acting as Project Manager / Contract Administrator on projects ranging in value from £50k to £3m+.
• Dependent on the size and complexity of each project you may work alone or lead a professional team.
• Where appropriate, act in the Capacity of Principal Designer, including preparing PCI packs, review of CPP’s preparing H&S files.
• Undertaking Building Reinstatement Cost Assessments.
• Completing pre-acquisition surveys on commercial, retail, industrial and residential premises.
• Completing Building Height Surveys and Structural Appraisals for Building Safety Reports relating to the Building Safety Act 2022.
• Preparing Schedules of Dilapidations negotiating claims and providing general advice to Landlords and Tenants.
• Providing Party Wall advice to Building and Adjoining Owners (desirable but not essential).
• Carry out monitoring of development or project works on behalf of Landlords, funders or other parties.
• Generally, assist in company initiatives and lead where required, including business development, improvement of services, CPD’s and training, and mentoring of junior staff and APC Candidates.

Key skills and qualifications:

• Have detailed knowledge of various forms of construction, building pathology and relevant legislation including fire related legislation.
• Have the ability to maintain and build relationships with client contacts passed to you.
• Experience of managing a team or have aspirations to step up into a management role.
• Whilst not essential having experience of the residential property management industry would be an advantage.
• Manage your own workload, utilising other members of the team where appropriate to assist you.
• Have excellent report writing skills.
• Ability to deal confidently and professionally with a wide range of people including clients, property managers colleagues, and contractors both by phone, video, email and face-to-face.
• Strong organisation skills and ability to self-manage time and meet reporting deadlines.
• Be a ‘self-starter’, able to work effectively remotely and independently, and manage their own workload and pipeline of work.
• IT literate in MS programs, including Word, Excel, Outlook.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, including spelling, grammar.
• Strong team working skills.
• Professional and courteous customer facing manner, and commitment to excellent service.
• Must hold a valid clean UK Driving Licence.
• AutoCAD ability desirable.

Qualifications: The role holder will have the following:

• MRICS qualified with a minimum of 2+ years PQE.
• Building Surveying Graduate from a UK institution and completed a RICS accredited BSc Course. Minimum grade achieved 2:2.

In addition to the above the role holder will be willing to formally complete:

• DBS check (in date).
• CSCS Card (in date).
• Additional training as and when required to maintain and develop skills relevant to the companies services (paid for by the company).

Application Process: All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK without restrictions, and documented evidence of eligibility will be required. For further information, or to explore more opportunities, you can visit SRVO on LinkedIn or our website. If you have questions or would like more details, you can contact our recruitment team, quoting the reference number #LI-RR3.

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