Heritage Building Surveyor, London, WC1V7PB

Our Opportunity

Here at Pick Everard, we are passionate about creating a prosperous and sustainable future, taking a fresh perspective on the built environment. Our core values of professionalism, compassion, drive and positivity are at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking to appoint a forward-thinking and driven Heritage Building Surveyor to join our London Office. This role provides a challenging and exciting opportunity to develop within a growing and dynamic team, supported by expertise across our multi-disciplinary consultancy.

Are you driven to deliver high-quality work and continuously develop your professional skills? Do you want to work in a culture where success is shared and celebrated together? If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

You will have the exciting opportunity to work on significant heritage projects, including renowned institutions such as the National History Museum, where you can engage with historical artifacts and exhibits that tell the story of our past. Additionally, you may contribute to initiatives at the British Museum, a world leader in cultural heritage, and the Historic Royal Palaces, which preserve and present some of the UK’s most important royal sites. These projects will provide invaluable experience as you collaborate with experts in the field and help promote the preservation and appreciation of our shared history.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Preparation of surveys, designs, reports, and contract documents, including drawings.
• Support senior leads with the delivery of major complex heritage projects.
• Development of Heritage Impact Assessments and Listed Building Consents.
• Responsible for ensuring that they understand and comply with all Health & Safety requirements, practices, and procedures.
• Supports and delivers on projects, monitoring progress and expenditure.
• Uses commercial awareness to assist in project resourcing.
• Provides technical support in bid preparation and general business development activities.
• Attends client meetings, presentations etc.
• Monitors day to day programming, planning, internal costs, prepares and issues fee invoices.
• Liaises directly with clients and other stakeholders as appropriate.
• Develops and sustains client relationships, being responsible for checking of documents, reports etc. as appropriate.

About You

Our ideal Heritage Building Surveyor will have:

• A strong demonstrable interest in traditional and historic buildings.
• Experience working in the heritage and culture sector with experience working with grade I and scheduled ancient monuments.
• Excellent technical knowledge including administration of building contracts including NEC PSC.
• Experience of delivering end to end heritage projects within occupied sites and visitor attractions.
• In depth knowledge of heritage and planning legislation and process.
• An IHBC membership or working towards obtaining this.
• A RICS conservation accreditation or working towards obtaining this.
• Previous experience working with heritage organisations either English Heritage, National Trust or within a World Heritage Site.
• A conservation/heritage orientated degree or qualification with some work experience.
• Good written communication skills and continuing to develop both written and verbal communication skills.

Unsure you tick every box? We still encourage you to apply as your experience might be a great fit for this role or other opportunities in our team.

About Us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 780+ employees work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history, we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better. We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues. We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working – Hybrid model
• Career and Professional Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility opportunities
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Eyecare Scheme
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

Accessibility

We’re committed to helping you perform at your best throughout the recruitment process. If you have a disability or require any adjustments to support your application or interview, please get in touch with us. We’ll be happy to discuss how we can assist you.

Agencies

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.