MRICS Building Surveyor

Liverpool, Lancashire
Hays
MRICS Building Surveyor – Liverpool / Hybrid working £50k – £60k plus package

You will be joining an award-winning multi-disciplinary building consultancy practice with offices across the UK. They are looking to recruit a Chartered Building Surveyor to join the team in their Liverpool office and assist with providing a high quality service to clients throughout the North West of England. A rewarding career with excellent promotion prospects awaits a loyal, hard-working and trustworthy individual. Salary up to £60,000 plus hybrid working.
The position is a key technical appointment. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a positive, proactive approach to the role, and will be committed to delivering excellent service, with good commercial results.
The successful candidate will be an MRICS qualified Chartered Building Surveyor with an accredited degree in Building Surveying or similar technical discipline.
You will have low-mid level management responsibilities within the team for managing junior staff and making your own informed decisions.

Duties:

• Building surveys, including defect analysis / pathology and remedial work.
• Undertake measured surveys and production of layout and detailed design drawings
• Prepare schedules of works, specifications and tender documentation
• Strong report writing skills; tender, feasibility, defect
• Understand and apply Planning Permission and Building Regulations requirements and advise clients accordingly.
• Prepare and submit Statutory Applications for consent to Local Authority planning and building control departments, fire officers, licensing justices, freeholders etc as applicable.
• Condition Surveys and Schedules of Condition (Dilapidations)
• Party Wall Awards
• Cost Estimates
• Confidently fulfil the role of Contract Administrator (CA)
• Sound understanding and practical experience administering construction Contracts including JCT, NEC, PPC.
• Project Management / Co-ordination, typically as the CA, on a number of projects simultaneously, prioritising workload to suit the demands of each
• Sound understanding and practical experience of CDM Regulations and being able to advise colleagues and clients
• Managing and updating project documents in strict adherence with QA procedures
• Assist with the preparation and submission of tenders for business marketing
• Good knowledge and competence in the use of IT packages including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel etc.) and AutoCAD
• To monitor the market place in respect of information technology / systems / software, which may be of benefit to the Practice, and to advise accordingly

  The ideal candidate will have the following attributes;

• Relevant degree qualification and MRICS qualified essential, actively working towards their own professional development and training
• Constantly portray a professional image to colleagues, clients and other stakeholders in person and in all communications
• Maintain excellent standards of customer service and satisfaction
• Experience of working in both the Housing and Public Sectors advantageous
• Previous experience of supervising and managing colleagues
• Commercial awareness
• Financial control including review / update of projections and billing
• Demonstrates good time management and is actively self-sufficient to progress workload with minimal supervision and direction
• Good organisational skills and ability to work within project time constraints
• Excellent communication skills to be able to deal effectively and confidently deal with colleagues, clients, contractors and end users
• Develops and grows new and existing client relationships in line with the business development strategy
• Actively participates and contributes in business development and marketing activities
• A team player, outgoing, friendly, flexible, enthusiastic and ambitious
• Willingness to travel nationally, as dictated by Practice workloads
• Clean driving licence and use of own car

Benefits:
£50000 – £60000
Hybrid working
Bonus
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and additional days at Christmas

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