Building Surveyor

Salary: £50,400 per year

Building Surveyor – Repair, Refurbishments and Adaptations – Essex

My client is reputable maintenance service provider, with a portfolio of social housing and commercial office buildings within the West Essex/East London area. Due to an increase in work load they are seeking an experienced Building Surveyor to join their in-house major works team.

Your role as a Building Surveyor will be to provide professional advice on a range of building projects including repair, refurbishment and adaptations across multiple contracts and clients. Whilst also project managing complex technical works in addition to providing an estimation and surveying function in respect of these works.

* Prepare reports and deal with correspondence relating to the various types of building construction works delivered across the business.

* Monitor, supervise and control the work of contractors and operatives including the allocation of work and provision of progress reports.

* Produce specifications, tender documentation for a variety of maintenance, refurbishment and planned project schemes.

* Attend site meetings as required to resolve design/technical issues.

* Ensure accuracy of cost information in relation to projects and risk events. Ensure effective recovery of all claims/costs incurred.

* Review and authorise Sub-Contract payments within specified delegated authority.

* Undertake and accurately record work-in-progress, post inspections, health and safety inspections and act accordingly on findings.

* Oversee project teams and / or manage individual projects.

* Keep abreast of developments in design and surveying practice, and changes to standards and legislation, to ensure that services provided conform to industry best practice and legislative requirements.

* Adopt the principles of quality assurance systems to enhance service provision through a reduction in errors and reworking.

* Undertake assigned projects, ensuring that agreed outcomes are delivered on time, within budget and to the expected high standards.

Salary & Package:

* £50,400.00 Per Annum DOE (6-month fixed term)

* 25 Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

* Private Medical Insurance, 5% Pension

* Company Laptop, Mobile Phone and Expenses.

The Person:

* HNC (or Equivalent) in Building and Maintenance

* Member of a professional construction industry body e.g. RICS, CIOB. (desirable)

* Proven track record delivering capital programmes of works

* Experience in the management of capital budgets

* Experience of working in a social housing environment (desirable)