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A specialist property consultancy are looking to recruit a Associate Building Surveyor to join their Birmingham office, working predominantly within the Education Sector. They are offering a high quality, varied range of instructions, and a salary £65,000 + dependant on experience, inclusive of car allowance and BUPA healthcare.

From their Birmingham offices they will be covering the Midlands and Yorkshire area, and their focus will be in the design and contract administration of new build, refurbishment, extension and elemental renewal.

Responsibilities:

Ensure adherence to the company's processes, technical and behavioural standards
Ensure the quality assurance of the teams technical output
Be a fully committed and positive member of the management and technical team
Be self motivated and motivational to all members of the team  Support with problem solving within the team
Develop and maintain good client relations and be responsible for the management of a number of clients accounts
Support with and prepare fee proposals and set up projects ready for the technical team to deliver
Seek to develop new business opportunities
Promote the cross selling across other divisions / offices
Support with the development and training of junior staff
Design and providing clear direction to Architectural Technologists for Auto CAD output on complex projects.
Project procurement through the RIBA work stages
Advising clients on schemes and projects and determining requirements by carrying out feasibility studies and budget costings
Preparing scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of projects and specification of works
Preparing documents for tender and advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes
Contract administration
Project management
Ensuring projects are completed on budget and to schedule
Experience and track record of securing Capital funding from funding agencies
Building Surveys recording the condition of existing buildings, identifying and analysing defects, including proposals for repair
Advising on the management and supervision of maintenance works of buildings including provision of PPM schedules
Processing planning applications and advising clients on property legislation including DDA, health and safety and building regulations
Carrying out party wall procedures for both building owner and adjoining owner

Requirements:

Degree qualified surveyor
The selected candidate will be well rounded in all areas of managerial responsibility and building surveying with excellent communication skills
Well rounded building surveying knowledge
The selected candidate will be well rounded in all areas of managerial responsibility and building surveying with excellent communication skills.
Experience working on projects of a reasonable size and complexity
The candidate will be expected to have been providing services to the public sector, ideally the Education Sector.
Ideally, the surveyor will have proven experience of Professional Services work / Fire Risk Assessments / Party Wall surveyingBenefits:

BUPA, Pension
Extra holidays for long service
Bonus for performance
Subscriptions paid
Life insurance
Electric vehicle plan