Senior Building Surveyor

Overview

As a Senior Building Surveyor in Cardiff, you will lead a mix of professional and project-based surveying across sectors, from feasibility to completion. You will work within a multidisciplinary team, managing client relationships and contributing to business development. You’ll tackle refurbishment, repair and modernisation projects while administering contracts and mentoring junior surveyors. This role offers significant client exposure, ownership of projects, and the chance to advance your Chartered status within a global property and construction consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional Building Surveying services from feasibility to completion
• Undertake surveys, inspections and technical assessments
• Prepare specifications, schedules of work, estimates and tender documentation
• Manage refurbishment, repair, improvement and modernisation projects
• Administer contracts using JCT and NEC
• Work with clients and stakeholders to deliver outcomes
• Support bids, fee proposals and business development opportunities
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across sectors
• Mentor and support junior Building Surveyors and APC candidates
• Assist senior colleagues with client accounts and project development

Key requirements

• MRICS qualification, or close to Chartered status
• Solid post-qualification experience in Building Surveying
• Strong technical knowledge across professional and project-based surveying
• Experience delivering refurbishment, repair and improvement projects
• Good knowledge of JCT and NEC contracts
• Experience managing client relationships and project communications
• Strong communication, organisation and time-management skills
• Understanding of commercial considerations, profitability, and business development
• Mentoring or supporting junior surveyors is beneficial
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and statutory compliance
• Proactive, able to manage own workload and ownership of projects

• communication
• organisation
• time-management
• MRICS or Chartered status
• JCT and NEC contract administration
• feasibility and technical assessments

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