Senior Chartered Building Surveyor in London

Overview

As a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor, you will support a UK-wide surveying team on a range of commercial-building projects. You act as lead consultant or project manager on larger bids, ensuring design, risk, and regulatory compliance. You’ll prepare reports, schedules of works, and specifications, while applying health and safety and planning requirements. The role emphasizes client service, cross-functional collaboration, and promoting Gateley Vinden’s services. You’ll have scope to shape projects and advance your professional development within a supportive, values-driven culture.

Pay / Benefits

• annual bonus
• learning and development through Learn platform
• My Flex rewards package
• group personal pension
• health care
• cycle to work

Responsibilities

• Inspect and advise on design, construction, maintenance, repair, and refurbishment of commercial buildings and sites
• Prepare reports, schedules of works, and works specifications
• Design and oversee works using recognised building contracts and current technical standards
• Lead Consultant and/or Project Manager on larger value projects with coordination of other consultants
• Understand and apply health and safety, party wall, building regulations, Building Safety Act and planning requirements
• Promote the company’s services to secure projects and strengthen the Gateley Vinden brand
• Understand property and construction-related legal documents (development agreements, leases) and monitor new developments for funders/institutions/occupiers
• Inspect and prepare dilapidations schedules and negotiate dilapidations
• Provide supervision and support to APC candidates
• Comply with company administrative, personnel procedures and Health & Safety regulations

Key requirements

• MRICS Accredited
• Experience across consulting engineering, surveying, architectural & planning practices with knowledge of statutory requirements and technical publications
• Experience in defect diagnosis and report writing
• Insurance repair project experience preferred
• Experience in negotiation, supervision and leadership roles
• Experience managing large-scale projects to deadlines and budgets
• Knowledge of CDM Regs 2015, Party Wall and Building Regulation legislation
• Strong mathematical, scientific and IT skills and methodical problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Flexible and adaptable attitude to work

• interpersonal communication
• leadership
• problem solving
• defect diagnosis and report writing
• CDM Regs 2015
• Party Wall and Building Regulation knowledge

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