Faithful+Gould is an international company with a strong culture of progression. Placing great emphasis on the training, development and assessment of our staff, we’re dedicated to providing cutting-edge expertise. Join us and you’ll benefit from a development programme designed to ensure your career objectives are met in full.
We are recruiting for an Assistant Building Surveyor to join our growing building surveying team in Cardiff office.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual that has a strong ambition to forge a career within Faithful+Gould, a long established, international project and programme management organisation. We are looking for a driven individual with a strong desire to gain technical knowledge, and on the job experience in order to develop a career as Building Surveyor, with the long-term desire of gaining professional accreditation with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
The Individual:
- Winning Attitude – You are driven to succeed in your chosen profession of Building Surveying and strive to be the best that you can be, leading the way, a role model to others.
- A Team Player - You will contribute to a positive and friendly working environment, helping to set the tone for colleagues, building strong relationships with other teams and our clients.
- Proactive – To further promote your training, you will take ownership of your workload, use your initiative to seek out further learning opportunities and ensure that your technical skills and knowledge are suitable for the task at hand.
- Customer Driven – You will fully contribute to excellent customer service and seek to understand and promote our client’s needs and aspirations.
- Commercially Aware - You have a desire to understand how the business works and how to align yourself with our goals.
- Engaging - You contribute concisely and effectively with clients and colleagues, without using unnecessary jargon. You respect other points of view and seek out the best result in discussions.
- Ambassador for Faithful+Gould - you take pride in your work and the work Faithful+Gould does, and you share this with your colleagues and clients.
Responsibilities:
- You will be working across a range of different clients and buildings, including but not limited to public, commercial, banking, residential, healthcare, defence and education sectors.
- You will be primarily working on large scale condition survey programmes, capturing data using an iPad in order to quantify and assess the condition of building assets. Your surveying will be supplemented with the use of specialist equipment such as drones, 3D mapping, borescope, hygrometer, disto etc.
- You will also undertake ad hoc work, supporting senior colleagues and delivering in other core areas of the profession such as defect analysis, contract administration, project management, measured surveys, the Party Wall Act, dilapidations and more. This will help you to gain the range of experience needed to become a Chartered Surveyor.
- You will support our 25 other UK offices in the delivery of key national commissions.
- You will be expected to support senior managers and colleagues in some day-to-day activities such as taking minutes, preparing report templates and validating survey data.
Essential Requirements:
- A motivated and sharp minded individual who is excited to begin their career in Building Surveying.
- You have already completed or are currently completing a degree in Building Surveying or a similar degree accredited by the RICS.
- For applicants still undertaking their degree, we may offer day release to attend University and additional study time ahead of examinations and key submission dates.
- Ability to write coherent and grammatical English and strong numeracy skills
- A full UK driving license and a willingness to regularly travel around the UK.
- You must be willing to work away from home up to 4 nights a week in order to deliver on project commitments.
- Strong IT skills and technological capability.
- Excellent time management, punctuality and commitment to getting the job done.
- Meticulous nature and an eye for detail.
- Conscientious and consistently deliver to the best of your ability.
- An understanding of the need for professionalism and an ability to present well.
- A clean Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check record.
Desirable Requirements:
- Basic AutoCAD ability.
- Basic technical knowledge in construction and building surveying.
- Experience in a customer facing role, demonstrating an aptitude toward good customer care.
- Can demonstrate an understanding of commercial awareness and business development.
In return for joining our team, Faithful+Gould offer you:
- A competitive salary.
- Excellent opportunity for career progression.
- Further courses to support your professional development.
- Support and mentoring toward your professional accreditation (MRICS), including our in-house pre-qualification process and mock final assessment interviews.
- Professional membership enrolment and subscription fees.
Training:
You should possess a willingness to continue to develop your career through our structured training programme. Faithful+Gould provides a portfolio of training and development courses designed to help you make the best of your abilities and talents and also encourage Continuous Professional Development Activities.
Rewards and Benefits:
Faithful+Gould offers a fantastic range of benefits, which you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. All the information you need to know is available on our dedicated benefits portal; your reward, which is available to access 24/7 from any device: https://yourrewarduk.snclavalin.com/
Security Clearance:
This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview.
If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.
Faithful+Gould recognise that there are many well qualified people who are looking to further their career, but who cannot commit to full time employment. We support flexible working arrangements and are interested to discuss how we can accommodate individual requirements.
Faithful+Gould, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
