Senior Building Surveyor
- Cities & development
- Manchester
AtkinsRéalis are looking to appoint a Senior Building Surveyor into our Building Design practice – based from our Manchester office.
This role has excellent prospects for a Building Surveyor who has a strong ambition to progress and enjoys working collaboratively within a vibrant team and has experience in managing client relationships and specific interest / experience of project management.
As a Senior Building Surveyor you will be responsible for delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to construction, on our expanding portfolio of challenging projects across our Market Sectors.
As well as technical competence, we are looking for individuals who possess great communication, strong commercial awareness and experience, and who will provide a first-class service to our clients.
We are growing and working in many sectors, such as local and central government, education, blue light, rail, aviation, infrastructure, commercial and energy.
As part of services, AtkinsRéalis are leading the response to Net zero as we are passionate about doing the right thing.
The right individuals will not just be joining a world-renowned practice that has successfully existed since 1938, but teams who are both friendly and collaborative.
If you want to make a difference, then we are the right practice.
Responsibilities:
- Working across a number of projects in different sectors, providing a range of Building Surveying duties.
- Managing the client relationship and service delivery on a project by project basis.
- Building pathology.
- Design and specification of projects including Net Zero schemes.
- Project management.
- Pre and post contract duties for projects.
- Due Diligence Surveys, Condition surveys.
- Contract administration.
- Project management.
- The use and application of standard forms of building contracts, ideally both JCT and NEC.
- Designer level ability as defined by the CDM Regulations.
Requirements:
- BSc (Hon's) Building Surveying RICS Accredited degree.
- Full member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
- Ability to demonstrate good all-round surveying experience.
- Good team working skills and ability to communicate well at all levels.
- Prepared to travel within the region, and into other regions where required.
- Keeping abreast of industry issues and developments in best practice.
- To liaise with senior colleagues to help build a profitable service and positive, high performing team environment.
- Strong IT skills, Word and Excel as a minimum. Candidates should be able to produce, edit and format documents.
- Good ability with AutoCAD and experience of Revit would be an advantage.
- An awareness of BIM.
- Full understanding of Health and Safety requirement.
Why work for AtkinsRéalis?
We're ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once, they join. We've also made the Times Top 50 employers for women.
Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. And as the work becomes ever more complex, our employees continue to challenge the status quo.
We're committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We're proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for our under-represented groups. Not to mention programmes supporting communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces and professionals returning after career breaks.
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. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. 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.
We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.
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