Associate Director - Building Surveying

Associate Director level Chartered Building Surveyor, independent building consultancy, Woking, residential property, £65K + car allowance & benefits

Your new company

Your new company is a small independent Building Surveying practice with a strong history and an increasing workload.

This group of property experts specialise in providing excellent building consultancy services to clients across the South East of England, focusing on building surveys, party wall matters, dilapidations and contract administration for luxury residential properties in the area.

Your new role
You will be entering the business as the leader of a building surveying team, managing two chartered surveyors, an experienced graduate and a senior building surveyor.

You will report directly into the managing director of the consultancy, and will work with them to attract new business to the practice through building relationships with existing clients and pitching for new projects.

Your core workload will consist of the following:

Regular residential building surveys, followed by accurate and succinct reports.
Specific inspections and building defects diagnosis.
Project Management and Contract Administration.
Preparing detailed Schedule of Works and Specification writing.
Preparation of Schedules of Dilapidations and Schedules of Condition.
Preparation of Party Wall Awards and acting as a Party Wall Surveyor.

What you'll need to succeed

In order to succeed in this role it is essential that you possess a minimum of degree level qualification in Building Surveying, Building Studies or a closely related RICS accredited course.

You will need to be a Member of Fellow of the RICS, and will have a strong background in residential building surveying, particularly in relation to building surveys and specific defect analysis.

Ideally you will have experience surveying £multi-million luxury properties as the company's core business is focused around high end residential.

You will need to be a confident and capable communicator with excellent dictation and report writing skills.

You will be a team player and will need strong soft skills to enable you to develop, encourage and assist junior members of the team.

What you'll get in return

In return you will receive an exceptional base salary in the region of £65K as well as a handsome car allowance.

The business offers 20 days of annual leave (exclusive of bank holidays)

As an associate at the business you will receive private medical cover on successful completion of your probation (6 months). You will also be enrolled onto the company pension.

There will be an annual discretionary bonus on offer based on performance relating to new business, billing, and general attitude throughout the year.


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