Building Surveyor
- Employer
- British Heart Foundation
- Location
- South East England
- Salary
- £45,000 - £47,500 p/a + car allowance of £3,600 + benefits
- Closing date
- 19 Feb 2024
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- Sector
- Property
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term Contract
- Specialism
- Building Surveyor, Property Management
- Level
- Chartered Surveyor, MRICS
- Business Type
- Client
Building Surveyor
Salary: £45,000 - £47,500 p/a + car allowance of £3,600 + benefits
Location: South East
Contract: Fixed term
Hours: 35 hours per week
The opportunity
Are you a highly motivated Building Surveyor, with a successful track record in managing repair, refurbishment, and fit-out projects within an extensive property portfolio?
As our Regional Building Surveyor for the South East region, you'll manage our Retail Division's property portfolio in the South East of England, spanning 150+ leasehold shops and stores. This region includes Hampshire, Sussex, Kent, Greater London, Essex, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. Additionally, you’ll support stores nationwide to meet emergent requirements.
You’ll deliver a full range of building surveying services, both reactive and planned maintenance, including:
- Leading diverse projects, from essential repairs to rejuvenating refurbishments and exciting fit outs
- Managing contract and tender documentation
- Fulfilling CDM duties, including being Principal Designer
- Conducting planned preventative maintenance inspections
- Overseeing building maintenance
- Performing acquisition and disposal surveys
- Offering dilapidations advice
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders
Working arrangements
This is an 18 month fixed term contract.
This is a home-based role with extensive travel throughout England, primarily your regional patch, though periodically extending across the country.
Need more help balancing your work and home life? Talk to us about what flexibility is available at the application or interview stage.
About you
You'll possess a professional building / construction management qualification (MRICS, MCIOB) and have sound technical knowledge of all legislation relating to the fit-out and occupation of leasehold retail premises (Building Regulations, Planning, CDM, Fire Safety Order, Health & Safety and Asbestos).
A highly effective team player, you'll have strong interpersonal, influencing, and decision-making skills.
You'll have extensive experience in all key aspects of traditional building surveying disciplines, including acquisition surveys, defect analysis, building pathology, dilapidations, fit-out design, and contract administration, ideally with a focus on developing and maintaining a large retail estate.
What can we offer you?
Our generous staff benefits include:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical insurance
- Dental health cover
- Contribution towards gym membership
- Pension with employer contribution up to 10%
- Life assurance
We have been recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) for our Live Well. Work Well. Programme. Heart health is central to our mission, and that starts with you. We provide a programme of activities, opportunities, and guidance to inspire and support you to live a healthy and happy life, at home and at work.
About us
When people affected by heart and circulatory diseases are in need, they turn to us. With our research we give people hope. With our expert advice and training, we give people knowledge and support. And with our campaigning we help build a healthier world for everyone.
We celebrate diversity and make inclusion part of what we do every day. Diversity and Inclusion forms a main pillar in our People Experience Strategy. Our aim is for all our colleagues and volunteers to bring their true self to work, so we can continue to fund lifesaving research.
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 19 February 2024.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Strategy, Igniting Change, along with our internal EDI group, Kaleidoscope, and a growing number of employee network groups (our Affinity Groups), help us create an environment where all our colleagues and volunteers can succeed.
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