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, you'll manage our Retail Division's property portfolio in the Central England and North Wales region, spanning 220+ leasehold shops and stores.
Your region includes Cheshire, Greater Manchester, North Wales, Shropshire, Merseyside, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Greater London, and Essex. 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 a home-based role with extensive travel throughout Central England and North Wales, primarily your regional patch, though periodically extending across the country. You will be required to live within the region counties stated above and stay overnight as required (on average this would typically be 2-3 nights every fortnight).
About you
To be successful in this role you will:
* Possess a professional building / construction management qualification (MRICS, MCIOB) or significant demonstrable experience in retail building surveying
* 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)
* Have extensive experience in all key aspects of traditional building surveying disciplines, including:
o acquisition and disposals surveys
o health and safety defects analysis
o maintenance inspections and management of remedial works coordinating with stakeholders including with contractors and consultants
o access audits
o building pathology
o dilapidations
o fit-out design
o contract administration
* Be a highly effective team player with strong interpersonal, influencing, and decision-making skills.
It would be advantageous if you have specific experience in developing and maintaining a large retail estate.
About us
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What can we offer you?
Our benefits include:
* 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Private medical insurance, dental health cover, and money towards gym membership
* Pension scheme with employer contribution up to 10%
* Full pay for 12 weeks for family leave including maternity, paternity and adoption leave
* Life assurance
* Extra paid leave of up to 10 days to support colleagues who may need more time off work to look after themselves or others close to them
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
The closing date for applications is 13th February 2025.
The interview process will be two stages, with the first stage planned for 21st February 2025 and second stage planned for the 7th March 2025.
We value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, celebrate diversity, and make inclusion part of what we do every day.
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