Building Surveyor (Associate Director/Director)
Join us and be a part of a dynamic team where your contributions are valued, the work is fulfilling and you can make a real impact.
Role Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Building Surveyor to join our Architecture & Building Surveying (ABS) team.
You’ll be based out of our Cirencester office, and your focus will be in the following areas:
• Contract administration and project monitoring
• Building surveys and report writing
• Schedules of Condition and planned preventative maintenance programmes
• Preparing tenders and contract documents
• Advising on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes
• Preparing scheme designs and specifications of works
• Preparing schedules of dilapidations
• Advising on the preservation/conservation of historic buildings
• Full understanding of CDM2015 duties
• Preparation of Building regulations applications
• Demonstrating a genuine understanding of Professional building surveying
• Working to a high standard with strong client care and managing existing clients
• Holds own client or client agent relationships on a day-to-day basis and becomes first point of contact for a client and with minimal oversight by others.
• Has the confidence of their manager/director to take the lead on managing a client relationship.
• Demonstrates effective time management to deliver instructions to deadlines and meets PowerBi KPI measures.
• At a level where you are able to lead and develop others, have a full understanding of the relevant standards associated with the technical work.
• Input into the development of the service line standard and undertake the role of skills leader effectively.
• Demonstrating an awareness of all RICS guidelines and best practices relating to Party Wall Act, project management, Employers Agent and Reinstatement Cost Assessments.
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What we offer you:
- Career and Professional Development
- 25-30 Days Annual Leave, depending on grade
- Life Assurance
- Private Medical Scheme
- Virtual GP
- Global Mobility Scheme
- Rewards Platform
- Company Pension Scheme
- Enhanced Incremental Annual Leave
Find out more about Savills offer
Team Overview
Savills ABS team provides advice on architecture and building consultancy, and works closely alongside colleagues in rural planning, estate management, forestry, professional consultancy (tax, valuation, expert witness), farms and estate sales and purchasing, food and farming, renewable energy, energy brokerage, mapping and strategic projects. Our clients range from private individuals, rural estates, companies as well as institutions and charities.
The wider Rural division operates across the UK, with a network of 37 offices and a number of estate offices from Inverness in the North to Truro in the South-West.
Recruitment agencies
Savills only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and that agency has been previously contacted and directed by a member of our recruitment team. We do not pay agency fees when speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to Savills or any of our employees other than via our careers website and through our recruitment process. If this is not adhered to, agency fees will not be paid.
Submission of any unsolicited CVs or proposals to Savills will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this approach.
- Business area
- Rural & Projects
- Locations
- Cirencester - Tetbury Road
- Contract Type
- Permanent, Full time
- Remote Status
- This role offers some working from home
- Salary
- Competitive
Our offer
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Holiday
We understand the importance of a work life balance and offer you a generous holiday entitlement, which increases throughout your career as you progress through our job levels or reach service milestones.
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Health
Your wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as it is to you. We offer Virtual Gp, Digital Health, Private Medical Scheme and mental health support amongst other benefits.
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Lifestyle
We promote a healthy work life balance, supported by our approach to flexible working and our wide variety of health, wellbeing and social programmes.
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Our Offer
Read more about our benefits and culture in our offer overview below
Values
No matter the role you’re in, we all share one purpose: to help people thrive through places and spaces. This is built into our DNA, shaping the way we behave to deliver the best results. We define it by four key values:
We listen: Tell us your goals and aspirations and we’ll provide the support you need to achieve them. We appreciate the individual value of every team member and create an environment where you can reach your full potential.
We empower: Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. We give you opportunities to have a real, positive impact in the community through the work you do, backed by access to our market-leading research and insights.
We challenge: The best results happen when we question the status quo. We create an environment where you can safely challenge our thinking, bringing fresh ideas to the table to innovate as a team.
We collaborate: When you join Savills, you become part of a 40,000-strong network of driven individuals, all sharing their knowledge and experience to push the real estate industry forward.
At the heart of it all, we deliver best-in-class insights and advice to help people make better property decisions. We're looking for colleagues who will help us on this mission. When you join Savills, our ask for you is simple – to be extraordinary, together.
About Savills
Over 40,000 people work for us in more than 70 countries all over the world. This breadth of global coverage, combined with specialist services and market insight, means we'll always have an expert who is local to you.
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