Graduate Building Surveyor

Job Description:

Graduate Building Surveyor

Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Colchester

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Building Surveyor to join our busy Colchester office team.

This role will offer the successful candidate the chance to start their career within a busy and award winning multi‑disciplinary practice, with full APC support and opportunities for professional development.

Projects will be varied, with a diverse range of clients including developers, property companies, retailers, local authorities, health trusts, universities, schools, and academies.

You can expect to be given responsibilities from the outset, including surveys, designs, reports and contract documents as required, whilst receiving all the guidance and support required to enable you to develop and consolidate your skills. You should be comfortable working independently or as part of a team.

Other responsibilities of the role include:

• Carrying out surveys, measured surveys and building inspections
• Attending meetings/presentations where appropriate
• Act as Contract Administrator on construction projects
• Checking and reviewing documents, drafting reports etc.

The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic, capable and ambitious Graduate Building Surveyor.

You will have a BSc in Building Surveying and also:

• Be working towards and committed to attaining RICS chartered membership
• Excellent listening and verbal/written communication skills
• Strong IT skills with a willingness to embrace new technologies
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Be familiar (but not expert) with construction contracts, project processes and procedures, tendering, and construction processes
• Be organised; able to plan, prioritise and tackle problems effectively
• Be proactive, capable of managing multiple tasks and willing to ask for help when necessary
• Be a team player and self‑motivated
• Professional manner
• Full driving licence.

You will receive an attractive salary matching your skills and experience as well as the following benefits:

• 1‑day per year allowed for social value/volunteering
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Discretionary sick pay (above SSP)
• Company laptop & mobile phone
• Professional subscriptions
• Monthly POET’s Day (Push Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Free on‑site parking

Daniel Connal Partnership is an award winning multi‑disciplinary construction consultancy, established in 1946.

With offices in London, Colchester and Norwich, our team of experienced and enthusiastic Project Managers, Building Surveyors, Quantity Surveyors, & Health & Safety Advisors, work with clients large and small across all sectors of the market and throughout the UK.

Our USP is to go above and beyond our client’s expectations in all that we do.

We’re known for choosing highly skilled, friendly people who are team‑orientated and have multi‑disciplinary talents. We look for dedication, diligence, enterprise, enthusiasm, integrity and willingness to listen; qualities that ensure we can deliver the exemplary service that our clients expect of us, and that we expect of ourselves.

As a practice we value and promote a positive work‑life balance. We encourage every member of our team to get involved with charity, sports, community, and company events.

We work hard to make DCP an enjoyable, exciting place to work. We are small enough to maintain a family atmosphere but large enough to offer exposure to some exciting projects. What’s more, we are expanding so there are lots of opportunities for growth! To find out more about us and why it’s good to work at DCP, please visit our website and follow us on social media.

DCP is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion amongst our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.