Building Surveyor; Unchartered

Overview

With one of the largest teams of chartered surveyors in the property sector, located in regional offices across the UK, we have a depth and breadth of experience, expertise and local knowledge to support our clients at every stage of property investment, ownership and occupation from acquisition to disposal.

We work with a wide range of clients to manage their property portfolios, projects and transactions and due to our continuing success;
Ridge is looking to appoint a Building Surveyor to join our growing team in Liverpool, working from a vibrant city-centre office and supporting a strong pipeline of work across the commercial and public sectors. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated surveyor who enjoys variety, client-facing work and the chance to develop their career within a collaborative and well-established consultancy environment.

As a Building Surveyor at Ridge, you will benefit from on job learning experiences whilst working on prestigious projects and core building surveying instructions. Our projects are of varying sizes and cover a variety of sectors including large residential, educational, industrial and commercial schemes. The team cover a wide range of core Building Surveying instructions, namely planned preventative maintenance (PPM) surveys, pre-acquisition building surveys, schedules of condition, schedules of dilapidations and reinstatement cost assessments.

You will also work with interesting clients including large retail companies, local authorities, schools/universities, contractors, developers etc.

• Support the team on contract administration instructions through the attendance of meetings, writing of specifications, procurement of competitive tenders, preparation of contract documents and undertaking of progress inspections.
• Assist with the undertaking of building surveys, particularly the ability to record relevant information from site inspections and ability to summarise findings in a concise manner.
• Support the Building Surveying team on complex multi-disciplinary schemes.
• Help with analysing and reporting on building defects.
• Support the Building Surveyors with preparing schedules of dilapidations and negotiation of settlements.
• Assist with the supervision of building work on site.
• Assisting the Building Surveyors with providing advice on the design, construction, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of all types of residential and commercial property.
• Carry out building, condition and measured surveys.

• You hold a bachelor’s degree at 2:2 or above - RICS approved
• You are passionate about our industry - this is really important - we love what we do and see that the built environment plays a critical role in society, so we want people who feel the same.
• You are curious, and eager to learn - you will need to demonstrate the desire and drive to becoming a Chartered Building Surveyor with our support and guidance.