Senior Building Surveyor

Senior Building Surveyor at Gleeds

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious Chartered Building Surveyor to join our Building Consultancy team. We work with a wide range of public and private sector clients, providing a broad breadth of commercial building surveying services within the Central & Greater London area.

Location: London, W1T

• Supporting business unit directors in delivering business objectives;
• Positively engaging with customers and developing, growing, and maintaining customer relationships;
• Delivering high quality services and ensuring that building surveying deliverables meet customers’ requirements;
• Managing building surveying commissions, including surveys, dilapidation advice, party wall advice, and construction projects for new builds, renovations, and maintenance works – from feasibility through to design, contract administration to handover and post‑completion reviews;
• Preparing and managing planned maintenance programmes;
• Agreeing with the Director and Client the right sub‑consultants to assist with delivery of a commission and following the approved procedures for appointing sub‑consultants;
• Communicating with, and providing good, sound, professional advice to both clients and other project team members;
• Ensuring that all quantitative and financial information has been independently checked before issue, including maintaining evidence of independent checks;
• Remaining in the remit of your role and, when additional responsibilities need to be carried out, conducting this in a fully informed manner with the approval of your line manager;
• Leading and managing teams working for you; ensuring that they are correctly fulfilling their project functions, providing mentoring and coaching when required;
• Mentoring and coaching employees so that they realise their full potential;
• Preparing bids for services;
• Managing service delivery for profit.

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career;
• A contributory pension scheme;
• Employee Assistance Programme;
• Our global travel scholarship programme;
• Flexible working arrangements.

• Broad, in‑depth Building Surveying experience post MRICS qualification;
• Detailed knowledge and practical experience of delivery of building surveying tasks;
• Sound knowledge of construction methods and materials;
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies;
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contracts Administrator and Employers Agent;
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts;
• Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement) and to lead high performance teams;
• Clear and effective communication skills – both oral and written;
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changes;
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills;
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily;
• Sound ICT skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels;
• Ability to work as part of a team and lead teams.

• MRICS (Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)

Gleeds is a global property and construction consultancy with over 150 years of expertise, operating in 28 countries worldwide. From iconic landmarks to critical infrastructure, we drive innovation, sustainability and value, delivering transformative projects that shape communities and redefine the built environment.