Building Surveyor

The Historic Building Advisory Service is an established historic building consultancy working across the UK from our office near Salisbury. If you have experience of working with or an enthusiasm for and a knowledge of historic buildings and structures then we would like to hear from you.

The role involves the delivery of professional advice for the practical conservation, repair, alteration and adaptation to buildings and structures for all types and sizes date pre 1945. This includes producing condition and other surveys, preparing heritage impact statements, as well as designing, specifying and overseeing works from concept stage, through the planning and regulatory process, to completion of the project.

This is a professionally rewarding, sometimes demanding and challenging job, where you will be working with historic buildings and their owners, as part of a small team within a commercial environment.

You will run and manage your own work load for a wide range of clients, with often eclectic projects, where there is rarely a standard response. For this you will need to be adaptive in your thinking, while ensuring follow the project briefs, as well as meeting professional and conservation standards, within time frames and budgets.

To support you in this role, and help you develop your abilities, we will provide on-going professional training and development as necessary.

• Liaison with clients to understand and develop their requirements
• Analysis of historic buildings
• Various types of building survey
• Report writing
• Design and intervention of new and repair work in to an historic built environment
• Developing and handling planning and building regulation applications
• Working closely with other members of the team, clients and contractors
• Contract administration, tendering and oversight of work on site

• Experience as a building surveyor or architect in a professional practice
• Working knowledge of building construction – modern and historic
• An understanding of the UK planning legislation and Building Regulations
• Ability to develop a good professional working relationships with clients
• Competent computer skills, Word, Excel, etc.
  
  Working knowledge of CAD desirable
• Ability to self manage workload
• A current full UK driving licence

Full time, Part Time/hybrid considered

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All applicants must be eligible to work and line in the UK without restrictions. Evidence of eligibility will be required. We are unable to provide employment sponsorship to those wishing to apply.