Chartered Building Surveyor in Central London

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in establishing a client’s requirements and undertake feasibility studies
• Undertaking a variety of surveys and inspections
• Preparing and producing specifications for works, tender and contract documents
• Coordinating members of the design team and project stakeholders
• Acting as Employer’s Agent and Contract Administrator
• Site visits, assessments and projections for future work
• Writing reports and preparing documents (plans, contracts, budgets etc.)
• Analyse site activities; prepare progress reports on time, quality and cost of projects
• Advising on and acting in accordance with the Party Wall Etc Act, as an appointed surveyor
• Advising on and acting in accordance with CDM Regulations and in the capacity of Principal Designer

Key Competencies

Business/ Operative Skills

Planning & organising – good planning; able to handle multiple activities at one time. Uses time effectively and efficiently, shifts priorities as needed. Ability to attend to a broader range of activities effectively.

Customer Focus – dedicated to meeting the expectations of internal and external customers; establishes and maintains effective relationships and gains customers trust and respect.

Team Development – provides challenging and stretching tasks; is a people builder, takes on those who need further development and takes time to coach others. Clearly and comfortably delegates routine tasks and decisions to junior team members, shares both responsibility and accountability and trusts people to perform.

Team Working – creates a climate in which people want to do their best; ability to motivate and empower others; will invite input from each person and share ownership and visibility; makes each individual feel their work is valued.

Attention to Detail – diligently attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks. Checks work to ensure accuracy and completeness. Uses rigorous, logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions.

Judgement – makes good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom and experience. Sought out by others for advice and solutions.

Functional/Technical Learning – has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job to a high level of accomplishment; makes effort to keep up to date in the field and makes time to acquire new knowledge.

Honest Assessment – Provide an honest assessment of workload, resource issues and any potential problems that could arise from decisions made.

Personal/ Interpersonal Skills

Effective Communication – relates well to a diverse range of people inside and outside the organisation. Builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; always uses diplomacy and tact. Remains calm and confident in difficult situations.

Negotiating: can negotiate skilfully in tough situations; can settle differences with minimum impact and without damaging relationships; can be direct but diplomatic and gains trust of other parties to the negotiations.

Drive & Enthusiasm – enjoys working hard; is proactive and full of energy for the things they see as challenging; seizes more opportunities than others

Drive for Results – can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; able to perform duties constantly and consistently at a high level; perseveres and works through barriers. Steadfastly pushes self and others to achieve positive results.