The Team & Focus of the Role
Our Building Surveying team is growing! We have a rare opportunity for an experienced Building Surveyor to join our expanding team in the Midlands. Working with our key divisions this person will be predominantly leading on our work for our commercial clients in the Birmingham Office.
You would be joining a team that comprises of Building surveyors, Architects and architectural technicians. If you are passionate about client service, happy to assist with the training and development of junior members of the team and proactively wanting to grow and develop a presence in Birmingham & wider Midlands, then this could be the role for you!
Based in Brimingham, this is a permanent full-time position based on 37.5-hours (Monday – Friday) however we’re fully open to discussing part-time part and flexible working requirements (minimum 30 hours per week). We also operate a hybrid working policy.
In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- Company car/car allowance
- A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus your birthday off and two extra half days allocated for Christmas Eve & New Years Eve
- Private Healthcare
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
- An online money saving portal and access to a 24/7 mental health & wellbeing service.
- Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)
Duties will include:
- Provide advice to clients on the condition of their buildings
- Undertake inspections to prepare reports on Defect Analysis, dilapidations and acquisitions
- Provide advice to clients on feasibility and design with costs and programme
- Lead and manage procurement activities on construction work
- Write specifications, schedules of work and put together tender documents
- Undertake contract administration duties on a wide range of projects
- Monitor and report on construction work on site and report to clients and banks
- Mentoring of junior members of the team
- Proactively working with the wider team and division to grow our Midlands presence
The successful candidate will have...
- MRICS or AssocRICS qualifications (preferably)
- Strong project management
- Someone who enjoys autonomy and the ability to build and strengthen client relationships
- A strong communicator and someone who is proactive and pushes to meet the clients required outcomes and brief
- A surveyor who enjoys working on a wide variety of instructions for a very varied client base
- Someone who is enthusiastic, positive and motivated and can motivate others
- Excellent IT skills
- The ability to self-manage to meet deadlines
- Experience in building strong, lasting relationships, networking and promoting the business
- Excellent attention to detail
Why Fisher German?
We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.
What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.
We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 6-property market sectors; rural, commercial, development, residential, infrastructure services and sustainable energy.
Bring Yourself to Work
It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.