Role Purpose

This opportunity is for a position at Chartered Building Surveyor level.  To join a team of 3 building surveying professionals focusing on traditional building surveying services and varied contract administration projects for both Landlord and occupiers.  The building surveying team is part of the wider Projects & Building Consultancy department which provides a wide range of construction and building consultancy advice.

The candidate will predominantly be working with both internal and external investor and occupier clients ranging through international corporate occupiers, national/international investment funds.

The candidate predominantly will be involved in providing dilapidations advice/negotiations to both landlords and tenants, technical due diligence/surveys for investors and occupiers, license for alteration reviews and specifying/running refurbishment works.  Additional and more occasional roles will include defect diagnosis and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules.  These tasks will be undertaken across a range of property types, with an emphasis on office and industrial buildings within the Oxfordshire, Milton Keynes and Cambridge areas.

Key Responsibilities

To independently deliver the successful implementation of professional and contract building surveying within the building surveying team through the completion of a varied range of building surveying instructions.

Work as part of a team to manage clients, instructions and project teams to deliver high quality and timely building surveying and project services profitably;

Deliver instructions from inception to completion with minimal supervision to meet the project objectives in accordance with company policies;

Instructions to include but are not restricted to:-

Preparation of Schedule of Dilapidations and negotiating on behalf of Landlord or Tenant including interim schedules of dilapidations and preparation of dilapidations assessments;

Purchasers, Vendors and Occupiers technical due diligence reviews of buildings including the coordination of wider specialist consultancy reports;

Preparation of design and specification documentation, running of the tender process and the administration of refurbishment projects

Planned Preventative Maintenance Inspections and Reporting

Drafting of Standard Contract forms and Contract Administration;

Support with Client Care, reporting and relationships

Comply with CBRE’s policies and management system;

Work in compliance with Quality Management Procedures;

To positively contribute to the department’s business plan and revenue targets to assist in achieving its objectives;

Person Specification/Requirements

The ideal candidate will be MRICS qualified

Good appreciation of professional and project based building surveying matters being able to understand the basics of the local and wider property markets;

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to present a professional and knowledgeable persona;

Able to work as part of a team, supporting and working with colleagues and sister departments;

Build, develop and maintain existing business and client relationships;

Organise and prioritise tasks so that they are efficiently completed within an agreed time frame;

Provide concise and clear written communication with accurate and excellent attention to detail;

Sociable and outgoing team player who deals effectively with colleagues and clients Confident and assertive