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Randstad Construction, Property & Engineering
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London, Greater London
Chartered Building Surveyor - Residential
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum |
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Overview
Chartered Building Surveyor - London 55K-60K Job Purpose: Responsibility for delivery of building surveying services to the Faraday and HML portfolio of residential buildings and separate commercial clients. Undertake client care and liaison. Liaise closely with the property management and accounts department to ensure service delivery. Building surveying services to be in accordance with the RICS code of practice, current legislation and operations manuals produced by the company. Main Duties Major Works Carry out condition surveys and prepare capital expenditure plans and reports with budget costings for client approval. Read and interpret lease documents and advise clients. Take responsibility for preparing specifications and schedules of work for both residential and commercial property. Project cash-flows. Oversee and contract administer both minor and major projects, issuing instructions and ensuring contracts are finished on time and to budget. Defects Analysis Investigating and advising on building defects and reporting to clients and property managers. Preparing reports for clients and property managers with recommendations on repair and maintenance. Professional matters - Party Walls, Dilapidations, etc. Advising clients on party wall matters and associated boundary wall issues. Receiving and preparing Notices for service upon adjoining owners and acting as party wall surveyor in accordance with the Party Wall Etc Act 1996. Preparing schedules of condition, preparing party wall awards and advising clients generally on party wall legislation. Finance Preparing budget costings and Capital Expenditure Plans for clients and property management colleagues. Producing fee accounts for projects. Carrying out cost analysis of contractors' accounts. Agreeing and negotiating contractors' final accounts. Liaising generally with property managers and accounts colleagues in connection with preparation of service charge accounts, financial plans, expenditure and cashflow projections. Alterations Assessing plans and specifications from lessees for the altering of apartments and property for clients and advising thereon. Liaising with clients, solicitors and property management colleagues in connection with the issuing of Licences for Alterations. Making recommendations in connection with proposed alteration works. Monitoring lessees' alteration work and reporting. Assisting in the preparation of Alterations Policies and procedures and Contractor's Regulations for new and existing clients. Health and Safety Undertake basic risk assessments. Review health and safety reports and instruct consultants and contractors on health and safety work. Co-ordinate and liaise with health and safety consultants where required in connection with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations. Maintenance Carry out preventative maintenance inspections, inspect and report upon defects. Personnel Oversee and instruct assistants in connection with their duties. Managing team meetings when required. General Receive client/customer complaints and deal in accordance with the company procedures. Attend board, committee and general lessees' meetings as required both during the day and on occasion in the evenings. Identify opportunities for additional fee income for the department and business opportunities with clients, ensuring income is maximised. Liaise with the accounts department and follow up on unpaid invoices. If the above is of interest please apply now. Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.