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Senior Building Surveyor – Residential Estate Management – Manchester - Hybrid

Falmouth Fairfax
Greater Manchester
1 month ago
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Senior Building Surveyor – Residential Estate Management – Manchester - Hybrid

We are working with a leading residential investment and management company with an impressive multi-billion-pound portfolio across the UK. They are currently looking for a Senior Building Surveyor to oversee their CAPEX refurbishment project across their Northwest portfolio.

Remuneration:
£60, - £70, + benefits package + bonus.

Hybrid home based role with 1 day in the office per week.

The Role:
The Senior Building Surveyor will join in a project biased role overseeing the Northwest residential lease hold portfolio and therefore can be based in / around the Manchester, Sheffield or Liverpool area. The role offers a fully flexible hybrid work set up being based 1 day in the office for team meetings and then 4 days from home or at site visits.

The core role will be 65% focused on the project management and contracts administration of their residential block internal and external common parts refurbishment projects valued between £20, and c. £3 million in line with the agreed PPM (planned preventative maintenance reports). In addition to the project work the Building Surveyor will also complete the professional work covering pre-acquisition surveys, reinstatement cost assessment, dilapidations, defect diagnosis and building pathology and inputting into the 5/10 year PPM’s.

Requirements:

MRICS qualified with a BSc in Building Surveying

Experience overseeing Residential PPM projects valued between £20k and c£3 million.

Experience of JCT contracts, defect diagnosis, building pathology and building regulations

Excellent communication and report writing skills with the ability to work within a team environment and autonomously.

Additional experience in AutoCAD would be desirable.

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