Associate Director - Building Surveying

About This Role

This opportunity is for a position an Associate Director with over 5 years’ experience post qualification experience to join a team of 33 building surveying professionals focusing on traditional building surveying services but with a bias towards dilapidations. The building surveying team is part of the wider 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 will predominantly be involved in providing dilapidations advice/negotiations to both landlords and tenants and specifying/running refurbishment works. Additional and more occasional roles will include; technical due diligence/surveys for investors and occupiers, defect diagnosis and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules.

These tasks will be undertaken across a range of property types, with an emphasis on office, industrial and life science buildings in the south east. Given the nature of the team and the client base, the candidate will regularly have the opportunity to work on some of London’s most high profile buildings together with the opportunity to work on international portfolio instructions.

The team operate on a hybrid office basis and a mix of office and home working is encouraged. Flexible working and part time hours are fully supported.

Responsibilities

• To independently deliver a varied range of building surveying instructions for the London Dilapidations team, covering both professional and contract work, to a high standard.
• Take responsibility for the management of client and instructions and project teams to deliver high quality and timely building surveying and project services profitably
• Deliver instructions from inception to completion with the minimum of supervision to meet the project objectives in accordance with company policies

Projects 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
• Client Care, reporting and relationships
• Support with business development.
• Support with team management.
• 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

Requirements

• The ideal candidate will be MRICS qualified with over 5 years’ experience and currently acting in an Associate Director capacity.
• 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 where required but understands and appreciates the importance of using discretion;