Building Surveyor

**Job Role: Building Surveyor**

**Location: Lyme Regis, Plymouth, Cornwall**

**Hours: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week**

At Innovus we committed to delivering market leading solutions and professional services and as a Building Surveyor, you will be contributing to our vision to recognised as the market leading provider of services to the UK’s property sector.

We are proud to employ highly skilled, experienced and innovative people who deliver business expertise and service across the property industry.

**Main Purpose of Job**
- Undertaking surveying activities and delivering projects that significantly contribute to the success of the team.
- Imparting technical knowledge and experience across the team, that positively benefits our clients and customers alike.
- Acting as critical support to the Regional Surveying and Projects Manager, being able to assist and engage on projects of a highly technical or process intensive nature.

**Position in Organisation**

This role reports to the Regional Surveying and Projects Manager.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Surveying properties and preparing specifications of works.
- Preparing documentation in accordance with CDM 2015 and ensuring compliance with the regulations and best practice.
- Ensuring that all major works are carried out in line with Company procedures and legal requirements, including compliance with Section 20 consultation under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- Supervising works to buildings to ensure excellent customer care, exemplary contractor performance, and technically superb completed work.
- Contribute to excellent contractor and consultant performance management; build constructive working relationships with partners to improve customer service, value for money and quality of workmanship.
- Undertake CPD in accordance with the requirements of your professional body, including receiving and delivering CPD within the surveyors team.
- Identify potential business opportunities outside of core client and assist the Surveying and Projects Manager in obtaining new business with external clients.
- Link with the core client major works team to ensure good communications between the major works team and the surveying team.
- Own and undertake key improvement projects to support and develop the team direction in both capability and product offering.
- Carry out any other duties in relation to the efficient operation of the team and assist the Surveying and Project Managers as required.

**Areas of Responsibility/Accountability**
- This role is part of one of three Regional Surveying and Project Delivery teams across the UK.

**Key Interfaces**
- Property Managers, Regional Managers and Heads of Operations.
- Business to Business Interfaces through business growth.
- External businesses and organisations, in particular key customers and clients

**Qualifications**

**Experience**
- Substantial technical surveying experience in the Property Management environment with a wide range of building types
- Demonstrable successful project delivery experience managing contractors and consultants as required.
- Sound commercial understanding of a surveying ‘practise’ and ability to clearly articulate commercial performance with senior managers
- Experience and willingness to build relationships with team to identify and drive improvement opportunities.
- Significant understanding of the Residential Property Sector and Regulatory knowledge including Section 20 process, CDM.
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stake holders, at all levels within the business.
- Experience with AOV’s, Emergency Call Systems and Fire Panels would be an advantage.

**Technical Skills**
- Understanding of Mechanical and Electrical systems and the ability to develop appropriate performance specifications in conjunction with M&E consultants.
- Project management and delivery skills.
- Experience of Insurance Remediation works e.g. Fire and Flood damage is desirable.
- Understanding of building structure and materials to support the Technical Services team (EWS1 / FRAEW)

**The Benefits**

Our customers deserve the best and the same applies to our people. We’ll support you with all of the technology, training and support that you need to do your job well. We offer competitive salaries and a range of benefit packages. In addition to the core benefits, we also offer a range of exclusive discounts on extra benefits to help you and your family make the most of your money, safeguard your future and look after your health.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Innovus is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. We embrace diversity in all its form. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. If you have a disability, please let us know what adjustments you