Graduate Building Surveyor

2 weeks ago

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom 8f1976e0-c504-46fc-9b61-b057f95d00f9 Full time £24,000 - £35,000 per year

With one of the largest teams of Chartered Surveyors in the property sector, located in regional offices across the UK, Ridge and Partners have the depth and breadth of experience, expertise and local knowledge to support our clients at every stage of property investment, ownership and occupation from acquisition to disposal.

We work with a wide range of clients advising on their property portfolios and managing projects and transactions and due to our continued growth and success, we're excited to invite a talented Graduate Building Surveyor to join our dynamic Building Surveying team in Cambridge.

Education
As a Graduate Building Surveyor at Ridge, you'll gain hands-on experience working on prestigious projects and core building surveying instructions. Our work spans a variety of sectors including residential, education, industrial, and commercial developments. You'll be involved in a wide range of services such as:

  • Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) surveys
  • Pre-acquisition Building Surveys
  • Design and Contract Administration
  • Schedules of Condition
  • Schedules of Dilapidations
  • Reinstatement Cost Assessments

You'll also collaborate with an impressive client base, including major retailers, local authorities, museums, universities and colleges and property investors.

This is a fantastic opportunity to kickstart your career in a supportive environment where you'll learn from industry leaders and contribute to meaningful projects from day one.

What you need to do to be effective in this role

  • Support the team on contract administration instructions through the attendance of meetings, writing of specifications, procurement of competitive tenders, preparation of contract documents and undertaking of progress inspections.
  • Assist with the undertaking of building surveys, particularly the ability to record relevant information from site inspections and ability to summarise findings in a concise manner.
  • Support the Building Surveying team on complex multi-disciplinary schemes.
  • Help with analysing and reporting on building defects.
  • Support the Building Surveyors with preparing schedules of dilapidations and negotiation of settlements.
  • Assist with the supervision of building work on site.
  • Assisting the Building Surveyors with providing advice on the design, construction, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of all types of residential and commercial property.
  • Carry out building, condition and measured surveys.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

  • You hold a bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above - RICS approved
  • You have the Right to Work in the UK, without requiring visa sponsorship
  • You are passionate about our industry - this is really important - we love what we do and see that the built environment plays a critical role in society, so we want people who feel the same.
  • You are curious, and eager to learn - our team of existing Building Surveying experts, who you can learn so much from love sharing their knowledge, and are passionate about developing our future talent, so we want people who will make the most of this opportunity.

As a graduate, you will need to demonstrate the desire and drive to becoming a Chartered Building Surveyor with our support and guidance.

You will need to be personable, presentable and have good communication skills in this client facing role.  An ability to produce your own documentation based on our standards is essential, as is an ability to organise, manage your time efficiently in the delivery of the services for multiple projects at any one time.

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