Projects Surveyor

If you’ve got excellent and significant experience of asset and property management with a strong commercial awareness to provide a turn-key solution working client side, we can offer you a rewarding role with a difference.

We are looking for a Project Surveyor with experience of asset and property management to join our strategic Property Team. This is a full-time position, which requires an experienced and forward thinking individual to join us to deliver an efficient and proactive property management service.

The Caretech Group provides care and education to both children and adults in both registered and supported living services to over 5000 service users in over 700 sites nationwide including Wales and Scotland. The care provided is across a number of Operating divisions, including Children’s, Children’s Education Services, Adult Care and day care provision and Specialist Services incorporating Mental Health Services, ABI and other specialist provision.

**About the Projects Surveyor role**

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person to help deliver the growth and development programme of the business, in managing and delivering building and refurbishment projects from inception to completion. Our properties range in size from single services up to 40 bed services and small education settings. This is a wide and varied role with projects values ranging from £20k to £1.5m.

Generally, projects will be in the region of £50k to £0.5m region and involve either refurbishment/ alteration/ adaption of both existing properties and newly acquired properties. You will have gained knowledge and experience of managing a diverse property portfolio in a client side role and ideally have experience working in or with the Care sector.

You will be working with experienced team, working together to provide a turn-key solution from identifying, purchasing, budgeting, overseeing design, obtaining planning and other regulatory consents, tender, contracted works and fitting out properties ready for occupation. You will be responsible for Identifying and drive through cost saving opportunities, working with clients and other 3rd parties as appropriate.

This role will involve preparing schedule of works and obtaining tenders for proposed works and producing tender reports dependent on project. Liaising with building managers and contractors with respect to ongoing maintenance and repair programmes. Regular site visits to ensure good quality and workmanship, site meetings with Operations team and handover on completion. Assisting where directed with supporting the regional facilities managers with larger capex projects and ensuring these are carried out in accordance with necessary statutory regulation.

To be successful you will share our values, commitment, and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities.
- Highly organised and a great communicator, resilient with a flexible approach. A real team player, you should also be:

- Experienced in a similar Surveying or Property/Project Management Role is required with a background record of delivering projects and maintenance across complex estates
- Suitability qualified to degree level or equivalent professional qualification within a similar environment
- Demonstrable track record of building and construction process including planning, building control with a good working knowledge of other statutory compliance
- Ability to work independently, at pace and under pressure, exercising good initiative and judgement whilst also being comfortable working as part of a team on larger projects
- Experience of contracts, writing schedule of works and the tender process.
- An analytical mind, methodical approach and keen attention to detail and be proficient in excel
- Good prioritisation skills and the ability to meet deadlines
- A basic understanding Knowledge of AutoCad would be beneficial but not essential.
- The flexibility to travel across the location, staying overnight where needed
- This post will require national travel, therefore a car driver is essential.
- Location: Covering the South of England & Wales_
- Salary: £50k to £58k with car allowance_