Principle Building Surveyor

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

**Job Description**:
AECOM is currently seeking to hire a Principal Building Surveyor to be based in Bristol.

We are looking to appoint a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to our Bristol office where you will have a great opportunity to develop a new team and progress your career.

Our UK Building Surveying team deliver as one unit, and specialise in multi-disciplinary design services on refurbishment schemes, condition and asset surveys and asset management.

The role is for a Bristol team leader so previous line manager experience is desirable.

Defence sector experience would be an advantage.

Skills and responsibilities include but will not be limited to:

- Set up a new team in our well established Bristol office
- Lead individual Building Surveying, Project Management, and Contract Administration commissions
- Fully involved in or managing others for the production of drawings, specifications and tender documents
- Survey and Report writing for the full range of typical core professional Building Surveying services
- Construction monitoring and snagging assessments
- Client development skills to develop business with existing clients and confidence to win new work
- Prepare fee bids, mentor key team members to do the same and assist other growth managers in business development
- Continuous improvement to our standards, processes and knowledge to deliver to our core clients
- Mentoring and developing Assistant Building Surveyors and other team members
- Key account client management
- Establish client briefs, appropriate fees, and cost control through to completion
- Financial, commercial and risk management from project inception through to completion on own projects
- Conducting a portfolio of fee based activities with our key multi sector client base

**Experience**:

- Experience in all core Building Surveying work areas especially design and contract administration
- Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Excellent client and team interpersonal skills
- Experience of winning work and building client relationships
- Ability to work with a number of clients providing core Building Survey services that results in building

**Qualifications**:
Minimum Requirements
- Have extensive experience of all aspects of surveying from design work to condition surveys, feasibilities, and contract administration
- Review, quality manage and approve the preparation of schedules of work, specifications and detailed drawings and tender packages
- Preparation of Schedules of Work and Specifications for all types of maintenance and construction projects
- Experience working and building relationships within the private and public sector
- Produce feasibility and concept reports
- Management of sub consultants and contractors
- Manage the delivery of contract administration services
- Compile and monitor project costs in line with approved budgets
- Manage asset surveys on larger survey programmes, working with various technology packages to meet client requirements.
- NEC4 Supervisor experience desirable but not essential
- Experience of line manager responsibility for a team of building surveyors
- Have experience of work/bid winning and a willingness to participate in work winning strategies
- Manage and monitor fees, profits and invoicing
- Promote the RICS APC and support staff through their APC

Preferred Qualifications
- Be educated to at least degree level or equivalent, in a Building Surveying RICS accredited degree
- Have extensive post Chartership experience
- Have excellent client facing experience
- Be passionate about Building Surveying, developing a team and furthering your career with a leading construction consultancy
- Have an open willingness to support developing surveyors and respond to their questions
- Be a strong leader and communicator
- Be looking for the next step in building surveying leadership
- Be a role model to the team, setting high standards and expectations

Additional Information

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity