Senior Building Surveyor

**Salary**: £42,000 - £52,000 per year (dependant on experience)

**Location**: Based in our Northallerton or Otley office, with hybrid working

**Contract**: Permanent, Full-Time

**Benefits**:25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, company pension and other benefits.

**“Aligning your aspirations with our expertise to ensure they become a reality”**

We have an opportunity for an experienced Senior Building Surveyor to join our team in Northallerton or Otley at Align Property Services.

You will join a team of Building Surveyors to collaborate on diverse projects including refurbishments, extensions, planned maintenance and new build projects, with a varied range of clients across North Yorkshire and beyond.

You will draw on your knowledge and experience of building surveying to provide a variety of services, including those relating to building pathology, design, building surveys and contract administration. From your extensive experience of project management, you will be able to work autonomously to produce plans, sections and detail drawings for construction using the latest technology.

You will play an essential part of a busy and professional team, providing the best and most cost-effective solutions for our client’s varied property portfolio. You will be able to work successfully within a highly competitive market, demonstrating strong and efficient performance capabilities, with a focus on service excellence and client satisfaction.

We actively encourage staff development which means you will have responsibility to mentor junior members of staff, providing help and advice where required.

**To be successful in this role, you will**:

- Hold an RICS accredited Building Surveying degree with significant post degree experience of working as a Building Surveyor
- Member of RICS or ideally working towards full membership via the APC pathway.
- Produce schedules of work and specifications using NBS software and other documentation.
- Coordinate deliverables and work collaboratively with other disciplines including Architects, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Structural Engineers, Quantity Surveyors and CDM Advisors.
- Visit sites to attend meetings, carry out inspections and surveys when required.
- Carry out project design and complete H&S risk assessments to meet current CDM regulation requirements.
- Be committed to maintaining an annual programme of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
- Carry out building surveys and write building survey reports and Schedules of Condition
- A full UK driving license and ability to travel when required

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**Align Property Services, who are we?**

We are an award-winning building design consultancy and are proud to be recently named the Regional Energy Consultancy and Regional New Build Project of the year for our recent work with Darlington Borough Council at the North East Energy Efficiency Awards.

Align Property Services is a Limited Company, wholly owned by North Yorkshire Council and we are one of the largest multi-discipline building design consultancies in the North of England. We are collaborative in the way we work, offering a broad range of services in Architecture, Sustainability, Building Surveying, Project Management, Civil & Structural, Transport Planning, Bridges, Highways & Drainage Engineering, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Quantity Surveying, CD, Property Advisory & Estate Management.

We are dynamic and diverse in our approach to projects, from valuing small gardens to multi-million-pound listed structures including schools, fire stations, care homes and other public and commercial buildings across the UK. 2024 is proving to be one of our busiest years yet, with the development of exciting new projects with North Yorkshire Council and other public and private sector clients and is an exciting time to join us as we continue to evolve.

**“Align your career success with delivering our ambitious growth plans”**

**What we can offer you**

When you join Align, you will join a team of professionals who feel rewarded for the work they do. Operating in a friendly and professional environment, we want to provide the training and resources to succeed and thrive in your role. Our people are not just numbers, everyone is crucial to the vital services we provide, and we treat everyone in our teams with respect and complete support.

In return for your commitment, we offer:

- A Competitive salary up to £52,000 per year, dependent on your skills and experience
- Enrolment on to a company pension scheme which we will contribute to up 6%
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with opportunity to purchase up to 10 additional annual leave days per leave year.
- Hybrid working to support you in a healthy work-life balance.
- Professional development through varying project work
- A benefits scheme which includes a good maternity leave package,