Associate Director Building Surveyor

• Supporting service leads to achieve business objectives;
• Positively engaging with customers - developing, growing, and maintaining business relationships;
• Providing high quality building surveying services, ensuring deliverables meet customer requirements;
• Managing building surveying commissions, such as surveys, dilapidation advice, party wall advice and construction projects including feasibility design, contract administration, handover and post completion reviews
• Preparing and managing planned maintenance programmes;
• Agreeing with your director and client selection of appropriate sub-consultants to support commission delivery and appointing them in line with approved procedures
• Providing sound professional advice to both clients and project team members;
• Ensuring all quantitative and financial information has been independently checked before issue, maintaining evidence of independent checks;
• Remaining in the remit of your role. When additional responsibilities required of you, conduct this in a fully informed manner with the approval of your line manager;
• Leading and managing your teams, ensuring they are correctly fulfilling their project functions, providing mentoring and coaching when required;
• Preparing bids for services;
• Managing service delivery for profit.

As a Gleeds team member, you will have access to:

• Opportunities to develop and grow your career
• A contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working arrangements

• Broad, in-depth post qualification building surveying experience
• Detailed knowledge and practical experience of delivery of building surveying tasks;
• Sound knowledge of construction methods and materials;
• Comprehensive knowledge of construction procurement strategies, including tendering and contract strategies;
• Ability to administer construction contracts as Contracts Administrator and Employers Agent;
• Clear understanding of legislation impacting on building contracts;
• Ability to motivate others (including providing support and encouragement) and to lead high performance teams;
• Clear and effective communication skills – both oral and written;
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to quickly adapt to changes;
• Excellent problem solving, negotiating skills, financial and numeracy management skills;
• Ability to absorb complex information and assess requirements readily;
• Sound ICT Skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Competent at negotiating sufficient fees to both complete services and generate required profit levels;
• Ability to work as part of a team and lead teams.

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