Principal Building Surveyor

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

12/19/2024

Are you an experienced Senior Building Surveyor, looking to bridge the gap to Associate level?

Do you want to achieve more autonomy and influence within a growing business?

Do you want to work on a diverse range of projects as part of a multidisciplinary team?

If you answered yes to the above questions, we want to hear from you!

We are Pick Everard, delivering better together for over 160 years. We deliver exceptional places for people across sectors including commercial, retail, residential, defence and more. Client focus is our strength, and culture is our passion. We are proud to work with prestigious clients on a range of projects across the built environment, helping to create a sustainable future for all.

As part of our ambitious growth strategy, we are looking to appoint a Principal Building Surveyor to be based in either Leeds or Manchester. Joining a supportive network as part of a national team, you can expect to receive valuable training, guidance and genuine scope for career development.

You can expect to become involved in:

• Project and professional services for a range of clients across sectors, including NEC Supervisory work.
• Projects within the commercial, education, and defence sectors amongst others.
  
  
  

Your core duties will include:

• Taking the lead on projects, deputising for senior members of staff as required, supporting bid processes and aspects of business development.
• Planing and managing project resources including technical development of junior staff
• Preparing and overseeing designs and reports, and undertaking surveys in accordance with the firm’s procedures
• Representing the firm at client meetings, presentations etc
• Monitoring day to day programming and planning
• Day to day control of internal costs, preparing and issuing fee invoices
• Liaising directly with clients and other stakeholders as appropriate
• Recognising new business opportunities - develops and sustains client relationships
• Responsible for checking of documents, reports etc as appropriate.
  
  
  

Find out what it is like to work at Pick Everard here: Life at PickEverard - Pick Everard

You will be committed to enhancing our positive working culture, by having a compassionate attitude and always treating others with respect.

In order to be considered for this role, you must hold:

• Chartership with relevant experience
• Excellent technical knowledge
• Good business development skills
• The ability to promote best practice in survey and project deliver
  
  
  

In order to stand out from the crowd, it is desirable for you:

• To based in Leeds and have sound knowledge of the local area
• To have worked in a Senior role in a similar environment
• To have some experience of business development.
  
  
  

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What We Offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

• Agile working
• 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
• Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
• Professional subscriptions
• Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
• Stakeholder pension
  
  
  

As an equal opportunities’ employer, Pick Everard is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us on our journey.

We are committed to building and nurturing great relationships with our agency partners. However, this role is being recruited for directly and therefore we are not seeking support at this time. Any unsolicited CV Introductions will not be accepted.