Job Reference: /DR/04-06/1186/15
Job Title: Building Surveyor
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Hours per week: Monday to Friday - 38 hours per week
Business Overview
Atalian Servest and OCS have merged to create a new organisation, the OCS Group UK & Ireland. We are a leading facilities management company providing a range of both standalone and integrated services including cleaning, catering, security, technical services, energy management and compliance, front of house, landscaping, logistics, waste management and pest control services. The company has a turnover of £1.5bn and operates across the UK and Ireland with 50,000 colleagues delivering innovative award-winning services to the private and public sectors and supporting the local communities in which it operates.
Role Overview
Advise clients on schemes and projects and determine requirements to prepare scheme designs with costings, programmes for completion of projects and specification of works.
Work closely with the commercial team to organise documents for tender and advise on appointing contractors, designers and procurement routes.
Produce reports to determine the condition of existing buildings, identify and analyse defects, including proposals for repair, Including energy efficiency, environmental impact and sustainable construction.
Other duties,
- instruct on the preservation/conservation of historic buildings
- advise on the management and supervision of maintenance of buildings
- deal with planning applications and advise on property legislation and building regulations
- assess and design buildings to meet the needs of people with disabilities
- instruct on construction design and management regulations
- negotiate dilapidations (when there is a legal liability for a property's state of disrepair)
- carry out feasibility studies
- advise on the health and safety aspects of buildings
- advise on boundary and 'right to light' disputes and party wall procedures
Benefits
- Informal hybrid/flexible working arrangements
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Free fruit in our offices
- Employee Referral Scheme (if you refer a successful candidate to one of our vacancies)
- Wide range of retail discounts
- Regular social and charity events are held in our offices
- Get involved in charity events in the local community
Wellbeing
- Discounted gym membership
- Eye test £25 voucher and up to £100 towards glasses
- Join our Cycle to Work scheme via salary sacrifice
- Access to "CHROMA", our internal colleague-led diversity and inclusion community – join a committee or take part in our D&I initiatives and events
- Access to internal Mental Health First Aiders
Career development and recognition
- Immediate access to "Opportunity" our internal Learning and Development platform
- Required professional membership fees paid for
- Opportunity to win monthly OCS Superstar Awards
- Long service awards
About You:
- Applicants must have the right to work in the UK
- Experience of working in a similar role
- Qualified to degree level or equivalent in building surveying.
- Strong understanding and demonstration of understanding of critical environment infrastructure, capital project delivery and energy management services.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- A decisive individual with the ability to work well under pressure.
Please note that this position may require security clearance as a contractual requirement.
How to apply
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