Job Description

We're looking for a Building Surveying Lead to join our Consultancy Project Services team based in Liverpool.

Location: Liverpool - with remote working available. The role requires regular travel to visit staff in Speke (near Liverpool), Lincoln, Gerrards Cross, Waterbeach (near Cambridge), and various Kier and client sites nationwide.

Hours: 37.5 hours per week – some flexibility on hours available; just let us know when you speak to us.

Salary: £60,000 to £70,000 + £6,700 annual car allowance + private healthcare + benefits.

What will you be responsible for?

As a Building Surveying Lead, you'll lead our team of building surveyors in providing services to internal and external clients (from both the public and private sectors), focusing on maintenance, repair, refurbishment, remodelling, restoration, extension, or demolition of existing buildings. The role includes managing and providing technical leadership, developing client relationships, and business development activities.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Line management of Building Surveying staff, allocating workload, and managing their achievement of target billable utilization levels while personally delivering complex or high-profile building surveying services.
• Project managing the delivery of building surveying services, ensuring quality service for clients and efficient internal management of projects.
• Undertaking business development, maintaining relationships with existing clients, identifying potential new clients, and winning new work.
• Managing the growth of the team, including recruitment efforts.

What are we looking for?

This role is ideal if you:

• Hold full membership of RICS as a Building Surveyor, or equivalent professional body, with Chartered status relevant to building surveying, and possess a full driving license. You should demonstrate effective leadership, motivation, communication skills, and expertise across a wide range of building types and sectors, ideally with experience in both public and private sectors.
• Have strong contract administration skills, experience with JCT and NEC contracts, good project management skills, commercial awareness, procurement knowledge (especially in the public sector), and proficiency in NBS Chorus and AutoCAD.
• Bring energy and ambition, with a desire to lead and develop a team of building surveyors.

Rewards and benefits

We offer a wide variety of benefits tailored to your needs. More information about benefits can be found here.

Inclusivity

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive workplace is a priority. We value our employees' experiences in shaping our policies. View our D&I action plan here.

We look forward to your application to #joinkier

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