Associate Director Building Surveyor

Atkins Search are currently recruiting for an Associate Director Building Surveyor to join a highly reputable, multi-disciplined consultancy based in Wakefield with an unrivalled company culture, offering clear progression routes, stability and opportunities to work on some of the regions most prestigious projects.

Please note, if you’re a Senior Building Surveyor seeking the next step of development in your career, you will also be considered for the Associate Director Building Surveyor role.

Renowned for their professionalism, quality led services and cohesive team; born out of a desire to achieve a collaborative and specialist service to a variety of public and private sector clients across the region.

You will join a team of industry leading professionals with the opportunity to work across various sectors including education, healthcare, residential, industrial and commercial.

As Associate Director Building Surveyor, you will operate alongside a cohesive team of industry leading professionals and play a key role in guiding and supporting up and coming Building Surveyors whilst working closely with the Directors to continuously grow the team and push on business development.

You will be offered a mixture of both traditional building surveying and project-based work, alongside management opportunities to truly become integral to the business.

The Associate Director Building Surveyor will be responsible for:

• Directing across a range of services including planned preventative maintenance/condition surveys, contract administration, defects consultancy, dilapidations, licences for alterations, reinstatement cost assessments, schedules of condition and TDD.
• Engage and advise with key stakeholders, seeking feedback to ensure instructions are delivered on time and to a high standard.
• Drive efficiency, communications, transparency of the process and exchange of information through the delivery.
• Build your own connections internally within the business and also externally to build pipeline opportunities.
• Developing case studies, marketing materials, pitch content and other promotional material and activities for the team and division.
• Contributing toward the success of the team and division through both financial and non-financial activities, promoting the team and business culture positively.
• Supporting the team in other works and delivery on an ad hoc basis where demand of workload dictates.

The successful Associate Building Surveyor will be aligned with the above job description in addition to –

• Degree in Building Surveying, or related to Construction (or equivalent)
• Membership in professional bodies such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS),
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in building surveying
• Experience within project management, health & safety or acting as Principal Designer (desirable but essential)
• Excellent communication, negotiation and rapport building skills
• Excellent written skills for drafting reports, negotiating settlements and presenting evidence

My client’s core business focus is to work together to deliver lasting, successful, quality outcomes and a positive legacy. As their employees are the heart of their business, their priority is to keep them happy and safe.

Some of the exciting perks and benefits that they offer an Associate Building Surveyor can include:

• A highly competitive salary £65,000 - £75,000 (negotiable, depending on experience)
• Pension contribution
• Annual bonus
• Personal and professional development plans
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Annual salary review
• Hybrid working
• Professional training and development
• Mileage and expense reimbursement
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Regular social events
• Relaxed working environment
• Clear career path and realistic opportunities to progress

Atkins Search acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and as an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in construction, consultancy, residential and infrastructure recruitment and service the North West, Midlands, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Lincolnshire, Peterborough, and Northern Home Counties regions.