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Graduate Building Surveyor Southampton

Currie && Brown

Southampton

Permanent

SO147DS

Posted: 18/11/2023

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About The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a graduate to work within our building surveying team based in Southampton.
You will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration and building surveys.
Responsibilities will include:
Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
Working as a proactive team player
Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships
Supporting the senior managers in the day-to-day running of the business
Maintaining commercial and quality control procedures for projects under your control

Managing relationships with clients, contractors and colleagues
Conducting individual study in your own time towards achieving chartered surveyor statusRequirements:

BSc in building surveying or equivalent
Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external)
Experience in the higher education, local government and healthcare sectors beneficial
Developing skills in project management, EPCs/FRAs, repairs and maintenance and condition assessment beneficial (ongoing training will be provided)

Strong numeracy skills
Ability to foster relationships with professionals of all levels
Analytical approach to problem-solving
Willing to travel (graduates will be expected to work on projects across various UK locations in order to gain breadth of experience, although the base location will remain constant)
Commitment to the company’s rigorous training programme
Well-organised with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage their time
A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astuteTraining and progression (APC programme):
We will provide training through our industry-leading structured RICS APC programme. With your commitment and our support, you’ll become a chartered surveyor in a minimum of two years (longer if a conversion course is required).
Attaining RICS accreditation is a standard requirement for Currie & Brown’s professional employees. The company seeks to produce high-calibre practitioners through its rigorous programme. Candidates will commit to ongoing studying and document preparation, while regular assessment ensures progress and identifies where further study or support is required. The programme includes:
Self-study outside business hours
Bonus payment on completion of APC
Mentorship from an experienced colleague
Training sessions with an external APC coach
Quarterly assessments
Coaching in soft skills
Individual face-to-face and telephone support in the six months leading up to the final assessmentPost-APC programme development
Once you gain chartership you can join a formal development programme designed to move the focus of learning into areas of commerciality, leadership and business development.
Employment benefits:
As an APC candidate, you can enjoy the following benefits:
Salary reviews twice a year
25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 27 after five years with the company
Option to ‘buy’ more annual leave
Pension scheme membership, with a matched employer contribution of up to 5%
Company car allowance upon achieving chartership
Private healthcare scheme membership
Life insurance at twice your salary
Healthy living subsidy in the form of a taxable annual payment of £400 towards the cost of a sports club or gym
Professional membership subscription
An interest-free season ticket loan
Bike-to-work scheme
Opportunities to get involved with CSR activities
Social fund and social committee to support activities for all employees
‘Congratulations’ payments when employees get married or enter into a civil partnership
Dress-down and early finish on Fridays

About The Company
Currie & Brown is one of the world’s leading physical assets management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients in respect of the management and utilisation of their physical assets, and is differentiated by innovation, expertise, and experience.
With principal offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, New York, and Shanghai, we operate throughout the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, India, and the Middle East.
Currie & Brown is an equal opportunity employer. As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Currie & Brown UK is also proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, which represents a promise by the company that those who serve or have served, and their families, are treated fairly

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