Job Description

We are recruiting a Building Surveyor to play a pivotal role in the expansion of , Leeds.

This unique opportunity is suited to an ambitious Building Surveyor with the drive to create meaningful change and inspire growth across Buro Happold.

This role has the potential to accelerate your career trajectory within a vibrant multi-disciplinary organisation. As our first dedicated surveyor in this region, you will be provided with an opportunity to develop your customer base and expand your work profile whilst shaping a new team around you.

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Type of contract

Permanent

Grade

Senior, Associate

Area of Expertise

Specialist Consulting

Region

UK

Office / Project Location

Leeds

Ref No

7277

Be Challenged

With us, your preconceptions will be tested, your resilience built, and your career enriched.

Are you a natural problem solver who enjoys collaborating directly with clients to bring pragmatic, resilient, and environmentally sensitive solutions to the built environment?

This is a pivotal role that will see you acting as a Senior Building Surveyor in the .

As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will contribute to the overall provision of strategic property advice for both individual buildings and complete premises portfolios, across the cultural, commercial, entertainment, financial, utilities, technology and education sectors.

This role would suit an experienced Building Surveyor with strong consulting skills and a genuine interest in solving complex problems. Above all, we\'re looking for someone that\'s passionate about enhancing the performance and usability of existing buildings to create a more sustainable world.

What is Asset Consultancy?

Our Asset Consulting team is a multi-disciplinary group and part of the wider Specialist Engineering community within Buro Happold. Working directly with investors, operators, and end user clients the team provide strategic technical advice focussing on the operation, design life, flexibility and maintainability of assets during the anticipated life of a building. Known for their pragmatic, hands-on approach, they work closely with our clients to diagnose and solve problems, optimise building performance, reduce running and operational costs and plan for organisational change. With previous involvement in high-profile estates such as the , Cambridge University and Birmingham Airport, our Asset Consultancy team have established themselves as true specialists in their field.

What will I be doing?

Senior Consultants are responsible for taking a lead on technical problem solving and whole projects across many sectors including sport and culture, aviation, commercial, scientific and education. Recent projects have included major airports, national football stadia, university campuses and corporate headquarter buildings as well as an ongoing portfolio of work in the local region.

Input to the projects is likely to be varied but will include the requirement to:

Prepare technical reports, schedules, and specifications.

• Act as Job Leader.
• Manage and prioritise own workload and that of technical, administrative, and sub-consultants to ensure timely project delivery and client satisfaction.
• Prepare financial proposals for new work.
• Set up and manage job/project administrative systems, including planning job resourcing/expenditure.
• Ensure all relevant Buro Happold staff are informed of client matters.
• Commitment to CPD and self-learning/development.
• Actively seek new opportunities for the Group internally and externally; actively cross-sell other Buro Happold disciplines externally.

Be Respected

We\xe2\x80\x99ll help you meet your goals, respecting your ideas and fostering your creativity, collaboration and innovation.

More about you...

As an experienced Building Surveyor, it is expected that you will be able to demonstrate:

• Chartered Building Surveyor (RICS) with experience in facilities management/property consultancy.
• Ability to accept a high degree of responsibility in a team-based organisation, combined with the ability to work independently.
• Experience in the preparation of technical reports for delivery direct to a client audience
• The applicant will need to be an excellent communicator (verbal, written and listening) with experience of presenting (you will often be required to present solutions directly to clients)
• Bachelors degree (BEng) / BSc or Masters degree (MEng) / MSc in relevant discipline.
• Mobility to travel at short notice.

Why Buro Happold?

From helping shape entire cities to adapting infrastructure to deal with the climate emergency, a career at Buro Happold presents the chance to make a difference. With a world class reputation, our creativity and our people have delivered positive change to clients, the environment, and communities. If you want to be part of something bigger, this is your chance.

What we offer:

Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum, exclusive of Bank Holidays.

• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Company Pension Scheme.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Flexible Benefits - including Cycle scheme, Dental insurance, Optical Cover, Travel insurance and Corporate discounts.

Buro Happold proudly supports hybrid working however, candidates will be expected to be in our office 2-3 days a week.

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Join us to find out what you\xe2\x80\x99re really capable of

Described by our clients as \'passionate\', \'innovative\', \'collaborative\': Buro Happold is an independent, international engineering practice that for over 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world. Having worked on every continent, our clients include more than 90% of the world\'s leading architectural practices and we have collaborated with global organisations such as the United Nations, The World Bank and UNESCO. Through our global community of driven, world leading engineering and consulting professionals we deliver elegant solutions for buildings and cities that seek to address the major problems facing societies today. Follow us and find out more at . \xe2\x80\x8b

Buro Happold value flexible working as an important part of the way we work. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. \xe2\x80\x8b#LI-JA1 #Hybrid

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Be you at Buro Happold

Buro Happold is proud to be a practice of a diverse range of professionals. We actively promote inclusivity to enable every individual to reach their full potential, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

We are working to change the lack of representation of minority groups in the built environment, and are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing difference allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.

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