Chartered Surveyor – Built Environment
| Posting date: | 21 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £44,768 to £44,768 per year |
| Additional salary information: | SEO V - National: £44,768, London: £48,765 or National: £45,786, London: £49,912 (min 2 yrs PQE) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 April 2024 |
| Location: | Leeds |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 345146/14 |
Summary
We are committed to providing our people with a work environment which is accommodating and accessible to all, one which values diversity and inclusion in everything we do. We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, who bring different perspectives, promote innovation and enable us to be representative of the communities we serve.
Chartered Surveyor – Built Environment – Role Overview
The Built Environment (BEAMS) team at the Valuation Office Agency has exciting opportunities to join their team of highly enthusiastic and skilled Chartered Surveyors with a technical aptitude.
If you are a Chartered Surveyor who is not already qualified in the Building or Quantity Surveying Pathways, you will undertake a fully funded RICS qualification to enable you to develop the skills and knowledge required. The training offered will support you to deepen your technical knowledge and further your career.
For more information on the courses we’re referring to please follow this link: Search results (rics.org).
Our team comprises of Chartered Surveyors in the Minerals & Waste Management, Quantity Surveying, and Building Surveying professions offering specialist surveying services across government. We are responsible for the delivery of surveying services on a range of properties and specialist building structures which range in complexity and size. You might find yourself working on historic buildings and unique and specialist structures such as light houses, government buildings, nuclear sites and many more.
We are proud that our team is made up of colleagues from diverse social and economic backgrounds.
Our primary services include but are not limited to:
1. Building Surveying - Pathology, cost schedules in relation to disrepair, dilapidations, condition surveys, insurance reinstatements, disrepair cost assessments and depreciated reinstatement advice.
2. Quantity Surveying - Preparation of Agency Cost Guides including specification, evidence-based costs and providing costs to inform contractors’-based valuations, development viability assessments and cost appraisals for other government bodies.
Chartered Surveyor – Built Environment – Key Responsibilities
- Providing specialist advice on the cost and repair of buildings, infrastructure, and associated attributes. Preparing schedules of costs and professional reports.
- Maintaining your knowledge through CPD (Continuous Professional Development) in areas of legislation, case law, codes of practice and professional standards relevant to your chosen area of expertise and the work undertaken within the Built Environment Team.
- Managing and mitigating risks and issues, ensuring timely escalation to senior colleagues.
- Managing and supporting the delivery of single jobs or projects to ensure time, cost, and quality deliverables are met.
- On occasions you may be called upon to act as an expert witness at Valuation Tribunal and other courts as required (Training and support in appearing as an expert witness will be provided).
- Provide mentoring, technical advice and training to support graduates and apprentices on their APC pathways and to support the development of others within the immediate team or wider agency as required.