Senior Building Surveyor (Building Defects)

Want to join a leading independent real estate consultancy with an all together different approach?

We have a unique opportunity for a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor to join us after another fantastic year across our real estate sectors. Due to exponential growth, we need a strong Senior Chartered/Associate Building Surveyor to drive forward our building defects work in and around London.

This role has been created to support the growth and development of our London based service focussing on Building Defects. The team has identified an opportunity for an ambitious surveyor to take ownership and develop this area of business through a steady stream of existing and potential work alongside current business development openings in the market.

You will have the opportunity to work with a vast variety of commercial and high end, luxury residential real estate.  

Main Responsibilities:

• Work closely with directors and core team members to grow the building defects surveying service.
• Potential for line management of junior team members and graduates as the service grows.
• Carry out multi-skilled building surveyor duties, focussing on building defects works.
• Investigate possible and confirmed building defects on commercial and some luxury residential real estate.
• Identify causes of defects, advising on recommendations to fix defects and the implications of not completing recommended maintenance to resolve issues.
• Accurately complete defect analysis surveys, communicate effectively with other internal and external departments.
• Lead on business development including managing existing clients, identify opportunities for growth and networking potential new clients

Requirements:

• Degree or MSc in Quantity Surveying with ideally some work experience in a Real Estate and commercial property environment
• MRICS building surveyor
• An interest in and good understand of building defects work
• Commercially minded, keen to help grow a new service and build a team
• Experience within commercial real estate sectors
• Strong writing capabilities, attention to detail and IT technical skills

The Company

Hollis is a leading independent real estate consultancy. We work with owners, occupiers, developers and funders, across both private and public sectors, to help them get more out of their real estate, at every stage of the property life cycle.

We’re a multi-skilled team of surveyors, engineers, technical specialists, ESG consultants and project managers operating across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands. We have a unique way of working and believe that people do things better by doing them together. We aim to do the right thing, be clear, transparent and find some fun along the way.

Why join us?
We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals.

We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:
Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.

We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.

We're Inclusive
Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you would like the opportunity to join Hollis but your past experience is not an exact match, we encourage you to apply anyway as you could be the right candidate for this role or another role within the company.
If you require alternative formats of our documents or need to apply offline, please get in touch with the talent acquisition team: talentacquisition@hollisglobal.com

• Life assurance and private medical insurance
• Season ticket loan
• 5% Employer pension contribution
• 25 days of holiday and an extra day off on your birthday
• Cycle to work scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts and more
• EV car scheme
• Longevity awards

Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.

We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.

If you require alternative formats of our documents or need to apply offline, please get in touch with the talent acquisition team: talentacquisition@hollisglobal.com.