Address Overview:
As a Major Projects Surveyor, you will be at the forefront of some of the most ambitious and innovative construction ventures in the city of London’s skyline. Collaborating with Architects, Engineers, Contractors, and Stakeholders to ensure project success adding significant impact and value with your expertise.
This opportunity requires Class 3 (3H) status as a Registered Building Inspector.
What we offer:
Responsibilities extend to:
Why you should join us
Our inclusive culture
If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at Recruitment@nhbc.co.uk
Salary: £58,000 – £60,600 + up to 10% bonus per annum
Working Location: London-based office, Nationwide opportunity, Remote/Flexible working.
Closing Date: 31st March 2024
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Responsibilities: Please note:
- This is a Nationwide opportunity to work remotely with flexible working, which requires frequent travel to our London office.
We may conduct interviews during the recruitment process, if we are to find a suitable candidate in this period, this advert may close before the advertised closing date.
As a Major Projects Surveyor, you will be at the forefront of some of the most ambitious and innovative construction ventures in the city of London’s skyline. Collaborating with Architects, Engineers, Contractors, and Stakeholders to ensure project success adding significant impact and value with your expertise.
This opportunity requires Class 3 (3H) status as a Registered Building Inspector.
What we offer:
- Up to £7,500 regional allowance, dependent on location
- 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) and a holiday purchase scheme
- Generous pension scheme, with an employer contribution of up to 10.5%
- Life Assurance (x4 salary)
- Subsidised private medical insurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Employee discounts platform, including gym discounts
- 24/7 employee assistance programme supporting your mental wellbeing
- 2 days volunteer leave
- Equalised maternity, paternity, adoption leave and pay for all new parents
- Payroll Giving, this allows you to make donations to your chosen charity through monthly pay deductions
What you’ll be doing
You will be responsible to lead the building surveying assessment of complex, high risk and high-value new build and conversion projects. Manage the input of other building surveying specialists.
Engage, influence and negotiate with developers and their design teams at the proposal stage to provide expert knowledge, and professional and technical advice on NHBC Standards, Building Regulations and codes and standards in order to guide them towards compliant solutions that present an acceptable technical risk to NHBC.
Responsibilities extend to:
- Carry out site inspection of building work as part of the risk management strategy for high-risk projects and provide planned and responsive support to inspectors and engineers in the project team.
- Deputise for the Technical Operations Manager as and when required, appropriate to the role.
- Provide technical support and assistance to others in Operations within an area of specialism.
- Undertaking quality monitoring and peer reviews of staff as part of the quality management process, including team training, career development, coaching, and mentoring as required.
- Guide builders, their consultants, and NHBC on Building Regulations, NHBC Standards, and building technology as appropriate.
- Proactively resolve customer complaints & manage conflict and disagreement by effective and appropriate escalation.
- Represent NHBC on appropriate external bodies and at seminars or industry work groups.
- Deliver technical presentations to both internal and external customers where required.
The ideal candidate will have
- Must be of Class 3 (3H) Status as a Registered Building Inspector.
- Good communication skills both verbal and written with appropriate interpersonal and presentational skills with a positive outlook and attitude.
- IT literate with the ability to use a range of software programs.
- Able to work independently with a minimum of supervision in line with established policies and procedures.
- Ability to assimilate information quickly and accurately, with the ability to prioritise workload.
- Experience in plan appraisal of residential developments and associated non-residential uses. preparing fee proposals and managing budgets/finances.
- Able to build rapport, establish credibility and build effective working relationships internally and externally.
- Extensive experience in the construction industry with relevant experience in Building Control.
Education and Qualifications
Chartered membership of an appropriate professional body/institution, e.g. CABE, FCABE, MCIOB, RICS etc.
Desirable to have a construction-related degree, e.g. Building Surveying BSc/MSc etc.
Must be of Class 3 (3H) Status, Registered Building Inspector (if you are working towards, please provide detail in your application i.e. portfolio, awaiting interview).
Why you should join us
At NHBC we are proud to be unique. No other organisation in our sector combines the variety of services and scale that we offer. As the market leader, our name is synonymous with new home warranty and insurance. Our people are driven by our core purpose to raise standards in housebuilding and protect homeowners.
We are a modern, lifestyle and family friendly employer who are in a period of rapid growth, investing in technology, data and new ways of working. We need passionate, talented and driven people to join us on this journey.
We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly. We don’t promise we can offer you exactly what you want, but we are always happy to talk flexible working.
Your future with us
We have lots of fantastic examples across our business of people who are building their career with us. We are huge advocates of internal mobility and work hard to retain our best talent. We offer exceptional personal development and career progression opportunities. If you’re ambitious, driven and hard-working you will succeed with us. We’ll support you with full training, ongoing development, and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications and professional memberships.
Our inclusive culture
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to bring their true selves to work. We fundamentally believe in the rights of all our employees and customers to be treated fairly, with dignity and respect, free from discrimination. We have active employee networks that support our colleagues and their allies, creating safe spaces for open conversations and the sharing of ideas.
If you need any adjustments or additional support with your application, please let us know at Recruitment@nhbc.co.uk
