Assistant Surveyor - Reinstatement Cost Assessment Team

While the team is dedicated to only RCA work, there is significant variety through the different types of clients we work for and the many property sectors and locations that we cover.   

Clients - We are retained by hundreds of different clients ranging from small independent property owners to large pan-European property investors, developer and even multi-national corporate occupiers.  

Property Sectors - We assess thousands of different properties for these clients every year.  Many of these properties are from the core sectors of:

• Offices (everything from landmark city centre office developments to out-of-town business parks)
• Retail (high street retail, large shopping centres, retail parks & designer outlets)
• Industrial & Logistics (we work for most of the largest I&L investors and developers)

However, we also assess many hundreds of properties that fall within sectors such as, but not limited to:

• Healthcare (hospital campuses, clinics and surgeries)
• Education (university campuses and schools)
• Residential and student residential (from Individual homes for high-net-worth individuals to high rise residential towers)
• Leisure (pubs, restaurants, cinemas, leisure parks, stadia etc.)
• Hotels (from budget hotel chains to boutique luxury hotels)
• Data Centres (single co-location data centres to large purpose-built data centre portfolios)
• Ports and airports (as well as a range of other infrastructure and transport related sectors)

In addition to this we assess a whole range of agricultural, manufacturing and life-science related sectors too.  

Locations - We assess these properties in locations all around the UK and Europe and indeed further afield in more than 60 countries around the globe.   Predominantly the team assesses reinstatement costs for Landlords, however there is an increasing demand for assessments of Category B fit outs from occupiers as well as the more specialist Plant & Equipment and hotel FF&E valuations for clients with global footprints. 

• Undertake Property inspections – site inspections comprise taking site notes, noting construction specification, building services, fixtures and finishes, as well as external works; taking evidential photos; taking full site measurements or check measurements of buildings and external areas, to relate back to floor plans.
• Undertaking Measurement – we place great importance on measuring accurate Gross internal Areas for every property we assess.  This will involve using digital measurement software such as CostX.
• Pricing – the requirement is to build up an assessment to provide a figure which will be the cost of reinstatement for the entire premises, in their present form, making allowance for any additional work required such as site clearance (including removal of hazardous materials), temporary works to ensure safety of the public and any adjoining buildings, prescribed fees, party walls and professional fees in line with the RICS guide.
• Cost Research – To keep our cost knowledge up to date, you will be required to gather and analyse cost data from a number of sources including online cost databases and publications, internal cost publications, costs provided to us by our developer clients and the like. 
• Travel – the properties we assess are located all over the UK, EMEA and sometimes globally, but a great deal of this work is centrally managed out of London, so a big part of the job is being happy to travel to these sites.

Personal specification or requirements

• You will need excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to clearly communicate with people of all levels of seniority.
• You will need to be diligent and pro-active with the ability to prioritise and act on your own initiative.
• Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail are required.
• RCA experience is an advantage, but your personality, attitude, commitment and ability to communicate and work within our team and with our customers would be a greater priority. A willingness to learn and be part of a team is essential.
• A flexible approach and willingness to travel around the UK, Europe and Globally where necessary, is required.
• You should know your way around Microsoft Office.  Experience of using measurement software would be an added advantage.
• You will need to have a full driving license.

Future Development Opportunities

There are many opportunities to develop your business skills within this service line:

•  Business development, networking & cross selling
• Pitching and presentations
• Client relationship management
• Financial planning and billing
• Travel logistics planning
• Cost research and analysis
• Line management 
• Problem resolution
• Training and recruitment
• IT product and data management
• Improving and driving efficiency

 

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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