Senior Building Surveyor

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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AECOM are seeking an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor to fill an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team based in our Southampton office. The successful applicant will work alongside our local building surveying lead within an established office of like-minded and similarly motivated construction professionals who have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions for an existing client base.

AECOM’s building surveying teams deliver best practice building surveying professional services and project delivery solutions to public, private and third sector clients across all sectors and end markets.

You will be engaged with projects such as coordinating building condition and planned maintenance/acquisition surveys or acting as technical adviser for new build or net zero carbon refurbishments working for clients with individual assets or an entire estate portfolio.

We have incredible reach back into our organisation to support our national building surveying service’s needs. We regularly team up with our colleagues in cost and project management, engineering, design, Environment Social and Governance (ESG) to deliver for our clients.

Start here. Grow here.

As a Senior Surveyor you will be an independent person delivering a wide variety of more complex professional and higher value contract services for public and private clients. You will be responsible for service delivery working with AECOM team members from other parts of the business. There will be a focus on establishing and managing client relationships and business development alongside growing and mentoring APC candidates in the wider Building Surveying team.

Here's what you'll do 

• Lead on individual Building Surveying, Technical Adviser, Project Management, and Contract Administration commissions.
• Specification preparation, AutoCAD Drawing and Design work.
• Survey and report writing for the full range of typical core Building Surveying services.
• Construction monitoring/ NEC Supervisor/ Clerk of Works roles.
• Compliance with all Project Delivery and Quality Assurance procedures.
• Financial, commercial and risk management of fee-based activities from project inception through to completion on your own projects and when working in a multi discipline team.
• Support of activities to develop business with existing clients and confidence to win new work.
• Assist in preparation of fee bids and assist other colleagues in business development.
• Mentoring Graduate Building Surveyors within the National Building Surveying team.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Chartered Building Surveyor (RICS or MIOB) with at least 3 years post qualification experience or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in all core Building Surveying work areas especially condition surveys, feasibility reports, design and contract administration/project management.
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of working with and building relationships with fellow professionals and Clients.
• Previous management of sub consultants and contractors.
• Strong JCT contract administration.
• Ability to travel for short periods for work delivery.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.