Q is interested to hear from warranty surveyors and technical, building & construction surveying experts who would be interested in joining our surveying team to assist us in delivering a quality service to developers throughout the South East of England.
The full job description covers all associated skills, previous experience, and any qualifications that applicants are expected to have.
Salary Scale: £45,000
- £55,000 (depending on experience) Location: South East of England Package includes: Pension, Car Allowance, Private Medical Insurance, 25 days holidays, Professional Membership Subscriptions (up to 2), Death in Service Benefit (4x salary) Find out more: www.qassurebuild.co.uk/careers-risk-surveyor-southeast About the Role Visiting construction sites regularly, you'll run your own projects, developing relationships with clients & site teams, spending time on-site, providing advice & support to site teams as required.
Although you'll be home-based, you will be out on construction sites most days of the week, meeting clients and site teams.
Your Line Manager will provide support and you will find a key support network with your surveying colleagues, sharing knowledge, experience and project interactions wherever possible so that you feel supported every step of your Q journey.
Using your construction knowledge on all projects, you'll review works on behalf of underwriters and identify key risk areas, reporting on what has been inspected, recording defects, advisories and good practice.
You will also review your allocated projects before works commence, assessing client proposals, design, specification, site environment, construction details and programme, to understand projects & manage client expectations early.
You will be able to prepare your reports using Q's bespoke surveying software, maintaining a good audit trail of your visit, taking detailed photographic records, closing out previous defects and having the ability to distribute reports immediately.
As part of the role, you'll also get to work with our Completions Team, ensuring information required from clients to comply with the insurance requirements is appropriate and provided in good time, liaising with other Q Teams to confirm properties are ready for insurance.
About You! As an ideal candidate for this role, you'll have significant and proven experience of the physical built environment and construction processes.
You'll also have or be working towards a relevant construction related qualification through CIOB, CABE, RICS etc.
It would be an advantage to have previous structural warranty surveying experience, but it is not essential.
You may have worked in a Clerk of Works, Building Control, Site Manager or Project Manager capacity or indeed another similar kind of role.
It is essential you have a thorough understanding of the Building Regulations as well as building technologies and other related legislation.
You will also have the ability to interpret and apply technical theory and Building Regulations to practical situations and be able to explain this and provide mentoring and support to other team members.
A good understanding of Health & Safety requirements in the construction industry is also required.
You're going to be an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual with a generally flexible attitude and a general commitment to do what it takes to get the job done.
You'll be relatively self-sufficient and able to work independently and unsupervised but enjoy working with the wider team and interacting with your line manager regularly.
You'll have the ability to build great relationships, establish good working rapport and communicate effectively with clients and site staff at all levels, being able to handle difficult situations with diplomacy.
Physical Requirements: Being out on-site most days and inspecting properties from foundation to completion will mean you will need to be physically able to move around a construction site safely, climbing ladders, accessing scaffolding and loft spaces and frequently working at height.
Q will of course supply you with all the PPE you need to do this safely, you just need to supply common sense, a careful approach and the energy you need to get around site! About the Company Q Assure Build Ltd is a Structural Warranty provider for new build, refurbishment and conversion developments which puts quality build and customer service first.
Our team is knowledgeable and experienced, helping developers and builders to identify issues early so that they don't become problems for their customers.
We are flexible and solution-focused: we understand that every site is different, and every build has its own challenges.
We look up from the checklist to help our clients progress.
People deserve better buildings, and we know there is a better way to build.
We drive high standards wherever and whenever we can.
Q's mission: to improve standards of construction, one building at a time.
The team culture here at Q is centred around teamwork and collaboration, empowering our team members as much as possible.
As a company we are analytical, thoughtful and attentive, we're not afraid of taking on a challenge and encouraging the best in everyone who works with us.
We are competent, courageous and driven! And as a team, we make people the priority in everything we do
- we are supportive, co-operative and reliable, encouraging a culture of learning, development and continual improvement.
To download a Job Profile and find out more, visit: www.qassurebuild.co.uk/careers-risk-surveyor-southeast