Associate Director - Building Consultancy - London

Lambert Smith Hampton

  • London
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 19 days ago
Job Title: Associate Director - Building SurveyorDepartment: Building ConsultancyLocation: LondonAbout us:We advise our clients on the full spectrum of building surveying services including, pre-acquisition advice, dilapidations, reinstatement cost assessments, defects advice, together with contract administration, employer's agent and project management services.Our Building Consultancy team are currently delivering a variety of project management and contract administration instructions across numerous sectors, with project values ranging from minor works up to CAT A and B fit out projects of office spaces.We are also continuously undertaking a range of professional instructions including dilapidations, technical due diligence acquisition surveys, schedules of condition, PPM's, feasibility studies, BRCAs and party walls. The clients include owners and occupiers and encompass a range of property types with live instructions within the retail, office, leisure, residential and industrial sectors.A career as a commercial Building Surveyor is extremely diverse and rewarding, allowing you to have a direct impact on our clients' business. This comes in many forms, including:-
  • Carrying out a variety of surveys before a company takes a lease on a building. This can include Due Diligence surveys, Pre-Acquisition surveys, Schedules of Condition.
  • Advising on the extent of the financial liability in occupying a building and advising on how this can be minimised as part of a Planned Preventative Maintenance exercise.
  • Valuing the cost of reinstatement of a building, to make sure that the owner has sufficient insurance cover in the event of fire or collapse.
  • Project managing refurbishment of a variety of buildings, Allowing the buildings to be re-let as quickly as possible to minimise lost rental revenue for the client.
  • Protecting a tenant when they are about to leave a building, ensuring that a reasonable level of damages or reinstatement is agreed upon with the landlord.
  • Protecting a landlord when a tenant is leaving a building, ensuring that the building is reinstated, or a level of damages agreed in accordance with the lease requirements.
  • Making sure that new build and refurbishment schemes are built in accordance with the scope of works in terms of quality and workmanship and compliance with Licences to Alter.
In addition as an Associate Director, you will be required to:
  • Assist with business development and achieving team and personal financial targets.
  • Progression of client relations and onboarding.
  • Acting as mentor for graduate members of the team.
  • Show leadership with team members in achieving goals.
  • Ensuring that quality assurance is maintained for all output documents.
This opportunity:If successful the position will see you working within our growing Building Consultancy team, alongside the Head of the London team and our National Head of Building Consultancy. It will give you the opportunity to work closely with the team on a number of key commercial real estate projects that the business has been instructed on.As an Associate Director in the business the onus will be on you to lead on a range of instructions as well as work with our business development teams and management to win new work. Taking the lead on instructions will involve the management and mentoring of junior staff there to help you in providing a top quality service.In turn the business will work with you in order to progress your career, helping and supporting you in terms of handling key client relationships and in winning further instructions. There will also be assistance to help you develop as a manager of more junior staff.This opportunity exists for a:-
  • A chartered Building Surveyor, looking to work with one of the country's leading commercial property consultancies
Your attributes:
  • Interested in property, buildings and construction
  • Passionate about business
  • Ambitious and driven to develop professionally
  • Able to take ownership and have pride in your work
  • Personable, professional and presentable

Lambert Smith Hampton