Currie & Brown is looking for an assistant building surveyor/building surveyor to join our growing Jersey office. The successful candidate will support the two associate directors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across the private and public sector.
The candidate will support project leaders in generating a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration and building surveys.
Our building surveying team has a broad-based background, is a highly motivated group with varying levels and types of experience and is the ideal place for you to commence and progress your career in the profession with many opportunities to learn from the team and our commissions. Currie & Brown will provide full support for you to work towards your APC through our national programme.
Responsibilities will include:
- Delivering projects, commissions and professional assignments
- Working as a proactive team player
- Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
- Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
- Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner; meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong working relationships
- Supporting the senior managers in the day-to-day running of the business
- Maintaining commercial and quality control procedures for projects under your control
Requirements:
- BSc in building surveying or equivalent
- Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external)
- Experience in the higher education, local government, and healthcare sectors beneficial
- Developing skills in project management, EPCs/FRAs, repairs and maintenance and condition assessment beneficial (ongoing training will be provided)
- Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute
- A team player with a ‘can-do’ attitude
- Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and clients alike
- Good IT skills