Building Surveyor

Purpose:

An associate level position in the Building Surveying skill line. The candidate will be providing support to the senior team members with regards to coordination with the clients, inspection and report writing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Building Consultancy team to meet its objectives.
• Coordinate and correspond with the client or their representatives from the project kick-off phase through the submission of the associated report in accordance with the client requirement and within timeframe agreed to.
• Verify and ensure that the client has provided the necessary documents for conducting the assessment.
• Coordinate, schedule and perform the site inspections of the properties in collaboration with the contractors or property owners.
• Provide prompt assistance to the client with any concerns that may arise, even subsequent to the submission of the reports.
• Perform asset tagging and asset register creation as directed by the senior team.
• Undertake self-directed learning to increase knowledge base on construction activities and Building Surveying services.
• Undertake workshops and training given by the departments senior team.
• Conduct desktop survey research about sites, site inspection on assets that are under construction, at handover and during the building life cycle.
• Assist in creating in-depth technical reports on the building condition assessment, CAPEX forecasting, Reserve Fund Studies, Insurance valuations, project progress, etc.
• Carry out measurement of as-built AutoCAD/pdf drawings based on the requirement.
• Assisting with the co-ordination of portfolio instructions and undertaking other duties from time to time as may be reasonably required
• Keeping your knowledge up to date with building and sustainability standards, legal knowledge, and building pathology.
• Expected to travel within the country based on the project requirement.

Educational Qualification:

BSc/BEng/BTech – Mechanical/Electrical/Civil/Building Surveying/Facilities management or Construction or Real Estate related degree or equivalent

Experience :

• Degree level technical exposure to Construction or Real Estate related study
• A working knowledge of AutoCAD
• Effective PC skills, including working knowledge of Microsoft and Google packages
• Able to use own initiative
• Strong interpersonal skills, capable of communicating at various levels
• UAE Driving License is required.