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Job Title: Senior Surveyor

Salary/Rate: £30,000 - £40,000

Location: London/Birmingham

Job Type: Permanent

Industry/Specialist Area: Surveying

Client Description:

Our client is a UK leading consultancy specialising in land and engineering monitoring and surveying services to a variety of sectors that include residential, rail, infrastructure, retail and utilities. They are renowned for providing technically advanced and cost-effective services that include structural and environmental monitoring, underground utilities mapping, topographical surveys and engineering, environmental planning, Building Information Modelling (BIM), 3D HD laser scanning, aerial inspections to name a few.

Job Description:

This challenging and exciting opportunity requires an individual with a strong technical background and demonstrable experience as a Surveyor who has the desire to lead a team to ensure projects are completely successfully on time and within budget.

Due to continued and sustained growth and the strategy to grow significantly over the next three to five years, our client is now looking to recruit a Senior Surveyor to join their Midlands Operations team.

Reporting into the Surveying Manager, the main purpose of this role is to take full operational responsibility for leading a team of surveyors on multiple projects across the UK. The role will suit an experienced Surveyor who is keen to become a team leader and take on more technical management and commercial aspects of the role.

The Role

Take the lead for surveying activates and technical aspects of a project once client instruction has been received, meeting all required Company standards, such as quality and health and safety
Working closely with the Project Manager and Surveying Manager, proposing the most appropriate technology and the most efficient method to deliver projects to drive a predictable and agreed commercial outcome for the business
Ensure the project survey team is resourced in a way that prioritises consistency throughout the lifecycle of the project
Ensure that projects are delivered to the appropriate level of quality
Take responsibility for managing project data, from its collection to final delivery using the most appropriate technology and methodology to meet the project specification
Manage subcontractors and their work on a specific project, ensuring adherence to the technical specification, required Company standards and the agreed timescales of a project in order to ultimately meet company commercial expectations
Pro-actively report on project progress, and ensure that projects meet the required deadlines and project costs remain within budget
Liaise with Clients as required on site concerning project specifications and deliverables
Coach and instruct internal staff and subcontractors on all aspects of data collection and data processing, encouraging all aspects of “best practice”
Build a realistic approach to each new client opportunity to build program timings and resources required to successfully deliver each client program at a price and margin
Act as mentor to the survey team by helping more junior surveyors gain the necessary experience and technical knowledge to further develop skills over time

The Person

Suitable applicants will preferably have a degree in surveying or a relevant engineering field
You will have demonstrable experience as a Surveyor, preferably with extensive exposure to land surveying, MBS, laser scanning
Ability to join an existing and established business and contribute to the operational aspects of projects in a positive manner with enthusiasm and drive
A motivator and leader of others who is able to evaluate problems or issues and offer solutions
Must possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, being able to relate to people at all levels in an organisation
A strong and supportive character able to guide, evolve and steer contracts forward
Should be robust and resilient, possessing drive, determination and natural enthusiasm as well as being a team player
Must have excellent time management skills, being able to effectively prioritise and delegate against deadlines
A humanitarian approach to relationships with colleagues, staff, clients and suppliers alike
Forceful and persuasive but able to listen and communicate effectively

An attractive salary and benefits package (permanent) is on offer to the successful candidate, along with longevity of work, given the forward order workload and the company’s continued commitment to growth across the UK.

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