Associate Director - Building Surveying

Currie & Brown is looking for an Associate Director in Building Surveying to join our Edinburgh office. Consideration will be given to appointing at Director level should the right candidate apply. The successful candidate will be part of a team of building surveyors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across the private and public sector.

The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating new business and delivering 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. Working in this role will involve assisting in the management of client and project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time to a wide range of clients. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration, building surveys and dilapidations.

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 progress your career in the profession with many opportunities to learn from the team and our commissions.

As an Associate Director/Director Building Surveyor your core duties will involve:

• Delivery of new projects and frameworks to the business using your external network and through the delivery of compelling bids to clients
• Leading the delivery of projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion
• 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
• Managing of client/project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time
• Visiting sites to undertake surveys, visiting construction sites, meet with sub-contractors, contractors, clients and other staff as required to deliver projects.
• Leading and motivating our team of Building Surveyors to deliver 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 and long-lasting working relationships

What skills and attributes are we looking for from you:

• BSc in building surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) beneficial
• Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external)
• Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial
• Experience in the higher education, local government, healthcare and private sectors beneficial
• Significant exposure to, and established positive working relations with, private and public sector clients beneficial
• Well-developed skills in the areas of surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial
• 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 (AutoCAD, NBS, MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excel and other bespoke software)