Senior/Associate Building Surveyor - Fire Safety

calfordseaden is a leading multi-disciplinary construction and property consultancy. We provide a comprehensive range of services across the built environment, including Architecture, Building Information Management (BIM), Building Safety, Engineering, Fire Safety, Health and Safety, Surveying, Sustainability, and more.

Senior / Associate Surveyor - Fire Safety

Location: Orpington

Hours: 35

The role and responsibilities:

As a Senior/Associate Building Surveyor working in the field of Fire Safety, you will lead and deliver a broad range of fire safety surveying services such along with managing complex projects and maintaining strong client relationships. You'll also support junior members of the team with their ongoing development.

• Undertaking a variety of Fire Safety Surveying services such as Compartmentation Surveys, Fire Door Inspections etc, ensuring they're delivered on time and to the required standards.
• Undertaking surveys of external wall systems and producing PAS 9980 FRAEW appraisals.
• Reviewing of Fire Strategies and reporting to clients.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with existing and potential clients, providing professional advice and identifying new business opportunities.
• Assisting the wider Building Surveying team with regards to general Building Surveying duties, providing advice and guidance on building surveys, condition reports, party wall matters, defects and other related areas.
• Sharing knowledge with the wider practice and mentoring junior members of the team.

What you'll need:

Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Building Surveying
• MRICS / AIFireE or other appropriate further qualification or significant progress towards qualification
• Must have full UK driving licence and access to transport

Knowledge:

• A comprehensive understanding of fire safety design, building construction and relevant legislation
• Experience of Pre-contract matters and the ability to take a project through its lifecycle
• Familiarity with standard forms of contract including the JCT suite

Skills:

• FRAEW experience, ideally having completed the RICS External Wall Assessment and able to sign EWS1
• Fire Door Inspection training - DipFD or Equivalent
• Passive Fire Protection training - ASFP or Equivalent
• Good communication and people skills with the ability to produce good quality written reports
• Mentoring skills to help develop more junior staff
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and Outlook
• A full and detailed working knowledge of the most widely used forms of building contract