Project Surveyor

Location - Blackfriars, London

Salary 75-85k

Job Description: Project Surveyor for Refurbishment Projects

Client: Heritage estate with Grade 1 and 2 listed buildings dating back to the 1500s.

Project Overview:

• Location: Seven-storey French chateau style building on the riverfront overlooking Victoria Embankment.
• Features: Central staircase, large cellular offices, small non-compliant WC and kitchen facilities, retrofit lift (not access compliant), residential tenants (top two floors), barristers’ chambers (remaining floors).
• Status: Nearing end of RIBA design stage 3, marketing starts early March 2025, works projected to start October 2025 (approx. 35 months duration).
• Scope: New fully compliant lift, remodelling of WCs and kitchens, new services including comfort cooling, general refurbishment to achieve EPC rating of Category B.

Role Overview: Seeking a fully qualified Project Surveyor with relevant experience to manage the project from a client perspective. Oversight by a Project Board consisting of members and senior staff.

Responsibilities:

1. Prepare meeting agendas, update reports, and documentation for the Project Board.
2. Establish terms of engagement for consultants, liaising with Solicitors.
3. Liaise with the Director of Estates on day-to-day project issues.
4. Prepare a risk profile highlighting potential impacts.
5. Recommend procurement methods and contract forms for the main contractor.
6. Ensure insurances, deeds of guarantees, and warranties are in place before contract commencement.
7. Call extraordinary Project Board meetings for unforeseen issues.
8. Attend site progress meetings to provide client support and monitor progress.
9. Issue notices of intended site activities and provide updates to tenants and stakeholders.
10. Undertake regular site inspections to monitor works and ensure quality compliance.
11. Act as the point of contact between the tenant and Project Board for pre-let agreements.
12. Ensure key documentation is properly stored and filed, with final files lodged with the Archive Department upon project completion.

Personal Specification:

Essential Qualifications:

• Full membership of an appropriate professional body (e.g., RICS or CIOB).
• Ideally MRICS or MCIOB.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Prince 2 or Chartered membership of the Association of Project Managers.

Essential Background/Experience:

• Experience with historic buildings (Grade 1, 2, and Grade 2*) maintenance and refurbishment.
• Leading and managing large multidisciplinary teams and projects.
• Managing and monitoring budgets effectively.
• Developing detailed delivery programmes and delivering major projects on budget.

Desirable Background/Experience:

• Managing large-scale projects to listed buildings.

Essential Skills:

• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong negotiation skills and stakeholder relationship building.
• Hands-on asset and property management.
• Advising on building contracts.
• Intermediate IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, Project, Outlook, AutoCAD/Autodesk).
• Understanding of Regulatory and Health and Safety legislation related to building maintenance and construction, including fire safety.
• Experience with procurement methods and managing service level agreements and contracts.