Building Surveyor/Project Manager

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise.

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially.

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

• We are progressive
• We collaborate
• We support
• We take ownership

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You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.
• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.
• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.
• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.
• Health cash plan scheme.
• Professional membership support
• Family policies
• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)
• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)
• Death in service benefit.
• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.
• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).

• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.
• Employee Referral Scheme.
• Employee working groups

The role…

We are currently recruiting an experienced Building Surveyor / Project Manager to join our Colchester office.

The role will involve providing an efficient and effective Building Surveying / Project Management service to the Practice, and its clients. The successful candidate will be able to deliver, design, develop, plan, co-ordinate, supervise and project manage various types of construction projects.

Please Note

This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will…

• Act in a Lead Consultant capacity to deliver a range of projects. These projects will either be of a Building Surveying type or more Project Management focused and will range in construction value and complexity. It is anticipated that the candidate will be able to work on their own with support provided by junior members of the team, or other members of IW in-house teams.
• Apply Project Management procedures and documentation to projects including programme management, risk management etc.
• Prepare or oversee the preparation of (as appropriate) specifications and documents to enable projects to be tendered and to gain accurate costs from contractors.
• Assist in preparation of any necessary building regulation or planning applications and monitor and deal with as necessary through discussions with the necessary authorities.
• Be able to manage their workload and deadlines including managing project programmes in conjunction with our clients.
• Manage the design and preparation of drawing process.
• Assess tenders and make recommendations to clients.
• Chair and minute all Project Meetings.
• Deliver all administration of the construction contract.
• For Building Surveying projects, control expenditure and ensure that schemes are completed within budget/on time. For PM projects, oversee cost management process with separate consultant.
• Negotiate and settle final accounts with Contractors (Building Surveying projects). Work with separate consultant for PM projects.
• Ensure all documentation is checked and meet the highest level of accuracy and quality.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• Degree in Building Surveying or Project Management
• Chartered or a willingness to progress to RICS chartered status. Desirable.
• Project management experience. Essential.
• Intermediate NBS specification writing.
• Experience of preparation of MS Project programmes.

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