Associate Director Building Surveyor

Are you a Senior Building Surveyor or Managing Building Surveyor looking for your next career-defining opportunity in Birmingham? Atkins Search is partnering with a highly regarded, award-winning multi-disciplinary construction consultancy in Birmingham to recruit an Associate Director Building Surveyor. This permanent, full-time role represents a fantastic opportunity for a RICS-qualified chartered Managing Building surveyor or experienced Senior Building Surveyor seeking structured career development within Birmingham’s dynamic construction consultancy market.

Join a national team of construction professionals delivering expert building surveying services across diverse sectors including automotive, healthcare, defence, education, commercial, retail, residential, and public buildings throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands.

Our client is a well-respected, award-winning, multi-disciplinary construction consultancy with offices across the UK. Due to continued success and strong project pipeline growth, their Birmingham office is expanding rapidly. You'll join a collaborative, energetic team of construction professionals that values quality delivery and professional development.

This construction consultancy manages projects across various sectors including public buildings, residential developments, education facilities, healthcare construction, retail fit-outs, automotive projects, and commercial developments throughout Birmingham and the wider West Midlands region.

As an Associate Director Building Surveyor, you'll operate alongside a cohesive team of industry-leading construction professionals, playing a key role in mentoring developing Building Surveyors whilst working closely with Directors and Senior Management to drive team growth and business development initiatives.

You'll be offered a mixture of traditional building surveying services and project-based construction work, alongside management opportunities to become integral to the Birmingham office's success.

An Associate Director Building Surveyor based in Birmingham you will be responsible for:

• Leading building surveying services including planned preventative maintenance / condition surveys, contract administration, defects consultancy, dilapidations advice, licences for alterations, reinstatement cost assessments, schedules of condition, and technical due diligence (TDD)
• Managing key stakeholder relationships across Birmingham based construction projects, seeking feedback to ensure instructions are delivered on time and to a high standard
• Driving operational efficiency through improved communications, transparent project delivery processes and information exchange across construction teams
• Developing business connections both internally within the consultancy and externally across Birmingham’s construction sector to build pipeline opportunities
• Creating marketing materials including case studies, pitch content, and promotional materials for the building surveying team and broader construction consultancy division
• Contributing to team success through both financial performance and non-financial activities, promoting the team and business culture positively.
• Supporting team delivery on ad hoc construction projects where workload demand requires additional senior building surveying expertise

A successful Associate Director Building Surveyor for this Birmingham construction consultancy will possess:

Essential Qualifications:

• Degree in Building Surveying, Construction Management, or related construction discipline (or equivalent professional qualification)
• RICS membership or eligibility
• Minimum 5-8 years' experience in building surveying within construction consultancy environment

Desirable Experience:

• Project management experience within construction sector
• Contract administration expertise (NEC, JCT contracts knowledge beneficial)
• Employers' agent experience on construction projects
• Health & safety knowledge including CDM regulations
• Principal Designer experience under CDM 2015

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities for client relationship management
• Excellent written skills for drafting reports, negotiating settlements and presenting evidence

My client’s core business focus is to work together to deliver lasting, successful, quality outcomes and a positive legacy. As employees remain the heart of their business, their priority is to keep them happy, safe and professionally fulfilled.

Comprehensive benefits package for Associate Director Building Surveyor includes:

• Highly competitive salary £75,000 - £90,000 (negotiable based on building surveying experience)
• Car allowance for Birmingham travel
• Pension contribution
• Annual bonus
• Personal and professional development plans including RICS CPD support
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Annual salary review
• Hybrid working
• Professional training and development opportunities
• Mileage and expense reimbursement
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Regular team social events
• Relaxed working environment
• Clear career progression path with realistic advancement opportunities within the construction consultancy

Apply today to join one of Birmingham’s leading building surveying teams and accelerate your construction career!

Ready to take your building surveying career to the next level in Birmingham? We'll arrange your interview within 48 hours and provide full job details within 2 hours of application.

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