Senior Manager - Building Surveyor

Senior Manager - Building Surveyor

A unique opportunity to join KR8 Real Estate, a new Managing Director-led Real Estate & Advisory practice, part of the K3 Advisory Group, based in London, Manchester and Leeds. This is an opportunity to be part of an ambitious team with a strategic plan to grow its service proposition and expand into other key locations. KR8 Real Estate is looking to appoint a Senior Manager to its Manchester team.

K3 Advisory Group is a leading PE backed group of complementary Advisory & Professional Services organisations providing solutions to SME and Mid-market corporate clients.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Building & Project Consultancy Team you will be responsible for assisting senior colleagues in the delivery of a full range of professional building surveying services to a high standard, managing complex projects and providing expert advice to clients. The role requires commercial awareness, and full professional competence as a Chartered Surveyor.

As a Surveyor your role will involve working on projects within two distinct areas:

• Traditional Building and Project Consultancy work for good book clients. The work will include dilapidations, schedules of condition, surveys, due diligence, reinstatement cost assessments, contract administration, project management and design/specification of work.

• Work alongside our wider Real Estate team on stressed or distressed assets providing detailed technical advice on compliance matters (planning, building control, H&S and warranties) and advising on works and cost to complete developments. This is effectivity traditional technical due diligence. Of this work approximately 70% is residential properties/developments and therefore the candidate needs to have a detailed understanding of residential development.

The Person

Ideally you will be able to meet the following criteria:

• Chartered (MRICS or FRICS) Building Surveyor.

• Post-qualification experience (2+ years) in building surveying.

• Experience or desire to develop in areas such as dilapidations, surveys, contract administration/project management, due diligence and development monitoring.

• Experience in multiple sectors (commercial, retail, industrial and residential) preferred.

• Desire to develop technical and soft skills and progress a career with KR8 Real Estate

• Excellent verbal/written communication.

• Sound technical understanding of statutory, legal, regulatory frameworks in UK property & construction; planning; health & safety and Building Regulations, alongside an understanding of collateral and insurance backed warranties.

• Client facing and stakeholder management capabilities

This is an exciting opportunity for someone to build their career within a new and dynamic environment, supported by an experienced team of professionals. KR8 Advisory is able to offer challenging and rewarding careers, great benefits and superb opportunities for long-term career progression.