Building Surveyor Apprenticeship

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to become part of our Building Surveying team in Stanway, Colchester. This will be an apprenticeship under the UK Government Apprenticeship Scheme. The successful candidate will attend ARU on the BSc (Hons) RICS approved degree apprenticeship course in Building Surveying.

As commercial Building Surveyors, we undertake a wide range of different types of work, ranging from Dilapidations, Commercial Building Surveys, Architectural Work, and Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Assisting Building Surveyors with their workload
• Liaising with clients and contractors
• Undertaking site inspections
• General office administration

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Course Contents

• Information management - Provide data, information, and advice for clients relevant to the surveying discipline.
• Health and safety - Recommend solutions to ensure safe and secure working environments.
• Construction technology - Provide advice relating to the construction technology of buildings and their materials.
• Law - Negotiate and agree terms for acquisition/disposal of property, standard forms of building contracts or other property-related contracts and liaise with legal advisers.
• Consultancy - Manage instructions from engagement to completion.
• Building surveys - Undertake inspections and surveys and provide advice and recommendations to clients relating to building surveys.
• Prepare designs and specifications - Carry out the preparation of the design and specification of building projects from outline proposals to completion of the design and specification process.
• Administer contracts - Implement administrative procedures for the running of a construction project. Issue instructions, deal with payment provisions, manage variation procedures and deal with completion and possession issues and the issuing of certificates.
• Valuation and appraisal - Prepare capital and rental valuations of land and property for a range of formal and appraisal purposes and prepare client reports.
• Land, property, and planning law - Negotiate solutions to issues affecting both owners and occupiers of land and property including at least two of management, sales, lettings, purchase, and/or planning.
• Inspection and measurement - Undertake inspections of land and property and prepare related reports and advice. Use appropriate instrumentation to take measurements of land and property. Apply the appropriate guidance and use the appropriate basis to undertake measurements. Prepare and present measurements in an appropriate manner.
• Tendering and procurement - Provide advice and recommendations as to appropriate procurement routes and manage the tendering processes relevant to them.
• Costing and cost planning of construction works - Undertake the detailed quantification, costing, and cost planning of complex construction works.
• Manage efficiencies of construction contracts - Manage the construction phase of a construction project. Carry out life cycle costing and apply value engineering processes. Prepare data, reports, and forecasts.