Graduate Building Surveyor – Savills
Posted on: 30 May, 2022
Company
Savills
Website
Location
Oxford
Job title
Graduate Building Surveyor
Employer profile
Our building and project consultancy service provides bespoke specialist solutions that can be applied across all technical aspects of acquisitions, development, ownership, occupation and disposal of property assets.
More than 180 of our consultants advise on buildings and projects throughout the UK with regional offices in England and Scotland (across 13 offices) and further resource for coverage throughout Europe (across 70 offices). This role will be in the Oxford team which currently comprises 10 fee earners and an apprentice.
Job profile
You will be in a fixed seat in the Oxford team where you will experience various areas of Building Surveying. The team undertakes a broad range of work, which will support your progress towards the APC.
Day to Day work
As a graduate on the building surveying pathway you will gain experience across all disciplines of building and project consultancy, including technical due diligence, dilapidations, building surveying projects, project management, neighbourly matters and planned preventative maintenance. Through undertaking of building surveys, dilapidations inspections, project progress site visits and client meetings, together with the preparation of reports, dilapidations assessments and the design and specification of tender documentation, no two days are the same.
Start date
As soon as possible, but no later than September
Experience, knowledge and skills required/preferred
- High attention to detail, well organised and a proactive approach
- Strong verbal, numerical and report writing skills
- A team player with leadership potential
- Strategic approach to problem solving
- Highly motivated
- Computer literate
- Have a genuine interest in commercial property ahead of anything else, we look for individualism and diversity in our graduate intake – so it’s very important at every stage of the selection process that you take the opportunity to show us what you’re really like. Be honest and above all, be yourself.
Qualification level required
Expected to graduate within 12 months
Legal right to work
Applicants require a legal right to work in the UK for the role
Current driving licence
Required
Salary and benefits
Competitive
