Senior Building Surveyor

at  The Arch Company

ABOUT US

The Arch Company is the UK’s largest small business landlord, serving thousands of business owners who make a unique and vital contribution to the UK economy. The company purchased Network Rail’s former commercial property estate in early 2019 and have a property portfolio of more than 5,000 railway arches, business estates, former station buildings and other properties.
The Arch Company is proud to be the landlord to a diverse, passionate group of small business owners, entrepreneurs and community organisations across England and Wales. The Arch Company shareholders are TT Group and Blackstone Property Partners.
We’re committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace, so if you’re interested in this job but don’t meet every aspect of the job description, we’d still encourage you to apply. You might be the ideal candidate for this role, or other positions.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop and maintain effective and consistent communication and collaboration between Asset,Lettings, Facilities and Property Management colleagues involved in the property maintenanceprocess, to maximise commercial performance and minimise risk to the portfolio.
• Provide clear and professional technical advice relating to asset failure, compliance, tenantalterations, party wall, dilapidations, maintenance and re-letting works.
• Assess and advise on renewal and re-letting requirements to appropriately inform future worksplanning.
• Undertake asset condition inspections and produce site-specific renewal and re-letting proposals.
• Project manage Renewal and Re-letting works, supported by internal and external specialistconsultants and cost managers as required.
• Develop technical scopes of work for larger, complex projects. Appoint and oversee consultantdesigners.
• Procure, instruct, and oversee delivery of works on site, keeping stakeholders informed on progress,managing through to completion and hand-back, safely within agreed time and cost.
• Provide regular management reporting on progress and performance.
• CDM Regulations – At appropriate points in the delivery process, undertake representative role ofClient, Designer and Principal Designer on behalf of The Arch Co in line with company standards.

ROLE PURPOSE

In this role your main responsibilities will be to deliver renewals, re-letting, and minor capital investment works across the portfolio while overseeing a number of external consultants to execute these tasks. Additionally, you will serve as the go-to expert for technical advice across the business.