Associate Director - Building Surveying

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Are you an experienced and commercially astute Associate Director looking for a dynamic role within a leading global real estate firm? We are seeking an MRICS qualified professional to join our London Technical Due Diligence team. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver commercially focused building consultancy services to a diverse portfolio of investor and corporate occupier clients across the UK and EMEA, ranging from single assets to large portfolio and platform deals.

The Opportunity

This role offers a chance to lead and assist in the successful implementation and delivery of professional building consultancy advice. You will manage client relationships and project teams, ensuring profitable and timely delivery of building surveying instructions, while actively collaborating with other CBRE departments to foster business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and Deliver: Take a leading role in providing professional building consultancy advice, particularly for technical due diligence instructions and general building surveying.
• Project Management: Manage client relationships and project teams to ensure the profitable and timely delivery of building surveying instructions.
• Business Development: Collaborate with CBRE colleagues and departments to strengthen relationships and identify new business opportunities.
• Technical Expertise: Undertake a range of projects including, but not limited to:
• Building surveys for investment or occupational purposes.
• Defect analysis and provision of commercial advice to clients.
• Preparation and negotiation of Schedules of Dilapidations for both landlords and tenants.
• Development of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedules.
• Lead Consultancy and Contract Administration roles.
• Value Creation: Proactively seek opportunities to add value, delivering client solutions that consistently exceed expectations.
• Team & Department Contribution: Positively contribute to the team and department's business plan, assisting in achieving its objectives.
• Team Building Build and manage project teams with the appropriate mix of experience, skills, and commerciality to effectively deliver client advice.
• Compliance: Adhere to CBRE's policies, management systems, and Quality Management procedures

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience:

MRICS qualified with a minimum of 3 years of relevant post-qualification experience.

Proven experience in technical due diligence for investment and occupier purposes, dilapidations (landlord and tenant), contract administration, refurbishment works, and maintenance advice (PPMs).

Skills & Attributes

Communication: Excellent communication, interpersonal, and written skills; articulate with strong attention to detail.

Client Focus: Ability to build, develop, and maintain strong business and client relationships. Possesses a professional, knowledgeable persona and strong business acumen.

Teamwork: Able to work effectively as part of a team and within multi-disciplinary project groups, supporting colleagues.

Organization: Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage own workload effectively within agreed timeframes.

Leadership: Confident, assertive where required, with the ability to delegate while maintaining accountability and ensuring successful delivery.

Market Knowledge: Good appreciation of professional and project building surveying matters, with an understanding of the local and wider property market and CBRE's services.

Business Acumen: Ability to contribute to business development activities.

Flexibility: Flexible approach to work and willing to travel throughout the UK and EMEA as required.

Mobility: Full driving license.

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Working at CBRE

When you join CBRE you will have the support and resources of a global firm where an entrepreneurial mind-set is encouraged. You'll realize your potential with challenging work, fast-paced assignments, an environment of constant learning and commitment to results. To enable your success, we provide the best tools, training and leaders in the industry.

Our collaborative culture is built on our RISE values and reflects the needs and perspectives of our clients and our people. Our work is guided by our North Star: Creating the real estate solutions of tomorrow, so businesses and people thrive. This informs everything we do-from diversity, equity, and inclusion to sustainability initiatives to workplace safety and wellbeing.

At CBRE, we believe that the more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we see. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences across industries to apply for open positions even if you do not match every element of the required skills. To discover more about what it's like to work at CBRE, visit Life at CBRE

About CBRE

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2023 revenue). The company has more than 130,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves a diverse range of clients with an integrated suite of services, including facilities, transaction and project management; property management; investment management; appraisal and valuation; property leasing; strategic consulting; property sales; mortgage services and development services.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. For information about accommodations we can make during the recruitment process, please visit: https://www.cbre.co.uk/careers/accommodations

Disclaimer:

Please be advised that effective January 1, 2025, CBRE Project Management and Turner & Townsend will be consolidated into a single global business entity. As a candidate applying for a position, you should be aware that while your initial employment may be with CBRE Project Management, you will subsequently transfer to the newly formed entity that encompasses both organizations.