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About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise. 

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially. 

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

✅ We are progressive 

✅ We collaborate

✅ We support

✅ We take ownership

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You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.

• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.

• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.

• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.

• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.

• Health cash plan scheme.

• Professional membership support

• Family policies

• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.

• Cycle to work Scheme.

• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)

• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)

• Death in service benefit.

• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.

• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).

• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.

• Employee Referral Scheme.

• Employee working groups

The role…

We are currently recruiting an Senior Building Surveyor to join our Cambridge office.

The role will involve project and professional consultancy to both public and private sector clients. To undertake inspections, preparation of specifications, contract administration as well as dilapidations matters, defect diagnosis, party wall matters within a team structure. To work closely with the team lead associate in resource, finance and business development planning. Business Development of particular interest by supporting team in generating new business.  Mentoring junior team members and assisting with their APC progression to professional qualification.

We may consider Associate level depending on candidate’s experience.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

• Act as building surveyor on a variety of project and professional services projects from inception to completion, liaising with team members and others as necessary. Autonomy to develop business and deliver services in a variety of sectors including commercial, healthcare, residential block management and defence.
• Manage similar works undertaken by junior colleagues to ensure quality and timeliness of service provided to clients and act as the point of contact for Ingleton Wood.
• Manage own workload and report to team lead and office Partner on financial forecasting and progress of commissions.
• Continually improve own profitability by managing time and resources allocated to projects and by ensuring that time spent on projects is recorded and that fee invoicing is carried out at appropriate stages. To monitor and report the same against target.
• Have a clear understanding of client expectations including their aims for the development of the brief.
• Liaise with other consultants, internal and external, to ensure fully integrated production of documentation for the work.
• Liaise with all necessary authorities in relation to the work.
• Attend site for meetings to understand and clearly define clients’ expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress and make them aware of technical and financial implications.
• Market the services and the Practice to new and existing clients in order to increase workload.
• Prepare and contribute toward fee bids relevant to building surveying and multi-disciplinary projects.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• Good standard of academic qualification and education.

• MRICS or MAPM qualification.

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.

• Enthusiasm to network, promote the practice as well as winning and retaining clients.

• Strong commercial attitude and with aspirations for progression and a desire to succeed.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website 🌐