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International Property Consultancy

Senior Surveyor

24th April 2023

Job Category: Asset Management Commercial Property Property Management
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: Brighton

Private Sector Consultancy role for major Public Sector client – Brighton (with hybrid working)

Senior Surveyor – Commercial Property Management inc. L&T/Agency/Asset Management – General Practice

Up to £55,000 pa + car allowance + bonus & benefits

THE ROLE

Urban Fabric Recruitment are looking for a Senior Surveyor who will principally be working on a portfolio for a major Public Sector client. My client’s aim is to achieve tight control of day-to-day activities, which ensure the well-being, and value of each property.

The role covers general practice surveying encompassing all aspects of property management and landlord and tenant matters, including agency and asset management work, providing high-quality advice to our clients.

DAY TO DAY

  • General Practice Surveying work with L&T / Agency.
  • Resolving landlord and tenant issues, responsibility for sub-let arrears management
  • Maintaining with administrative support data base changes, responding to client information requests, portfolio budgeting
  • Liaising where necessary with the property accounts team
  • Undertaking rent reviews and lease renewals, drawing upon internal expertise when required
  • Assisting in annual asset valuation processes for clients
  • Working with other teams delivering for example, dilapidations, and agency services
  • Building good day to day relationships with clients
  • Assisting in identifying costs saving/ value add opportunities on managed properties
  • Identifying fee opportunities
  • Instructing solicitors where required
  • Client reporting – to produce monthly/quarterly reports and attend client meetings.
  • Working with the in-house Data teams to ensure lease data is up to date.
  • Deal with occupier queries on rent, service charges and other management matters.
  • Tenant liaison and dealing with formal Landlord and Tenant matters such as rent reviews, lease renewals, tenant applications and provide details on energy usage.
  • Liaising with the FM team on day-to-day maintenance, repair, and operational issues on each of the properties
  • Rent Reviews and Lease renewals
  • Work with sustainability team to ensure ESG best practice is adopted across the instructions
  • Carry out regular property inspections
  • Setting up new properties/instructions

YOU:

  • Problem solving – the ability to think laterally to resolve issues
  • Excellent communication skills and client interfacing skills
  • Good experience of typical property management challenges, sub-let estate management (including income collection) and working knowledge of other principal areas (L&T, building consultancy, agency) and how it interacts with overall portfolio management
  • Landlord and Tenant experience
  • Experience within a professional services environment and working with blue-chip companies
  • Experience of property management software including Voyager (desirable but not essential).
  • Experienced in using Excel and other IT platforms such as power point, PDF editor

If you think the role above could be the next step on your surveying journey, please apply using the link.

If you’re looking for a role within Property Management but interested in a different asset class or type of company, we’d still like to hear from you. Not all of our roles are advertised and often, my clients will want to speak to talented Property Management Surveyors.

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