• Job Description

  Req#: 64230

  What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

  At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

  A little more about your role…

  Are you an experienced Development / Fund Monitoring Surveyor? We're looking for a new team member to join our profitable and busy Investment Services Team, to help deliver initial due diligence reports, periodic construction monitoring reports and technical advice to clients. In addition, this role will also provide strategic advisory services to a wide range of clients.

  You will typically be advising clients as part of a full initial review of development proposals, reporting and advising on all aspects of the delivery of a real estate development (developer credentials, financing, appraisal budgets, programme, design, statutory consents, third party legal agreements, site investigations and construction commercial set up) and identifying development risks - with advice feeding into the structuring of transactions.

  You will have accountability to the Clients team on a day-to-day basis and hence you must be able to work using your initiative to provide professional and accurate advice directly to the Client. You will be expected to prepare initial due diligence reports on all aspects of a development and carry out regular inspections during the construction phase of a project.

  What's involved?

  • Written reports on the viability of a development project (Initial report) and Budgetary control, quality, progress, insurances, contracts and adherence to statutory procedures (Interim Reports);
  • Provision of technical advice and managing projects;
  • Production of Construction Monitoring reports, development appraisals and certification duties;
  • To project manage and co-ordinate the input of other in-house disciplines into a formal report;
  • To draft and finalise technical reports to a high written standard;
  • To attend site progress meetings as required in respect of ongoing projects including undertaking traditional valuations and identifying programming slippages; and
  • Identifying new leads and growing client relationships through the delivery process.

  What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…

  • Ideally you'll be a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) with the ability to carry out development monitoring / project monitoring and due diligence services to its clients who are lenders and investors in a variety of construction projects based in the UK.
  • You should be experienced within fund / development monitoring having gained experience in the construction industry providing you with a practical and a thorough knowledge of the construction process.
  • You will need to have excellent report writing skills and be able to review and opine on development proposals to ascertain the project viability mainly from a construction point of view providing essential advice to the client on cost, procurement, programme and security documentation.
  • Able to multi-task, prioritise and balance numerous activities and demands, in short time periods/deadlines.
  • Good practical knowledge of the construction processes and working knowledge of JCT Building Contracts.

  Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

  Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

  Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

  With us, you can. Apply today.

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• About the company

  WSP is one of the world’s leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

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