22 Oct
Countryside Properties
Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Location Birmingham
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Your opportunity
Senior Utility Surveyor
What’s the Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity to help drive the development and expansion of the Geospatial discipline within Ridge by developing a brand-new Underground Utilities Survey team.
With one of the largest teams of chartered surveyors in the property sector, located in regional offices across the UK, we have a depth and breadth of experience, expertise and local knowledge to support our clients at every stage of property investment, ownership and occupation from acquisition to disposal.
We work with a wide range of clients to manage their property portfolios,
projects and transactions and due to our continuing success; Ridge and Partners are now looking for a talented Senior Utility Surveyor to join our multi-disciplinary consultancy and to lead a new service offering.
As a Senior Utility Surveyor at Ridge you will benefit from on job learning experiences whilst working on prestigious projects. Our projects include large residential, industrial and commercial schemes with contract values over £30 million to much smaller schemes. You will also work with interesting clients including, large retail companies, local authorities, Schools/Universities, contractors, developers etc together with the option to work on exciting overseas projects.
Given the nature of this role, this is a rare opportunity to help develop and drive a new team which will present brilliant career development and progression opportunities.
What you need to do to be effective in this role
- Undertaking Utility surveys from start to finish
- Manhole lifting and recording necessary observations and measurements
- Locating utilities via electromagnetic locators and ground penetrating radar
- Total Station and GPS/GNSS observations
- Resolve any unexpected technical difficulties that may arise
- Produce Utility Survey drawings and reports
- Production of CAD drawings from survey data
- Post processing of GPR data
- Play a key role in the overall development and expansion of a new Underground Utilities team
- Implement survey standards and key knowledge of approved documentation RICS Measured building of Land, building and Utilities and PAS128 specifications
- Inform discussions regarding purchasing/hiring of equipment
- Promote this new service to the rest of the business and to external clients for business development
- Mentor and train Junior members
- Assist with rates and produce fee quotations for GPR surveys
- Liaise with clients regarding quoting, management of surveys and invoicing
- Manage and maintain survey equipment
- Experience of dealing with the survey risks, caveats and exclusions and limitations
The skills and experience you need to have for this role
- Significant experience, preferably with relevant qualifications
- Experience of working with various sub-surface mapping techniques including GPR, electromagnetic location and drainage surveys
- Experience of working to PAS128 standards, collecting and post-processing of GPR data
- Previous experience of working with land surveyors and topographical surveys
- Experience of working with AutoCAD
- The ability to work both alone and as part of our survey team
- The ability to check and critically evaluate work done by others
- Experience in quoting/tendering for utility surveys
- The ability and desire to train others and promote survey best practices
- Full clean diving license is required - travel for work purposes is provided via company or hire cars
The role requires a combination of working within a team office environment whilst also working outdoors on a range of sites. There is a requirement to travel to sites and sometimes work away from home for stretches of time. Depending on the site and how it is being used you may be required to work shifts or out of hours.
About us
We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy.
We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.
Our 1,000+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.
Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.
The benefits package we have put together for you supports every aspect of your life.
Annual
leave
A healthy holiday allowance that starts at 25 days pa, plus the option to buy,
carry over or sell.
Community
spirit
You can take three volunteering days each year to spend time on causes close to your heart.
Mental
health
Mental Health First Aiders are here to support you, backed up by Unum’s Help@hand app.
Financial benefits
A path to peace of mind: life assurance, pension scheme and income protection.
Physical
wellbeing
Your health is a priority for us too, so we offer medical insurance, private GP access and discounted gym membership.
Flexible
working
Our flexible approach to hybrid working is there to suit you, your family and your team.
Career development
A pathway at Ridge that’s focused on your professional, personal or educational aspirations.
Extra
benefits
Performance bonus,
car allowance and more based on your role - and progression.
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We believe that everyone performs their best when they feel like they belong and can be their true selves at work. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we will support you to ensure you have everything you need to be successful and achieve your best in your career at Ridge. If you’d like to discuss accessibility, accommodations or adjustments during your application and selection process, please contact us at **********@ridge.co.uk and we will work with you to ensure you feel included and supported.
A polite note to Recruitment Agencies
We enjoy great relationships with our agency partners within our framework,
and fully believe in the value of a blended approach to finding the best talent. However, we are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from agency partners at this time – any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownerships on any introduction that you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
We are committed to nurturing strong partnerships within our agency framework, but there are occasions where we looking to enlist the help of others. If you would be interested in working with us in the future, please send a message to **********@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to **********@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
We are recruiting for this role directly and aren’t seeking support from our agency partners. Any unsolicited CV introductions won’t be honoured, and we won’t grant candidate ownership on any introductions you make for roles that haven’t been briefed and released to you by our Talent Acquisition team.
If you are a recruitment agency who doesn’t currently work with Ridge but would like to, please send a message to **********@ridge.co.uk, and we’ll reach out to you should there be an opportunity.
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▶️ Senior Utility Surveyor
🖊️ Countryside Properties
📍 Birmingham