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Jones Lang LaSalle

Advises on and manages commercial real estate

Assistant Building Surveyor

Real Estate Property ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeRedditch, UKNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Expert knowledge of commercial property management across diverse asset types and comprehensive understanding of building systems, maintenance planning, and facility management.
  • Strategic portfolio planning and optimisation capabilities with comprehensive understanding of risk management in property contexts.
  • Expert-level knowledge of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors standards with ability to interpret and apply them to complex situations.
  • Comprehensive understanding of regulatory frameworks, compliance governance, and health and safety legislation.
  • Knowledge of sustainability standards, environmental, social and governance strategy implementation, and reporting requirements.
  • Familiarity with property management technologies, reporting systems, and relevant property legislation.
  • Strong organisational abilities and attention to detail.
  • Ability to make complex decisions and build effective working relationships.
  • Client-focused approach to trusted-advisor relationships and service excellence.
  • Ability to identify growth opportunities and solve operational challenges.
  • Accountability for performance and business outcomes, with professional integrity.
  • Ability to motivate high performance and demonstrate resilience under pressure.
  • Commercial acumen to balance service quality with profitability.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the Royal London asset manager to set strategy, calling on subject matter experts as required.
  • Act as the main point of contact for Royal London asset manager(s) and lead those relationships with professionalism and accountability.
  • Identify how JLL can support client needs and requirements, and discuss service revisions and improvements with JLL's client relationship team.
  • Maintain a clear grasp of the client's asset and portfolio strategy, drivers, and values, and communicate these to the wider team.
  • Support emergency planning, business continuity, testing, and monitoring with emergency management support as required.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for customer enquiries, concerns, and service requests, ensuring timely responses and resolutions while maintaining positive relationships.
  • Identify opportunities to improve customer experience through building amenities, services, and programming.
  • Act on customer feedback to create a productive and engaging environment that adds value to occupancy.
  • Work with the Royal London Asset Management Customer Experience Strategy Director to use training opportunities and advise the Asset Manager about customer-experience implementation opportunities.
  • Provide customer intelligence to the asset management team.
  • Work with JLL Accounts teams on financial accountability, cashflow management, and customer and supplier credit control.
  • Provide strategic advice to asset managers on customer debt recovery, with support from Accounts Receivable.
  • Prepare and manage service charge budgets and reconciliations according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Professional Standard for Commercial Service Charges and client key performance indicators.
  • Support supplier payments through Proactis and manage supplier payment processes, including purchase orders and invoice approvals.
  • Oversee financial trackers, ensuring accuracy for utility recharges, turnover, and commercialisation.
  • Respond to customer and consultant queries and challenges in a timely manner.
  • Liaise with the Data Management team on complex and protracted lease queries.
  • Provide application recommendations to the Asset Manager; receive and analyse customer lease applications, including alienation and alterations.
  • Ensure customer compliance with lease covenants, including complicated or contentious perceived breaches.
  • Resolve customer matters affecting valuation.
  • Liaise with additional advisers, including legal and building surveying advisers, as required.
  • Work with the Royal London Asset Management and JLL Asset Experience Services teams to maintain strong internal stakeholder relationships and own output to the Asset Manager.
  • Manage risk actions and statutory compliance.
  • Conduct or arrange monthly and void health and safety checks, including site safety and void management inspections, using third parties where appropriate for void security.
  • Handle accident and incident reporting and follow-up.
  • Manage the E-Permits permit-to-work system and support ISO 14001 compliance requirements.
  • Coordinate LRQA audits and compliance activities.
  • Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation and implement compliance measures.
  • Support and implement environmental, social and governance initiatives aligned with the client's strategy and JLL's responsibilities.
  • Monitor industry and legal obligations relating to environmental, social and governance matters.
  • Assist with sustainability reporting and compliance requirements.
  • Support Asset Sustainability Plans, the ESG Database, and risk assessments.
  • Represent the site at framework partner meetings to ensure high standards of service delivery.
  • Manage the scope of services and contract variation initiatives with the Costs Manager, Soft Services Manager, and Technical Services Manager.
  • Implement work associated with Planned Preventative Maintenance reports, including statutory and regulatory projects.
  • Handle reactive work and building fabric maintenance issues.
  • Manage quotations and work orders within designated authority levels.
  • Supervise projects and work activities, including management of risk and method statements.
  • Conduct regular property inspections in line with client and JLL key performance indicators and submit written reports through Vision.
  • Maintain high standards at managed sites and flag areas for growth and improvement.
  • Support property presentation standards across managed sites.
  • Coordinate void management activities with central support teams.
  • Handle property transitions and due diligence, and support disposals and acquisitions.
  • Support letting agents, solicitors, and other third parties with queries.
  • Lead transition meetings with the Transitions team for service-charge properties.
  • Maintain overall accountability for readiness-for-sale packs prepared by the Asset Experience Services function.
  • Participate in portfolio sales and purchases.
  • Handle on-site insurance activities, including accident book records and CCTV provision.
  • Review and supply contracts and gather information for the central insurance team.
  • Implement insurer requirements, including improvements and repair and maintenance work.
  • Ensure claims are settled and funds applied to completed insurance work.
  • Use available tools to ensure quality and efficiency of output and optimise service to stakeholders; prospective tools include accounting, health and safety, customer relationship, and environmental, social and governance applications, with current prospective tools including Yardi, Riskwise, Prism, Deepki, and Workflow systems.

About the Company

Jones Lang LaSalle

Advises on and manages commercial real estate

Jones Lang LaSalle, known as JLL, advises property owners, occupiers and investors on commercial real estate worldwide. Its teams broker leases and property sales, arrange financing, value assets, manage buildings and workplaces, and oversee construction projects for businesses, institutions and governments. LaSalle Investment Management invests client capital in private property and real estate securities, while JLL Technologies develops workplace software and data tools. The company earns commissions, service fees, investment management fees and software revenue, with some client operating costs reimbursed through contracts. JLL took its current form through a 1999 merger and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Founded
1999

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