APC Building Surveyor

About the role

ORS has a robust building surveying team with a proven track in delivering with speed and dependability on complex projects. We survey the built environment, advising clients on a wide range of issues from property registration to building compliance. We are seeking a building surveyor to join our expanding team. The successful candidate will be mentored by a team of chartered surveyors and engineers in various fields of engineering.

Key Responsibilities 

The successful candidate should have appropriate surveying experience and be willing to work as part of a successful team in a well-established building consultancy. The role will suit an ambitious and enthusiastic individual wishing to advance their career. As a building surveyor, you will be responsible for working on your own initiative under directors, and perform professional building surveying and other ancillary tasks as necessary to include but not limited to:

• Carrying out inspections on buildings before purchase to assess the quality of, and to identify any structural faults, of buildings.


• Locating the cause of structural problems and recommending/providing solutions.


• Drawing up schedules of dilapidations, schedules of condition and schedules of works of necessary repair.


• Dealing with planning applications and advising on property legislation and building regulations.


• Obtaining approvals required under the Planning law, Building Regulations and bye-laws and other relevant legislation.


• Designing, building, maintaining, renovating and extending new and existing buildings.


• Project-managing, controlling budgets and supervising building projects on site.


• Keeping reports on the progress of work.

Essential Requirements 

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• BSc, (Hons) Degree in Building Surveying, or equivalent.


• Registered Building Surveyor status


• 4+ years’ experience, preferably within a consultancy.


• Have strong onsite surveying skills with previous relevant commercial / residential building surveying experience.


• Experience in negotiation of settlement with tenants/landlord’s surveyor on terminal Schedule of Dilapidations desirable.


• Be able to develop and foster long term client relationships.


• Proficient IT skills, including AutoCAD, Word and Excel, GoReport / ArchTechPro or similar.


• Excellent technical knowledge and competence.


• Have strong report writing skills and excellent attention to detail.
  


• Willingness to travel to provide nationwide coverage.
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What We Can Offer You 

Being part of ORS means more than just a job, it means joining a company that invests in you and your ambitions with transparency, structure and support. 

We are delighted to offer a suite of benefits when you join ORS, which include: 
 

• Competitive salary 

• Performance-related bonus 

• Pension scheme with matching contributions 

• Remote-first hybrid model – use your home as a base and any of our office locations as you see fit 

• Work from abroad 

• Flexible working hours 

• Access to over 60 health disciplines through our Kara Connect Platform 

• Continuous Professional development (CPD) programme & funding 

• Paid maternity, paternity and fertility leave 

• Company and birthday annual leave days 

• Death in Service benefit 

• Tax saver - travel and bike to work 

• Culture, social, wellness and CPD committees 

• Talent Development Programmes 

• Access to leading career coach Gerry Duffy 

About ORS 

ORS is a world-class multidisciplinary building consultancy with more than 30 years of delivering technical excellence across the built environment. Our mission is simple but powerful: We endeavour to make the lives of our team, clients, partners and communities happier and better in the ways that really matter every single day. 

Don’t just take our word for it! ORS has won numerous awards, recognising our Great Place to Work culture. 

• Winner of the Engineering Consultancy of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Graduate Programme of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2025 

• Winner of the Best Company to Work For at the Irish Design & Build Awards 2024 & 2025 

• Winner of the Best People Development of the Year at the Engineering Excellence Awards 2024 

• Winner of the Recruitment & Retention Strategy at the Workplace Excellence Awards 2024 

• Great Place to Work certified consecutively since 2017 

• Top 3 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2025 

• Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 Great Place to Work 

• Engineers Ireland CPD Accreditation since 20217 

• Awarded for Hybrid Way of Working at the 2022 Great Place to Work Awards 

• Silver Accreditation through Investors in Diversity 2025 

ORS is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive company culture. We foster a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects and supports their individual strengths and experiences.