Chartered Building Surveyor

About the role

As one of Ireland’s most progressive and people-focused building consultancies, we are strengthening our expert team with a chartered building surveyor with a proven track in delivering with speed and dependability on complex projects.

This is a role where you will influence major projects, guide future industry standards, and help shape a better, more sustainable built environment. You’ll work with autonomy, collaborate with high-performing colleagues, and have the flexibility to work remotely while engaging with diverse sites across the country.

Key Responsibilities

• Preparing tenders, supervising tendering procedures and putting together proposals.
• Compiling, checking and approving reports and drawings ensuring that projects run smoothly.
• Assisting with management and coordination of projects works.
• Inputting your expertise in general where you have specific expertise not available elsewhere in company.
• Client advising, providing professional advice on building issues
• Technical Due Diligence, conducting thorough property surveys, assessing structural integrity, and identifying defects
• Communicating and liaising with colleagues, architects, consultants and clients.
• Business development work as necessary to support the above.
• Building Regulations and Planning Permission Compliance reporting.
• Dilapidations, reports on commercial properties assessing building conditions and advising on repair obligations and costs, especially for commercial leases.

Essential Requirements 

• BSc, (Hons) Degree in Building Surveying, or equivalent.
• 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.
• Experience in business development, client facing and presentation skills.
• Be able to develop and foster long term client relationships.
• Proficient IT skills, including AutoCAD, Word and Excel.
• Excellent technical knowledge and competence.
• Have strong report writing skills and excellent attention to detail.
• A team player who is motivated to mentor, share knowledge with and guide graduate level building surveyors.
  

Desirable Requirements 

• Consultancy experience highly regarded 
• Chartered Building Surveyor and/or Registered Building Surveyor status desirable.
  

What We Can Offer You

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.

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 Consultancy of the Year at the Irish Building & Design Awards 2026
• 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 Building & Design 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 2 Company Best Workplaces in the medium-sized category at the Great Place to Work awards 2026
• Best Workplaces for Health & Wellbeing 2025 & 2026 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.