Meet Our People: Jodie Haines Surveyor

I'm a Junior Surveyor working in the Property Development team which means the majority of my job is scanning the inside and outside of buildings, traversing and taking photos. I also process the data that is captured back in the office so it can be used for floor plans, elevations or Revit models.

A typical day on site means an early start to ensure the correct equipment is loaded onto the van, and will generally involve scanning with either a Leica P40 or a Faro scanner and taking photographs on an iSTAR. Every day is quite different...and you never know where you're going to end up next week.

I love the variety of site and office work, and I get to work with different people on a variety of projects. No day or week is ever the same.

My favourite project to date would be my involvement at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London. It was really interesting to see how a theatre works back stage. I also really enjoyed working on a job down in Plymouth, as sometimes it's nice to be outside of London.

I did a small amount of surveying at university and found it interesting. I have always hated the idea of working in an office all day every day and being a surveyor means I get a variety of site and office work.

I guess the most important attributes are time management, people skills, general good organisation....and a lot of patience.

It has to be the people. Everyone is so friendly and there is a lot of diversity here. It's great working with people from all around the world and there is always something going on.

Be prepared to be physically tired at the end of a day on site. It's exhausting, but fun. Also, ask lots of questions....no question is ever a stupid question.

I'm definitely motivated and I'm a team player. I'm forever interested in learning new things and will always give it my all.

I go to the gym frequently, I love walking, shopping, reading....and I love cats.

No rain, no flowers.