Building Surveyor - Hortons Estate

Building Surveyor – Newly Qualified / APC Candidate

Hortons Estate | Birmingham (Office based with flexibility) | Negotiable + Car Allowance + Bonus

Joshua Robert is partnering with Hortons Estate to appoint a Building Surveyor – a broad and commercially focused role within a growing and entrepreneurial property investment business.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a genuinely wide-ranging building surveying position, working client-side within a business that owns and actively manages a diverse UK commercial portfolio currently valued at £350m, with ambitions to grow to £500m.

The successful candidate will manage and, depending on their level of experience, take ownership of live projects across refurbishment, dilapidations, acquisitions, and asset management. Reporting to the Head of Building Surveying & Development, this role offers direct exposure to commercial decision-making at every stage of a project.

• Manage building surveying projects from inception through to completion
• Undertake project design, specification writing, and cost analysis
• Carry out defect diagnosis, repair, and maintenance strategy planning
• Administer contracts and oversee external consultants
• Prepare schedules of condition and manage dilapidations matters
• Support property acquisitions and disposals as required
• Involvement in asset management, including service charge matters
• Deliver refurbishment programmes across mixed-use stock (office, retail, industrial)
• Provide development-side support as that workstream continues to grow
• Manage own workload independently, developing projects at all levels of asset management

• MRICS qualified or working towards APC
• Open background in private practice or client-side — both considered
• CAD experience and competency in Microsoft Office
• Strong time management and the ability to manage one's own workload
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• A commercially minded, ownership-focused approach to projects
• Knowledge of property management an advantage but not essential
• A full UK driving licence
• Ambitious, accountable, and committed to delivering to the highest standard

• In-house client-side role with a scope significantly broader than a standard position
• Direct mentorship from a Chartered Building Surveyor and Head of Building Surveying & Development, as well as the wider property and asset management team
• Exposure to dilapidations, acquisitions, refurbishment, development, and asset management
• Part of a growing business with a clear trajectory to £500m+ portfolio value
• Full-time, permanent contract with company car and benefits — salary negotiable on experience