Principal Building Surveyor

Role Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to join our established L&I Technical Due Diligence & Commercial Building Surveying team.

The core responsibilities will largely relate to commercial building surveying with a varied workload including professional and technical advisory. The successful candidate will be expected to be technically excellent and have a broad range and experience of commercial surveying/consultancy, as well as be able to commission‑manage multiple instructions. The job will involve mixed and varied workloads, often requiring the balancing of several instructions simultaneously.

The candidate will largely be focused on service delivery, working as part of a larger commission team and supporting the achievement of exceptional outcomes for our clients. The candidate should be confident in dealing directly with the client and be able to manage time effectively to meet deadlines, ensuring that time expended aligns with the cost forecast to maintain profitability of instructions (financial performance responsibility).

• The role includes predominantly commercial building surveying work along with some project management across a range of building types, primarily commercial. Experience in professional work such as dilapidations would be desirable.
• The position includes a relatively high level of responsibility and accountability with an opportunity to develop managerial as well as technical knowledge and skills, and to progress within a successful and growing specialist team.
• To manage risk in service delivery and contribute to service delivery improvement initiatives.
• To demonstrate organic revenue growth and implementation of the business plan in terms of the commercial building surveying offering.
• To manage and undertake professional technical consultancy commissions including technical due diligence, condition surveys, LTAs, PPM schedules, etc.
• To effectively communicate, ensuring all information is available for the successful implementation and completion of projects.
• To liaise with the Project Managers and Team Leaders to ensure efficient financial control resulting in a cost‑effective service.
• To represent the company in a professional and diligent manner.
• To ensure the Sector Director has quantified information on the progress of each contract on a regular basis.
• To support with mentoring and supervising junior building surveyors.

• Degree and MRICS qualification (minimum 3 years PQE).
• Multi‑discipline experience.
• A team player who can develop and maintain excellent relationships and gain the confidence of other professionals within the company and outside.
• A broad thinker who can take a global view and has an inherent ability to deliver successfully.
• Able to manage own tasks from inception through to completion.
• Able to maintain total confidentiality at all times.
• A flexible attitude.
• Able to manage priorities.
• Commercially aware and financially astute.
• Ability to provide good concise commercial advice.
• Provision of concise and commercial advice to our clients.
• Demonstrate effective communication and management skills for service delivery.
• Work effectively in a team.
• Represent the company; meet, negotiate and correspond with clients forming a strong working relationship in true partnership.
• Develop strong working relationships with clients.
• Manage client expectations.
• Deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner.
• Provide guidance to junior team members.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.