Associate Director - Building Surveying

Procter Street is partnering with a growing consultancy that is entering an exciting stage of growth, and we are looking for an ambitious Associate Director – Building Surveying to play a key role in shaping the next chapter of the business.

This is not simply a senior surveying position. We are looking for a commercially minded Chartered Building Surveyor who wants to take genuine ownership of a growing service line — developing people, strengthening client relationships, winning new work and helping build a high-performing surveying team around them.

You will work closely with the Directors and wider business, with the autonomy and influence to help shape how the Building Surveying service develops. If you are ready to move beyond being responsible solely for your own projects and want the opportunity to build a team, develop a client base and have a meaningful influence on the growth of a business, this could be the role for you.

Our client is a growing specialist surveying and engineering consultancy based in Manchester, working across the commercial, industrial, residential, and retail sectors. The business combines professional surveying expertise with modern technology and a practical understanding of the built environment. Its services span building surveying, structural engineering and project management, including dilapidations, pre-acquisition surveys, condition surveys, measured surveys, cladding remediation, contract administration, employer’s agent services and tender procurement.

The consultancy forms part of a wider group, giving clients access to surveying, engineering, project management and construction expertise under one roof. The business is ambitious about where it can go next, creating an environment where talented professionals can have genuine influence, develop their own teams, build lasting client relationships and share in the success they help create.

As Associate Director – Building Surveying, you will take a senior leadership role within the surveying function, combining technical expertise with responsibility for growing the team, developing client relationships and generating new business. Working closely with the Directors, you will have the autonomy to shape the future of the Building Surveying division and play a key role in the continued growth of the wider business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and growing the Building Surveying division, helping to define its strategy, service offering and long-term direction as the consultancy continues to expand.
• Building and developing a high-performing team, taking responsibility for recruitment, mentoring, coaching and professional development as the division grows.
• Driving business development and new revenue, identifying opportunities, developing relationships and converting new instructions across the commercial property and construction sectors.
• Developing and retaining key client relationships, becoming a trusted senior adviser to existing clients while building a strong personal network of property owners, developers, investors, occupiers and professional advisers.
• Leading high-value and complex surveying instructions, providing senior technical oversight across areas including dilapidations, contract administration, schedules of condition, pre-acquisition surveys, building condition surveys and planned preventative maintenance.
• Working collaboratively across the wider group, identifying opportunities to combine surveying, engineering, project management and construction expertise to provide clients with integrated solutions.
• Working directly with the Directors on the growth of the business, contributing to strategic decisions, operational planning,…