Graduate Surveyor​/Surveyor - Land, Development and Planning

Graduate Surveyor/Surveyor - Land, Development and Planning

Cushman & Wakefield's market-leading Land, Development & Planning team is growing. An opportunity has arisen for a Graduate Surveyor or newly qualified Surveyor to join our Northern Land, Development and Planning team based in our Manchester office to support the continued growth of our residential and development advisory offer across the North West of England. We are advising on some of the largest and most exciting projects across the North covering all sectors.

Examples include the government's New Towns programme, city/town centre regeneration schemes, large scale housing developments and new settlements, development opportunities around transport hubs and Investment Zones. We are retained advisors to a number of public sector clients such as Homes England and a number of Mayoral Combined/Local Authorities and also advise a range of key regional developers. Our offer spans from initial feasibility, strategy and demand assessments, through to viability appraisal, public funding and case making through to disposal, procurement and delivery and we are able to offer an end-to-end service to clients.

This is a key client-facing role offering exposure to major development and regeneration projects across both public and private sectors. You will work alongside a highly experienced team of professionals delivering commercially driven advice, focused primarily on the residential sector but also covering mixed-use, commercial, and strategic land. The role will be to support the team's work, predominantly across the North of England although we also work with wider national teams as required.

We are looking for someone with a passion for residential, development and regeneration, ideally with some experience in the field, although we would consider applications from those without specific experience but with skills in related fields such as valuation, planning and market research/analysis. An understanding of the development process is important and you will be comfortable with researching and analysing data to inform pricing and appraisal assumptions.

You will be part of a successful and long established team and we offer excellent opportunities for progression for the right individual.

• Carrying out research in both residential and commercial sectors of the property market to inform market reports, scheme pricing assessments and wider insight
• Completing high quality written market reports and pricing assessments for residential developers
• Producing development/viability appraisals and viability reports to inform land values, development and delivery strategies, including to support land value negotiations, to determine grant funding requirements or to inform planning viability matters. This includes reviewing developer/applicant appraisals and reports and preparing appraisals/reports for negotiations, funding and/or planning applications
• Providing commercial input into the master planning process and delivery/implementation strategies covering matters such as land assembly, planning, disposal and procurement
• Contributing to the team's work in the procurement and structuring of development agreements/partnerships
• Supporting the team on the marketing and disposal of development land including tender management and bid evaluation

• A highly motivated individual with a passion for working on exciting regeneration and development projects.
• A strong interest in the residential sector/market and awareness of key market trends and policy regimes
• RICS qualified however we will consider graduates currently working towards their APC and Chartered qualification
• Excellent…