Client Side Building Surveyor
Location: London
Working pattern: Site and office-based with 1 day working from home
Experience: 2+ years’ post-qualified experience
Salary: Highly competitive, dependent on experience
Turner Property Recruitment is working with a highly successful, privately owned UK commercial property investment and management business to appoint a Senior Building Surveyor.
This is an exciting client-side opportunity to take ownership of a high-quality national portfolio, delivering refurbishment and development projects from initial scope through to completion.
You will join a fully integrated property business, giving you exposure to the entire asset lifecycle and the opportunity to make commercially meaningful decisions rather than simply delivering isolated projects.
The projects
You will immediately gain exposure to an impressive pipeline of work, including major CAT A refurbishments valued at up to £10 million.
The role
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading refurbishment, repair and development projects from inception through to completion and handover
- Managing project programmes, budgets and cashflows
- Acting as Contract Administrator and maintaining control of instructions, variations, notices, certificates and project records
- Preparing design, tender and contract documentation
- Managing procurement processes and contractor appointments
- Appointing and managing consultants, contractors and design teams
- Monitoring project risks, costs, progress and change
- Providing technical and commercial advice on defects, refurbishment strategies and asset-level decisions
- Conducting inspections and diagnosing building defects
- Supporting pre-acquisition technical due diligence
- Managing statutory requirements, including planning, Building Control, CDM and Party Wall matters
- Supporting tenant alterations, repairs, maintenance and dilapidations
- Negotiating dilapidations claims and settlements
- Working closely with Asset Management and Facilities Management teams
- Maintaining accurate, audit-ready construction and project documentation
- Communicating project risks, programme changes and budget updates to internal stakeholders
About you
You will ideally have:
- Strong building surveying experience within commercial property
- At least two years’ post-qualified experience
- MRICS status or an equivalent professional qualification, although this is desirable rather than essential
- Proven project delivery and contract administration experience
- Strong knowledge of commercial refurbishment and defect diagnosis
- Experience managing budgets, project costs and programmes
- A clear understanding of CDM, Building Regulations, planning and Party Wall legislation
- Confidence managing and challenging consultants and contractors
- Strong commercial judgement and attention to detail
- The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
This opportunity would suit a commercially minded Building Surveyor who enjoys taking ownership, working at pace and delivering projects that directly improve asset performance and value.
Benefits
- Highly competitive salary, dependent on experience
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Office closure over the festive period
- Additional holiday entitlement with service
- Private medical insurance with medical history disregarded
- Healthcare cash plan
- 5% company pension contribution
- Three times salary life assurance
- Group income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Daily healthy fruit and snacks
- Comprehensive business expense policy, including lunches when travelling away from your base location
Why apply?
This is a rare opportunity to join an ambitious, well-backed and growing commercial property organisation.
You will work on substantial, high-profile projects, gain exposure across the full property lifecycle and play a visible role in protecting and improving the performance of a national portfolio.
For a confidential conversation, apply today or contact Chris@turnerpropertyrecruitment.com