Assistant Building Surveyor

K L Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Tamworth; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

K L Recruitment Solutions Ltd is seeking an Assistant Building Surveyor to balance strategic client support with on-site involvement across a commercial property portfolio. You will help drive asset strategy, oversee operations and ensure regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities include managing service charges, budgets, inspections, and ESG reporting, while collaborating with legal advisers and the client’s asset manager. This role is predominantly site-based with focus on risk and performance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of commercial property management across diverse asset types.
• Understanding of building systems, maintenance planning and facilities management.
• Familiarity with sustainability standards and ESG reporting.
• Ability to balance service quality with profitability under client guidance.
• Site-based role requiring attention to detail and compliance with standards.

Responsibilities

• Support asset strategy with guidance from the client asset manager.
• Assist on customer experience, service requests and feedback.
• Prepare and manage service charge budgets and reconciliations per RICS standards.
• Oversee financial trackers, utility recharges, turnover and supplier payments.
• Assist with lease compliance, alterations and liaising with legal advisers.
• Support H&S inspections, risk actions and ISO14001 compliance.
• Contribute to ESG initiatives and asset sustainability reporting.
• Attend framework partner meetings and oversee PPM and maintenance work orders.
• Conduct property inspections and report findings via Vision systems.
• Assist with due diligence, disposals, acquisitions and Readiness for Sale packs.
• Support insurance requirements and on-site activities including CCTV.

Skills

Property management

Asset strategy

Client relationship

Budgeting

Regulatory knowledge

H&S awareness

Sustainability reporting

Problem solving

Tools

Yardi

Riskwise

Prism

Deepki

Vision

Job description

Assistant Building Surveyor — Commercial Property Portfolio

I am supporting an exciting position for an Assistant Building Surveyor who can hold both sides of the role: strategic support to the client, and hands‑on involvement on site.

The role

As Assistant Building Surveyor, you'll support the primary relationship owner for the client while carrying direct responsibility for day‑to‑day property operations, customer experience and coordination across a commercial portfolio.

What you'll do

• Support asset strategy alongside the client's asset manager, translating their drivers into clear direction for the wider team
• Assist on customer experience — enquiries, service requests, feedback — and spot opportunities to improve amenity, services and programming
• Help prepare and manage service charge budgets and reconciliations in line with RICS standards and client KPIs
• Support oversight of financial trackers, utility recharges, turnover, commercialisation and supplier payments
• Assist with lease compliance, customer applications, alienation and alterations, working with legal and building surveying advisers as needed
• Support statutory compliance, risk actions, H&S inspections, accident reporting, permits‑to‑work and ISO14001 compliance
• Help deliver ESG initiatives aligned to the client's sustainability strategy, including reporting, risk assessments and asset sustainability plans
• Attend framework partner meetings and support oversight of PPM works, reactive maintenance, quotes and work orders within delegated authority
• Conduct property inspections and report via Vision, maintaining presentation standards across sites
• Support transitions, due diligence, disposals and acquisitions, including Readiness for Sale packs
• Assist with insurance requirements, claims and on‑site activities including accident records and CCTV
• Make full use of the technology stack available — Yardi, Riskwise, Prism, Deepki and workflow systems

What the client is looking for

• Knowledge of commercial property management across diverse asset types, with a grasp of building systems, maintenance planning and facilities management
• Understanding of property risk management and portfolio planning principles
• Working knowledge of RICS standards, applied to complex situations
• Sound understanding of regulatory and compliance frameworks, including health and safety legislation
• Familiarity with sustainability standards, ESG implementation and reporting
• A trusted adviser to clients, with the commercial acumen to balance service quality and profitability
• Collaborative and resilient under pressure, with exceptional attention to detail
• Keen to spot growth opportunities and solve operational problems
• Accountable for performance and outcomes, and always acting with integrity
• Predominantly site based, with strong occupier visibility.