Associate Director/Director - Building Surveyor

Savills Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate consultancy is seeking a dynamic Chartered Building Surveyor to join their Building & Projects Consultancy team in Oxford. Responsibilities include delivering commercial advice, contract administration, and pursuing new business opportunities. The ideal candidate will have experience in developing client relationships and leading strategic directions. You will be joining a friendly team of 15 professionals working on diverse projects across all sectors, ensuring an engaging and rewarding work environment.

Qualifications

• Chartered status in Building Surveying or equivalent experience.
• Ability to grow client relationships and identify new business opportunities.
• Experience in leading strategic directions in similar roles.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clear commercial advice to clients.
• Develop the profile of the consultancy team.
• Lead divisional growth and pursue new business streams.

Skills

Contract Administration

Due Diligence

Planned Maintenance

Development Monitoring

Dilapidations

Job description

We are looking for a dynamic and highly motivated Chartered Building Surveyor to join our Building & Projects Consultancy team in Oxford. The role involves delivering clear, commercial advice and helping develop the profile of our growing team.

This role will involve working on a diverse range of instructions, including:

• Contract Administration
• Planned Maintenance
• Due Diligence
• Dilapidations
• Development Monitoring
• Reinstatement Cost Assessments
• Condition Schedules
• Party Wall Matters

Additionally, the role offers the opportunity to lead the strategic direction of the team and divisional growth by developing and pursuing new business streams.

The department provides opportunities across all core services. Whether at Associate Director or Director level, we expect this person to actively develop existing relationships and grow new clients and opportunities both within the business and externally.

We are a proactive, close and friendly team of 15 building surveyors and project managers in our Oxford team, consisting of three Directors, five Associate Directors, three Associates, two Apprentices, one Graduate and a Team Secretary.

The team works with a broad range of clients, landlords and occupiers, tackling fast‑paced and interesting instructions across all sectors. Recent projects range from work on Oxford’s oldest building to new laboratories.