Building Surveyor

Candidate Source; Redditch; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm in the UK seeks a Building Surveyor to enhance learning environments through responsible project management. You will conduct building surveys and assist in contract administration while benefiting from a structured progression route toward professional qualification. This position allows for home-based work with regional travel, fostering both professional growth and work-life balance in a supportive team culture.

Benefits

Clear progression routes

Varied workload

Home-based working

Supportive team culture

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering building surveys across educational environments.
• Ability to prepare drawings and specifications with guidance.
• Understanding of contract administration and site inspections.

Responsibilities

• Deliver building, condition, and defect surveys.
• Prepare drawings, specifications, and tender documentation.
• Support contract administration and site inspections.

Skills

Building surveys

Contract administration

Technical drawing preparation

Job description

If you want your work to genuinely improve everyday environments, this Building Surveyor role puts you right at the heart of projects that shape safe, modern and energy-efficient learning spaces. Youll be trusted with real responsibility, supported by experienced colleagues, and given the space to grow your technical and professional capability while making a visible difference across live education settings.

Whats in it for you

• Clear progression routes with structured support towards professional qualification and chartership
• A varied workload across meaningful refurbishment and improvement projects, not repetitive box-ticking
• Home-based working with regional travel, giving flexibility and autonomy over your week
• Exposure to occupied education environments that will accelerate your technical development
• A supportive, down-to-earth team culture with mentoring from senior surveyors

What youll be getting stuck into as a Building Surveyor

• Delivering building, condition and defect surveys across primary, secondary and academy school sites
• Preparing drawings, specifications, schedules of work and tender documentation with senior guidance
• Supporting and progressing contract administration, site inspections and progress meetings
• Managing elements of budgets, programmes and quality to ensure safe delivery wit...