Corporate Building Surveyor Glasgow

NFU Mutual; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

NFU Mutual is seeking a Corporate Real Estate Building Surveyor to manage a diverse property portfolio across the UK. This hybrid role involves overseeing the management and maintenance of approximately 300 buildings, ensuring compliance with business and statutory requirements. The ideal candidate will hold a Chartered membership of RICS and possess strong project management skills, with a proactive approach to problem-solving and stakeholder communication.

Benefits

Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)

Contributory pension scheme up to 20%

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Family Friendly policy

Access to savings at High Street brands

£20 contribution to a monthly gym membership

Health and wellbeing plan

Employee Volunteering

Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary

Employee discounts on NFU Mutual insurance policies

Qualifications

• Chartered membership of RICS required.
• Strong knowledge of building construction and regulations.
• Experience in managing refurbishments and Planned Maintenance programmes.

Responsibilities

• Manage an occupied and leasehold occupational property portfolio across the UK.
• Oversee management, development, and maintenance of approximately 300 buildings.
• Advise stakeholders on effective management of buildings throughout the property lifecycle.

Skills

Project Management

Building Regulations Knowledge

Problem Solving

Education

Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

• Manage an extensive UK-wide property portfolio
• Hybrid working – 30% homeworking, 70% on-site and multi-site visits
• Can be based in one of our regional offices: Stratford-upon-Avon (Head Office), Bristol, York, Glasgow or Belfast.
• Company car or allowance + up to 17.5% bonus + 20% Contributory pension scheme

About the role

This role is internally known as Corporate Real Estate Building Surveyor.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Real Estate Building Surveyor.to join the Corporate Surveying Team at NFU Mutual, where you’ll manage an occupied and leasehold occupational property portfolio across the UK (including Northern Ireland).

As an in-house Corporate Real Estate Building Surveyor, you’ll oversee the management, development, and maintenance of our property portfolio of approximately 300 buildings, ensuring they meet business, contractual, and statutory requirements.

In this crucial role you’ll ensure our sites are equipped to meet the needs of all our employees and the NFU Mutual Agency Network across the UK. You’ll influence and advise stakeholders on the effective management of buildings, fixtures and services throughout the property lifecycle.

You’ll typically be required to travel to various locations once a week, but this could be more if you’re managing a particular project. To ensure that you can travel in comfort and at times convenient to you, we will provide a company car or car allowance.

This is a hybrid role with 30% homeworking and the remaining time split between either one of our regional offices- Stratford-upon-Avon (Head Office), Bristol, York, Glasgow or Belfast, and travel to sites across the UK as needed.

About you

You hold a Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and have a strong understanding of building construction. Your strong knowledge of building regulations and construction processes mean you thrive in a busy environment and can successfully manage a wide variety of work.

Comfortable in project management, contract administration and building surveys, you’re also a confident and competent user of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office. Your proactive approach helps you communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, and your ability to problem solve ensures you manage conflicting demands.

To join our team, you must also have:

• Strong knowledge of building issues within commercial, office and retail environments
• Experience of managing refurbishments within commercial premises
• Experience of delivering Planned Maintenance programmes and national contracts
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with customers and third-party suppliers
• Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation and statutory requirements
• Full UK Driving Licence.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team,you can expecta supportive cultureandanattractive range ofrewards and benefitsincluding:

• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership – subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan- cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteerin the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance coverof 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We’reone of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 yearswe’veput our customers at the heart of everything we do.Ourpeopleare just as important to us.

Wepride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and our Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2025 award was not only awarded with Distinction but also named us as the first UK-based company to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace for ten years in a row. We are also the only Insurer to feature in the LinkedIn Top 15 Companies 2025 list of ‘Best midsize employers to grow your career in the UK’, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.

Centenary House
69 Wellington Street
Glasgow
G2 6HG

We are a leading provider of General Insurance and Financial Services. From our strong farming roots we’ve grown to become a UK-wide organisation, turning over £1billion annually. Yet success hasn’t gone to our heads. We’re proud to remain completely customer focused, down-to-earth and committed to the rural communities we’ve grown from.

Our ethos - of trust, respect and personal service - lies at the heart of all we do and has seen us build an enviable reputation for exceptional member loyalty. Though we’ve been in business for over 110 years, we have big ambitions for the future. And that’s why we’re looking for talented people to join our growing organisation. Talented people like you.