Graduate Building Surveyor

Workman LLP; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Healthcare and life insurance

Gym membership

Extra day off for birthday

Generous referral bonus

Long service holidays

Job summary

A leading commercial property management firm in Cambridge seeks a Building Surveyor to assist in a 24-month training programme. The role offers hybrid working with a minimum of three days in the office. Responsibilities include delivering a variety of professional building surveying services and project management on commercial properties. Candidates must possess a RICS Accredited Degree and specific GCSE qualifications. Attractive benefits include healthcare, bonuses, and lifestyle benefits.

Qualifications

• RICS Accredited Degree for the Building Surveying Pathway, with honors at lower second class (2:2) or equivalent.
• GCSE grade 4 (or C) or above in English and mathematics.

Responsibilities

• Assist an experienced team to operate a full range of building surveying instructions.
• Deliver professional works including Schedule of Dilapidations and pre-acquisition surveys.
• Work on contract management and project management for commercial properties.

Skills

Attention to detail

Problem-solving skills

Time management

Excellent interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Resilience

Education

RICS Accredited Degree in Building Surveying

GCSE English and Maths (C/4)

Job description

Overview

You'll be part of an experienced team, assisting in the delivery of a full range of Building Surveying services across commercial properties. A key feature of our programme is early and consistent client exposure—giving you the opportunity to build relationships and develop confidence in real-world settings from the outset.

Pathway

We offer one pathway: a 24-month programme designed to support you in completing the APC to become a chartered Surveyor. This position is full-time, with on-the-job training, complemented by attendance to external events and forums.

What Matters Most In This Role

As a Building Surveyor you will assist an experienced team to operate a full range of building surveying instructions on a variety of commercial properties, including offices, retail and industrial. Instructions are generally split 50:50 between professional and contract work; the majority of work relates to existing buildings, often with a landlord or tenant aspect.

Contract work can range from £10k to £2.5 million where we can be performing the role of designer, contract administrator, project manager or a hybrid of all three. In addition, we perform the role of project manager of multi-discipline teams for instructions typically ranging from £2.5 million to £20 million. Work is typically split about 50:50 between work from the property management portfolio and work with clients where we do not have a management brief.

Our clients are principally large institutional firms and property companies, such as Threadneedle, BlackRock, CBRE Global Investors, Goodman, Hansteen, Hammerson, Hermes, Intu, and Land Securities.

We have an internal CAD team who do the majority of our drawing work; apart from that, we try to give all building surveyors a mixture of work — our experience is that the best surveyors are those who are the most rounded.

Duties

• Professional works will include Schedule of Dilapidations, pre-acquisition surveys, party wall awards, defect diagnosis, planned preventative maintenance reports, reinstatement cost assessments, retail delivery and schedule of conditions.

Prerequisites

• RICS Accredited Degree for the Building Surveying Pathway, with honors at lower second class (2:2) or equivalent. To check if your degree is eligible, please use this link RICS (ricscourses.org).
• GCSE grade 4 (or C) or above in English and mathematics.

What We Expect From You

• Enthusiasm and commitment to client requirements
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, time management and organisational skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, teamwork and relationship building with gravitas amongst clients
• Proactive and willing to take ownership of your training and career development
• Readiness to take responsibility, act on your own initiative and remain calm under pressure
• Enjoy working in different environments as you will be out on site as well as in the office
• Resilience and positive attitude

Why Workman?

• Hybrid working to offer you a great work life balance, with a minimum of three days in the office. The first 6 months of the programme you will be required to work from the office full time
• A full-time contract (35 hours a week)
• Discretionary annual bonus and salary reviews
• Healthcare, life insurance & wellness programme
• Long service additional holidays, your birthday off and an extra day between Christmas and New Year
• Lifestyle benefits to suit you: gym membership, cycle to work, buy and sell holiday to name just a few
• Social events throughout the year including a firm wide Christmas party
• Generous referral bonus

About Workman LLP

As the UK's leading independent commercial property management specialist, Workman has an enviable position within the property industry. We are proud of our longstanding relationships with many of our clients, some of whom we have worked with for more than 25 years. Our clients include leading institutional and sector-specialist investors, private property companies, public sector bodies and a growing number of overseas investors. We pride ourselves on the caliber of our employees and their unique skill sets.

For more information on working for Workman please visit Our People | Workman LLP

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer, and it is our policy to recruit a diverse workforce and follow the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. This job description does not form part of your contract of employment and the duties may be amended from time to time.