Graduate Building Surveyor – Kingston upon Thames

1st Select Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Building Surveying graduate eager to establish a solid career foundation. This role offers a structured APC pathway with real project exposure and mentorship from experienced professionals. Graduates will work on various projects including commercial refurbishments and healthcare schemes. Ideal candidates are curious, reliable, and ready to learn as part of a supportive team. This opportunity is perfect for those looking to grow in a dynamic work environment.

Qualifications

• Graduate role in Building Surveying with a focus on career development.
• Desire for a supportive but challenging working environment.
• Interest in diverse surveying projects.

Responsibilities

• Engage in commercial refurbishments and fit-outs.
• Participate in healthcare and residential development projects.
• Involve in design, feasibility, and contract administration.

Skills

Curiosity

Reliability

Willingness to learn

Education

Building Surveying degree

Job description

A lot of graduate roles talk a big game about development, but when you scratch the surface, it’s mostly buzzwords and wishful thinking.

This one actually invests in you — because the firm has spent more than a century proving that well-trained surveyors are the backbone of their reputation.

Let’s start with the APC support

If you want to get Chartered, you need two things :

• Real project exposure
• Senior people who actually care enough to mentor you

You’ll get both here.

This firm runs a structured, proven APC pathway — with regular check-ins, mock interviews, proper supervision, and senior surveyors who actively carve out time to help you build your diary, not just when it suits them. They’ve developed countless surveyors to MRICS, and they take pride in doing it properly.

You won’t be fighting for scraps of experience, either. They plan your exposure intentionally so you hit every competency with depth, not just a tick.

What about the work?

You’ll touch projects that actually teach you something :

• Commercial refurbishments and fit-outs
• Education estates with long-term programmes
• Healthcare schemes where precision matters
• Residential developments and conversions
• Retail and industrial refurb projects
• Heritage and conservation work — where you really learn to respect a building

This isn’t “copy and paste” surveying.

You’ll see buildings at every stage : design, feasibility, tender, contract admin, handover, defects… the whole cycle. Exactly the kind of breadth a graduate needs before committing to a specialism.

And the development environment?

It’s supportive without the hand-holding.

You’ll be surrounded by surveyors, PMs, QSs, designers and H&S specialists — people who actually talk to each other, share knowledge, and want juniors to ask questions.

They’re big enough to offer structure, but not so big that you become Employee #209 whose name nobody remembers. Graduates here get noticed. They get given responsibility. And they get chances to prove themselves far earlier than in the large corporate setups.

You’ll also work in a team where progression is visible — you’ll see people a year or two ahead of you moving into Building Surveyor and Senior roles, which gives you a path to aim at rather than a foggy promise.

Who they want

A Building Surveying graduate who wants a proper foundation :

Not just a job, but a career they can build on. Someone who’s curious, reliable, willing to learn, and wants to be part of a consultancy that does things the right way — with traditional standards and modern capability.

Interested?

Send me your CV. I’ll walk you through the role, the team, the projects, the APC pathway, and why this is one of the stronger starts you’ll find in London and the South East.