Principal Building Surveyor

ARCADIS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm is seeking a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to join their established team in Birmingham. The ideal candidate will engage in Technical Due Diligence and manage a variety of commercial surveying assignments, focusing on quality service delivery. Responsibilities include risk management, client interaction, and mentoring junior members. The role offers opportunities for leadership and is structured around collaborative work, aiming to maximize value for clients while maintaining financial accountability.

Qualifications

• Degree and MRICS qualified, with post-qualification experience.
• Outstanding technical expertise in commercial surveying.
• Ability to manage and commission assignments.

Responsibilities

• Handle transaction-based assignments within the UK.
• Deliver high-quality services while collaborating with teams.
• Manage risks in service delivery and contribute to improvements.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Excellent written communication

Interpersonal communication

Multi-disciplinary experience

Commercially aware

Education

Degree and MRICS qualified

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We are thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity for a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to become part of our well‑established L&I Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying team.

The position primarily involves handling transaction‑based assignments within the UK. Your responsibilities will be diverse, focusing on technical advisory services while allowing room for your unique skills and career aspirations.

We are seeking a candidate with outstanding technical expertise and extensive experience in commercial surveying and consultancy, particularly in Technical Due Diligence (TDD). You will also need the ability to manage and commission assignments effectively.

This role offers a dynamic workload, requiring you to balance multiple instructions simultaneously. Your primary focus will be on delivering high‑quality services, often collaborating within a larger commission team to secure exceptional outcomes for our clients. Direct client interaction will be a key aspect of your role, requiring confidence and professionalism.

Effective time management is crucial, as you will be responsible for meeting deadlines and ensuring that the time invested aligns with the projected costs to maintain the profitability of each instruction, thus holding financial performance accountability.

Role accountabilities:

Technical Due Diligence (TDD):

The primary focus of our TDD advice and reporting is to identify key risks, assess their severity, quantify their impact, and provide actionable recommendations for risk mitigation. Our goal is to ensure clients maximize the value of their built assets while maintaining a clear understanding of associated risks. This role will predominantly involve TDD work across various building types, primarily within the commercial sector, alongside delivering core building surveying services.

Leadership and Professional Growth:

The role carries a high level of responsibility and accountability, offering opportunities to develop both managerial and technical expertise. It provides a path for career progression within a successful and expanding specialist team.

Service Delivery and Risk Management:

• Manage risks in service delivery and contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Drive organic revenue growth and support the delivery of the business plan for the commercial building surveying offering.

Technical Consultancy:

Manage and deliver professional technical consultancy commissions, including Technical Due Diligence, condition surveys, and other related services.

Communication and Collaboration:

• Effectively communicate to ensure all necessary information is available for the successful execution and completion of projects.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Team Leaders to maintain efficient financial control and deliver a cost‑effective service.

Professional Representation:

Represent the company in a professional and diligent manner at all times, acting as a trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders.

Reporting and Accountability:

Provide the Sector Director with quantifiable updates on the progress of each contract on a regular basis.

Mentorship and Team Development:

Support the development of junior building surveyors through mentoring and supervision, fostering growth and technical knowledge within the team.

Qualifications & Experience:

Qualifications:

Degree and MRICS qualified, with time served post‑qualification experience (PQE).

• Skills and Attributes:
  • Detail‑oriented, organized, and capable of independent operation.
  • Multi‑disciplinary experience with a global perspective.
  • Proactive, flexible, and able to manage priorities while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and a strong personal impact.
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Innovative, self‑motivated, and commercially aware.
• Responsibilities:
  • Provide concise and commercially insightful advice to clients.
  • Support the TDD team in project and assignment delivery for exceptional outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships, manage expectations, and ensure timely, accurate work outputs.
  • Represent the company professionally, fostering client partnerships.
  • Guide junior team members and work effectively within a team.
• Personal Qualities: Presentable, articulate, and capable of building and maintaining relationships both within and outside the company.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills‑based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.