Senior / Associate Building Surveyor

Godwin Powell; West Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension contributions

Bonus

Job summary

Godwin Powell is seeking an experienced Senior Building Surveyor to take ownership of complex professional instructions across the firm’s diverse client base, from institutional investors to major brands.

Working directly with directors, you will lead surveys, due diligence, and contract administration, mentor junior surveyors, and help shape the growth of the practice while delivering technically excellent, commercially sound advice.

Qualifications

• MRICS Chartered status is required.
• Proven track record delivering building surveys, due diligence and contract administration across asset classes.
• Ability to operate autonomously and take ownership of complex instructions from brief to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead building surveys and condition reports across diverse asset classes.
• Direct due diligence and acquisition support for institutional and private clients.
• Diagnose defects and specify remediation for high-value projects.
• Administer contracts and manage programmes, cost and quality on site.
• Advise on party wall matters and statutory processes for building owners.

Skills

MRICS

Building surveys

Due diligence

Contract administration

Mentoring juniors

Education

MRICS Qualification

Job description

Joshua Robert is partnering with Godwin Powell to appoint a Senior Building Surveyor. This is a senior appointment for an experienced, RICS-chartered professional to take a leading technical and client-facing role within one of the UK's fastest-growing building consultancy businesses.

About Godwin Powell

Godwin Powell is an established building consultancy with a strong reputation for delivering technically excellent, commercially focused advice to some of the world's leading brands, major institutions and private property owners.

The business has grown into one of the most exciting building surveying organisations in the UK, combining genuine technical expertise with a fresh, forward-thinking commercial approach. It operates across Professional Building Surveying, Project Management, Due Diligence and Design, giving its people the opportunity to work across a genuinely broad range of disciplines, sectors and project types.

With offices in Birmingham and London, Godwin Powell works with some of the biggest and most recognisable organisations in the world. Its project portfolio is highly diverse, spanning major commercial, retail, industrial, leisure and mixed-use assets, as well as complex development, refurbishment and investment projects.

Godwin Powell is in the midst of a period of hyper-growth, driven by an increasingly impressive client base and a growing demand from some of the world's biggest brands to work with us. You will join a business that has already achieved significant growth, but is still at an exciting stage of its journey. That combination creates an environment where talented individuals can progress rapidly, take on meaningful responsibility and play a significant role in the next phase of the business.

The Opportunity

Godwin Powell is looking for an experienced Senior Building Surveyor to join the practice. As a Senior Building Surveyor, you will take ownership of complex professional instructions across the firm's full client base, from institutional investors and private property owners to some of the world's most recognisable brands.

What sets this role apart is the breadth of the group you will be working within. Godwin Powell operates across Building Surveying, Project Management, Due Diligence and Design, delivering multidisciplinary solutions from a single, director-led team.

Working directly with the business's directors, you will take a lead role in delivering technically excellent, commercially sound advice across a wide range of asset classes, from commercial portfolios to high-value private instructions. Day-to-day, that means leading your own instructions from brief through to completion, while also helping to shape the growth of the business and mentor the wider surveying team.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading building surveys and condition reports across a wide range of asset classes, from commercial portfolios to high-value private instructions
• Directing due diligence and acquisition support for institutional and private clients, covering fund monitoring, technical risk and portfolio appraisal
• Diagnosing defects and specifying remediation, taking ownership of complex or high-value instructions through to completion
• Administering contracts on behalf of clients, managing programmes, cost and quality on site
• Advising on party wall and neighbourly matters, managing the statutory process for building and adjoining owners
• Providing project management support on refurbishment, fit-out and capital works, working alongside the firm's PM capability
• Collaborating with the in-house design team on lease plans, measured surveys and specification drawings
• Supporting and mentoring junior surveyors, contributing to their technical development
• Building and maintaining senior client relationships that generate repeat instructions and referrals

The Ideal Candidate

• MRICS Qualified
• A proven track record delivering building surveys, due diligence and contract administration across a range of asset classes
• Comfortable operating with autonomy, taking ownership of instructions from initial brief through to completion
• Strong commercial awareness, confident advising clients on fee structures, programme and risk alongside the technical detail
• Experience mentoring or developing junior surveyors is advantageous
• A collaborative, curious and driven approach, in keeping with Godwin Powell's ambition to do things differently

Why Join Godwin Powell?

You'll be joining a director-led company at an exciting stage of its growth, with the seniority to help define what comes next. Godwin Powell has built a client roster that most established practices would spend decades assembling, without the scale or bureaucracy that usually comes with it.

The business is entering a new growth phase, with plans to expand its service lines and team, meaning real scope to grow with it as well as impacting delivery.

What makes this role stand out:

• World-leading clients from day one, with access to a portfolio that most surveyors spend careers trying to reach
• A multidisciplinary environment, working alongside QSs, PMs and designers on integrated instructions
• Genuine career progression, in a growing firm where the route to associate and director level is real
• Competitive base salary of £50,000 – £65,000, commensurate with experience and qualification level, plus bonus
• Hybrid working arrangements, splitting time between the Birmingham office and remote working
• RICS-recognised CPD and continuous professional development, fully supported by the firm
• Pension provision with employer contributions
• A fun, collaborative and sociable environment