Senior Building Surveyor

Currie & Brown Uk Limited; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading surveying firm in the UK seeks a building surveyor to deliver projects from inception to completion in a collaborative team. The role requires a BSc in building surveying and strong communication skills. You will operate drones for innovative surveying and work across sectors including property and land. Competitive benefits include private healthcare, flexible working, and holiday options. Join a company that values long-term commitment and inclusivity in the workplace.

Benefits

Competitive package of employee benefits

Private healthcare

Flexible working

Gym/healthy living membership contribution

25 days holiday with the option to buy additional days

Qualifications

• Experience in the higher education, local government, and healthcare sectors beneficial.
• Significant exposure to private and public sector clients beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects and professional assignments from inception to completion.
• Maintain effective communication for project completion.
• Deliver all work outputs accurately and on time.
• Represent the company professionally and cultivate client relationships.

Skills

Good technical writing and communication skills

Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD

Well-organised and proactive

Outgoing and personable

Education

BSc in building surveying or equivalent

Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)

Tools

AutoCAD

NBS

Job description

About The Role

As part of our wider LSE Building Surveying team, you’ll join our friendly Milton Keynes office, working in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

You’ll have the autonomy to manage your own projects and clear opportunities for career development.

This can also be a blended role combining the expertise of a Senior Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Surveyor and a building surveyor, applying drone technology innovatively across the built environment.

You’ll operate drones across sectors such as property, land, rail, and renewables, using your surveying knowledge to interpret and apply the data captured.

You’ll be part of a team delivering a full range of professional and project‑related building surveying services across both private and public sectors from design, specification, and contract administration to building surveys, dilapidations, and clerk of works duties.

Working alongside project leaders, you’ll help ensure high‑quality service delivery, knowledge sharing, and successful client outcomes, while contributing to our culture of innovation and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Delivering projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion
• Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control
• Delivering all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner
• Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner, meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong and long‑lasting working relationships

Qualifications

• BSc in building surveying or equivalent
• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) beneficial
• Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external)
• Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial
• Experience in the higher education, local government and healthcare sectors beneficial
• Significant exposure to, and good working relations with, private and public sector clients beneficial
• Well‑developed skills in the areas of surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial
• Well‑organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well‑disciplined and commercially astute
• Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and client alike

Benefits

• Competitive package of employee benefits including pension, private healthcare, flexible working, 25 days holiday with the option to buy additional days, £400 a year towards gym / healthy living membership and much more.

About The Company

Why choose Currie & Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments.

We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our peoples futures.

Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage providing advice, support and the structure to achieve.

That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long.

We are an international industry leader. Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally‑led in our approach we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients.

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work everyday and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be fundamental in creating a successful workforce.