Senior Building Surveyor

Norse Commercial Services Limited; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property consultancy in Exeter seeks a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor. This role involves delivering expert advice across various building surveying tasks, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate has RICS membership and relevant experience in building surveying. The position offers a competitive salary and hybrid working options.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Professional fees funded

Access to RICS qualification support

Qualifications

• Professional Chartered Membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent.
• Proven experience in a similar building surveying role.
• Knowledge of Building Regulations.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct technical due diligence surveys for properties.
• Prepare specifications and drawings for projects.
• Carry out site surveys and condition analysis.
• Ensure quality assurance across projects.
• Engage and negotiate with stakeholders.

Skills

Chartered Membership of RICS

Stakeholder management

Relationship building

Education

Chartered status

Job description

Senior Chartered Building Surveyor – South West Norse

Exeter – Up to £58,948.53 per annum – 37 hours per week – Full time, permanent.

South West Norse is a national, award-winning property consultancy delivering high profile developments to a range of public and private sector clients.

The Role

As a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor you will work alongside expert, multi‑disciplined property professionals, delivering technical and business advice across building surveying and maintenance, including condition, asbestos, access audits and fire risk assessments.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical due diligence surveys for commercial and residential properties.
• Preparing and undertaking specifications, drawings and risk assessments for new build and refurbishment projects.
• Carrying out site surveys – condition, schedules of condition, dilapidations, measured surveys and defect analysis.
• Leading quality assurance across projects, ensuring client needs are met and relevant legislation adhered to.
• Collating and presenting findings to internal and external stakeholders, offering solutions and recommendations.

Our Successful Candidate

• Professional Chartered Membership of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) or equivalent, possessing Chartered status.
• Proven experience in a similar building surveying role.
• Ability to foster professional relationships with new and existing clients.
• Ability to work independently with minimal support or within a large multi‑disciplinary team.
• Previously worked on a variety of new build and refurbishment projects.
• Knowledge of the Building Regulations and other relevant construction and building surveying legislation.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage and negotiate with all levels of internal and external parties.

Our Offer

• Competitive salary up to £58,948.53 per annum.
• 25 days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays.
• Company pension and sickness scheme.
• Professional fees funded.
• Hybrid working arrangements.
• Access to the RICS Professional Qualification Support Package.

Enhanced DBS check required; payment provided by employer.

We are committed to employment practices and behaviours which encourage diversity, promote equality of treatment and eliminate unlawful and unfair discrimination.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.