Senior Building Surveyor

Girling Jones Ltd; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-respected property and construction consultancy is seeking a Senior Building Surveyor for their Exeter office. This role offers stability and a chance to work on diverse projects in education, commercial, retail, and care sectors. The ideal candidate will be a Chartered Building Surveyor with MRICS status and strong project management experience. Benefits include hybrid working, career security, and a supportive team culture, allowing for both professional growth and job satisfaction.

Benefits

Hybrid working

Career security

Personal development pathways

Broad project portfolio

High job satisfaction

Modern office environment

Qualifications

• Chartered Building Surveyor status (MRICS) is essential.
• Experience in delivering professional services and project management.
• Strong technical knowledge in refurbishment and asset improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional building surveying services.
• Manage refurbishment and improvement projects from start to finish.
• Act as lead consultant and client point of contact.

Skills

MRICS status

Experience delivering both professional services and project management

Strong technical knowledge across refurbishment and asset improvement works

Proficiency in CAD software

Excellent communication and client-facing skills

Proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach

Tools

CAD

Revit

Job description

The Opportunity

We are working with a well-established and highly respected property and construction consultancy to appoint a Senior Building Surveyor for their Exeter office. This is a genuinely secure, long-term role within an organisation boasting a huge and stable pipeline of work across the South West. The position offers an excellent blend of professional services and project management, providing variety, autonomy and real job satisfaction. You'll be working on projects that genuinely matter, improving buildings and environments used by communities every day.

The Role

As Senior Building Surveyor, you will deliver a broad range of surveying and project management services across a diverse portfolio of work. Projects span education, commercial, retail and care sectors, offering scale, complexity and purpose.

• Delivering professional building surveying services
• Managing refurbishment and improvement projects from inception to completion
• Acting as lead consultant and client point of contact
• Preparing specifications, reports and technical documentation
• Contract administration and project management duties
• Working collaboratively with internal teams and external consultants
• Ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly and to a high standard

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking a confident and capable Chartered Building Surveyor who brings:

• MRICS status (essential)
• Experience delivering both professional services and project management
• Strong technical knowledge across refurbishment and asset improvement works
• Proficiency in CAD software
• Revit experience (desirable but not essential)
• Excellent communication and client‑facing skills
• A proactive, collaborative and solutions‑focused approach

What s In It For You?

• Outstanding career security with a strong forward workload
• Hybrid working to support work life balance
• Clear and supported personal development pathways
• Broad, interesting project portfolio across multiple sectors
• High levels of job satisfaction, delivering projects with real community impact
• Modern, lovely offices in Exeter
• Supportive, professional and people‑focused working culture

Why This Role?

If you’re looking for a Senior Building Surveyor role that combines stability, purpose and progression, this is a rare opportunity to join a consultancy where the work is meaningful, the pipeline is secure and your development is genuinely supported.

Interested?

Apply in confidence to find out more.