Senior Building Surveyor x 2

City of London Corporation; London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Senior Building Surveyor, where your expertise in building surveying and project management will play a crucial role in maintaining and developing the City’s historic and modern properties. You will be involved in delivering a variety of projects, ensuring compliance with regulations while engaging with multiple stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the community through vital capital and revenue works across a diverse property portfolio. If you are proactive and solution-focused, this is the perfect opportunity for you to thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in building surveying or a similar discipline.
• Strong understanding of construction and project planning.

Responsibilities

• Delivering projects including refurbishments and conservation works.
• Managing tenders, contracts, and on-site works from inception to completion.

Skills

Building Surveying

Project Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Risk Assessment

Construction Knowledge

Education

Chartered Status (MRICS)

Degree in Building Surveying or Similar

Job description

CITY OF LONDON

Senior Building Surveyor x 2

Contract type : Permanent

Salary: £57,240 - £64,610 per annum inclusive of all allowances

Location : Guildhall, London

Hybrid – you'll be expected to be in the office at least 3 days per week or 60% of your working time in the office.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guides here.

The City Surveyor's Operations Division is responsible for the delivery of a wide range of construction, maintenance and professional property services for the City of London Corporation's commercial and operational property portfolio in the City, West End and other areas of London as well as open spaces such as Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath and Burnham Beeches.

Make your mark on the City. Join us as a Senior Building Surveyor.

Are you a proactive, solution-focused professional with a strong background in building surveying and project management? The City of London Corporation is seeking 2 experienced Senior Building Surveyors to support the delivery of vital capital and revenue works across our diverse property portfolio.

Working alongside the Senior Principal Building Surveyor, you'll play a key role in the planning, design, and execution of building projects—ensuring historic and modern buildings across the Square Mile are maintained, restored, and developed to the highest standards.

What you'll be doing:

• Delivering a wide variety of projects, including complex refurbishments and conservation works, across residential, commercial, and public buildings.
• Developing feasibility reports, cost estimates, and technical specifications.
• Liaising with stakeholders across departments, external bodies, consultants, and contractors.
• Managing tenders, contracts, and on-site works from inception to completion.
• Preparing condition surveys, structural assessments, and schedules of dilapidations.
• Ensuring compliance with planning regulations, health and safety legislation, and internal financial controls.
• Leading on risk assessments, contract documentation, and performance evaluation.

About you:

• You have significant experience in building surveying or a similar discipline, ideally with chartered status (MRICS or working towards it).
• Strong understanding of construction, project planning, and relevant statutory requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Able to manage multiple projects with a strong attention to detail and problem-solving mindset.
• Familiar with public sector or local authority processes (desirable).

For further information please contact either Paul Tetu on [e-mail] or Sunil Singh on [e-mail] or Tahir Ditta on [e-mail] .

Closing date: 12 noon on Wednesday 14^th May 2025

Alternatively, please contact 020 7332 3978 (24 hr answerphone) quoting reference number OSUR0675. A minicom service for the hearing impaired is available on 020 7332 3732.

The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme to ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation, to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do.

The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close the advert earlier should we receive a high number of applications.

Because our roles are so varied, we don't have a ‘one size fits all' policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you'll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It's important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.

For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guides here.

We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we're meeting our attendance needs.

Apply link https://jobs.cityoflondon.gov.uk/citrentp_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC179GF.open?WVID=805288ePkp&VACANCY_ID=247732jEaK