Senior Surveyor

Cushman & Wakefield; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Surveyor to join its expanding UK Living division. This role offers the chance to work closely with experienced professionals on diverse projects, providing excellent client service and contributing to team goals. You will play a pivotal role in client interactions, market presence, and business development while honing your skills in a collaborative environment. If you have a passion for residential and living development opportunities and are ready to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow your career.

Qualifications

• Degree level qualification required, MRICS preferred.
• General practice background in corporate, public, or private sector.
• Experience in networking and client relationship management.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional advice and service to clients.
• Support team growth in the living sector and enhance client base.
• Coach graduates and consultants while managing budgets.

Skills

Selling and negotiation skills

Presentation and marketing skills

Commercial awareness skills

Good communicator

Time management

Report writing skills

Team player

Excellent command of written/verbal English

Education

Degree level qualification

MRICS qualification

Tools

Argus Developer

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Outlook

Internet

Job description

Job Title

Senior Surveyor

Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield is expanding its UK Living division, a market leader in residential and living development opportunities nationwide. With offices across major UK cities, we advise private and public sector clients, offering agency services, viability assessments, market research, and development consultancy. Collaborating closely with our commercial, planning, and agency teams, we play a key role in shaping major mixed-use developments and form a core part of the broader Living platform alongside Student and Residential Capital Markets.

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter with an appetite to learn. You will be working alongside experienced professionals and have exposure to a broad range of projects. Previous experience in a living development consultancy or agency role is preferable.

Role Profile:

• To provide excellent professional advice and service to clients in support of instructions managed by Partners
• Opportunity to have hands-on client exposure with oversight from Partners
• Contribute to team fee, billing and profit targets

Core Responsibilities:

Clients & Marketing

• Support the team plan to grow presence within the living sector and enhance existing client base
• Act as prime client interface on projects managed, i.e. update clients on progress, answer queries, provide advice
• Familiar with Cushman & Wakefield corporate structure and seeks to develop internal and external networks
• Support the team profile in the market through personal market presence
• Contribute to client presentations, bids and pitches
• Identify key technical issues/problems in transactions and offer appropriate solutions
• Provide input to support delivery of client assignments, i.e. prepare and process technical information
• Work collaboratively to generate new instructions and pool expertise within the team
• Proactively look for and identify new business and revenue opportunities with new and existing clients
• Manage and liaise with internal teams and external consultants to provide a full service to the client
• Gather and act on client feedback

Profit & Finance

• Identify opportunities to cross-sell within the division and wider business when discussing a client’s requirements
• Manage budgets and billing on specific client accounts
• Effectively use established systems for debtor and disbursement recovery to secure cash flow and profitability, e.g. billing, debt pricing, costings etc.

People & Teams

• Coach graduates and Surveyors/Consultants
• Keep own knowledge of relevant technical knowledge up to date
• Proactively seek and undertake on-the-job and formal developmental activities to broaden experience and knowledge
• Achieve annual goals and objectives set within performance review and actively engage in the review process
• Undertake and record the requisite amount of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Support social activities

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification
• MRICS qualification preferable

Knowledge & Experience:

• General practice background for either a corporate, public sector or private practice
• Rounded experience of commercial and residential and ability to think outside the box when assessing development opportunities
• An understanding of business development and client relationship management
• Experience in networking and building relationships internally and externally
• Demonstrable technical competence in areas such as development appraisals and cashflows, S106, CIL etc.
• Demonstrable understanding of market and local knowledge in land relating to PBSA, BTR, Co-living and Residential
• Business and report writing experience
• Detailed knowledge of current legislation and case law relevant to the role
• IT skills (Argus Developer, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet etc.)
• High level of numerical reasoning and analytical skills

Skills & Personal Qualities:

• Selling and negotiation skills
• Presentation and marketing skills
• Commercial awareness skills
• Good communicator
• Time management
• Report writing skills
• Team player
• Excellent command of written/verbal English