Senior Building Surveyor

Overview

As a Chartered Senior Building Surveyor in Knight Frank’s Commercial Building Consultancy, you will lead professional surveying instructions and manage projects across a diverse client portfolio. You’ll build strong client relationships, contribute to business development, and mentor junior staff within a collaborative, entrepreneurial culture. The role spans professional and project work, including due diligence, dilapidations, and party wall matters, shaping outcomes for prominent occupiers, investors, and developers. You’ll operate within a high-standard, cross-functional team focused on client-centric property advice.

Pay / Benefits

• Flexible and dynamic working environment
• Career development and progression
• Collaborative, supportive, and inclusive culture
• Access to high-profile commercial projects and clients
• Opportunity to develop professional network
• Competitive salary

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver professional building surveying instructions
• Manage project delivery including project management and contract administration
• Perform technical due diligence and pre-acquisition surveys
• Provide dilapidations, landlord and tenant, and party wall advice
• Prepare specifications, schedules of condition and defect reports
• Conduct building pathology assessments and reinstatement cost assessments
• Ensure timely, high-quality project delivery
• Develop and maintain strong client relationships
• Identify and secure new business opportunities
• Promote services through networking and industry engagement
• Collaborate with colleagues to generate cross-selling opportunities
• Support fee income and business growth objectives
• Mentor and support junior surveyors and graduates
• Share knowledge and best practices across the team
• Foster an inclusive and collaborative working environment

Key requirements

• MRICS qualification
• Experience in commercial building surveying
• Strong knowledge of landlord and tenant matters, dilapidations, due diligence and project work
• Working knowledge of JCT contracts
• Excellent report-writing and communication skills
• Client-focused and commercially aware
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities
• Experience mentoring junior team members

• relationship-building
• communication
• commercial awareness
• AutoCAD (Desirable)
• NBS Specification Writer (Desirable)
• Microsoft Project (Desirable)

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