Job description
Senior Building Surveyor (Client-Side Role) - London
We’re supporting a major long-term property investor across a diverse commercial and residential portfolio.
This is a senior-level role with genuine variety, combining professional surveying services with project delivery across refurbishment, maintenance, and redevelopment schemes.
You’ll be stepping into a trusted position within a small, high-performing team where autonomy and technical input are genuinely valued.
The Role
You’ll be responsible for delivering a broad range of building surveying and project duties, including:
- Leading refurbishment and redevelopment projects as PM / Contract Administrator / Employer’s Agent
- Preparing specifications, schedules of work, and tender documentation (NBS experience useful)
- Managing tender processes and contractor engagement through to appointment
- Producing and negotiating schedules of dilapidations (primarily landlord-side)
- Undertaking defect diagnosis and building surveys across residential and commercial assets
- Reviewing tenant alterations and carrying out post-completion inspections
- Preparing PPM reports and capital expenditure forecasts
- Producing schedules of condition for leases and party wall matters
- Acting as Party Wall Surveyor where required
- Advising on compliance, including building safety and energy efficiency considerations
About You
- MRICS Chartered Building Surveyor
- 5+ years post-qualification experience
- Strong grounding in private practice or client-side environments
- Confident managing your own workload with minimal supervision
- Comfortable across both professional services and project delivery
- Strong communicator with clients, tenants, and contractors
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
- Private healthcare + medical cash plan
- Enhanced pension contribution
- 25 days holiday (rising with service to 30 days)
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Annual salary review
- Death in service (4x salary)
- Friendly, collaborative working environment with regular social events
Why This Role?
This is a strong opportunity for a Senior Building Surveyor who wants:
- Salary up to £85,000 (Pension 8%, Private Healthcare & More)
- Broader project exposure without heavy corporate structure
- Close client interaction with a long-term property portfolio
- A stable, well-supported environment with real autonomy
Apply:
Please contact Lewis West on 020 3817 4001 for further information or send a copy of your CV to lwest@carriera.co.uk
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Carriera Limited values diversity and promotes equality and no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. We welcome applications from all sections of society and are open to discussing any reasonable adjustments or additional arrangements you may require to support your application. All applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. When advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business for the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003. All applications will be held in strict confidence and in accordance with our
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Extra information
- Status
- Open
- Education Level
- Secondary School
- Location
- London
- Type of Contract
- Full-time jobs
- Published at
- 12-06-2026
- Full UK/EU driving license preferred
- No
- Car Preferred
- No
- Must be eligible to work in the EU
- No
- Cover Letter Required
- No
- Languages
- English
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