Job Description:

A well-established independent consultancy with a strong national presence is looking for an Associate Building Surveyor to join their Birmingham office. With an institutional client base that includes some of the UK's most recognised property investors, this is a role with real autonomy, direct client exposure and the scope to shape how the team grows across the Midlands.

The firm operates from over a dozen offices across the UK and Ireland, with more than 200 staff spanning building surveying, project management, engineering and sustainability. Their commercial property work covers major investment portfolios, and the Birmingham team benefits from that national pipeline while offering the accessibility and influence you only get in a regional office.

The Associate Building Surveyor Role

You will lead on a broad commercial building surveying workload, taking ownership of client relationships and project delivery across sectors including investment, retail, office and industrial. The role blends technical delivery with genuine business development responsibility, and there is scope to develop a specialism if that suits your career direction.

Day-to-day, you will manage your own instructions from commission through to completion, mentor junior team members, and contribute to growing the Birmingham office's profile with existing and new clients. Senior leadership is accessible and genuinely open to input on the direction of the team.

Duties of the Associate Building Surveyor to include:

• Leading on contract administration across commercial refurbishment and fit-out projects
• Delivering technical due diligence reports on behalf of institutional investor clients
• Managing dilapidations claims from initial assessment through to settlement
• Undertaking building pathology investigations and producing detailed remediation strategies
• Developing and maintaining client relationships to generate repeat and new instructions
• Supporting fee targets and contributing to business development activity
• Mentoring and supervising junior surveyors within the team
• Preparing and presenting reports to clients to a high professional standard

The Person?

A commercially minded Chartered Building Surveyor ready to take on more responsibility and influence at Associate level.

• The Associate Building Surveyor will ideally have:
• BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying and MRICS status
• Strong experience in commercial building surveying across multiple disciplines
• Sound knowledge of building contracts in a commercial context
• Proven ability to build and maintain client relationships
• Accurate, well-structured report writing skills
• A track record of meeting fee targets and contributing to business growth
• Full UK driving licence and access to a car

In Return………?

• Salary of £75,000 - £90,000 depending on experience
• Car allowance
• Fee-related bonus scheme
• Private healthcare (after 6 months)
• iPhone and laptop to support hybrid working
• Life assurance and personal accident cover
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme (after 3 months)
• Professional membership subscription paid
• Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loan

If you believe you can deliver this rewarding role to a high standard, or are a Building Surveyor considering your next career move, please contact Stuart Miller at Brandon James on (phone number removed).

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Associate Building Surveyor / Chartered Building Surveyor / Building Surveyor / MRICS / Birmingham