Senior Building Surveyor – Residential Estate Management – Manchester - Hybrid
24 days ago
£60,000 - £70,000
Experienced (8-12 years), Expert & Leadership (13+ years)
Full Time
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid
Your recruiting firm
- Emerging as a boutique firm to challenge volume-driven recruiters with hands‑on, adviser‑led service.
- Partners with clients ranging from boutique developers to global investors on roles across investment, development, asset and property management.
- Advises on full recruitment lifecycle – from contingency search to full retained mandates – plus CV guidance, benchmarking and market insight.
- Typical roles include project managers, building surveyors and fund/portfolio managers within UK and international real estate.
- Built on a low‑volume workload model: each director handles only a handful of roles to ensure quality and personal attention.
- Notable for operating both recruitment and competitor‑analysis, salary‑benchmarking and organisational mapping services alongside search.
Description
project management
contracts admin
refurbishment
ppm reports
pre‑acquisition
defect diagnosis
The core role will be 65% focused on the project management and contracts administration of their residential block internal and external common parts refurbishment projects valued between £20,000 and c. £3 million in line with the agreed PPM (planned preventative maintenance reports). In addition to the project work the Building Surveyor will also complete the professional work covering pre-acquisition surveys, reinstatement cost assessment, dilapidations, defect diagnosis and building pathology and inputting into the 5/10 year PPM’s.
Requirements
autocad
jct contracts
communication
residential ppm
mrics
bsc
- Additional experience in AutoCAD would be desirable.
- Experience of JCT contracts, defect diagnosis, building pathology and building regulations
- Excellent communication and report writing skills with the ability to work within a team environment and autonomously.
- Experience overseeing Residential PPM projects valued between £20k and c£3 million.
- MRICS qualified with a BSc in Building Surveying
Benefits
£60,000 - £70,000 + benefits package + bonus.
Hybrid home based role with 1 day in the office per week.
The Senior Building Surveyor will join in a project biased role overseeing the Northwest residential lease hold portfolio and therefore can be based in / around the Manchester, Sheffield or Liverpool area. The role offers a fully flexible hybrid work set up being based 1 day in the office for team meetings and then 4 days from home or at site visits.