Graduate Building Surveyor - Glasgow

At Gleeds, you’ll help shape, protect, and enhance the built environment while learning from experienced surveyors who are leaders in their field. From day one, you’ll be involved in diverse projects — supporting senior colleagues to deliver professional advice, technical expertise, and innovative solutions that exceed client expectations.

Ready to launch your career in building surveying? At Gleeds, you’ll help shape, protect, and enhance the built environment while learning from experienced surveyors who are leaders in their field. From day one, you’ll be involved in diverse projects — supporting senior colleagues to deliver professional advice, technical expertise, and innovative solutions that exceed client expectations.

• Sustainability: Recommend energy-saving upgrades and help clients meet environmental and sustainability goals.
• Inspections and reports: Survey buildings, spot issues like damp or structural damage, and produce detailed condition reports.
• Carry out site inspections to monitor progress and quality.
• Evaluate tenders and provide reporting support.
• Maintenance and refurbishment: Advise on repairs and renovations, manage refurbishment projects, and ensure compliance with safety and accessibility standards.
• Assist with feasibility studies, cost plans, and budget estimates.
• Support the preparation of designs, detailed specifications, and tender documentation.
• Use innovative tools, including drones and 360° digital reality capture, for surveys and site monitoring.
• Help with planning and building regulation submissions.
• Assist with party wall matters and dilapidations assessments.
• Contribute to surveys (including condition and schedules of condition).
• Support contract administration and compliance.
• Design advice: Support design plans - especially for extensions or conversions - and ensure work meets planning and building regulations.
• Help with paperwork and application processes

Depending on your role, you’ll work towards chartered status with leading professional bodies such as RICS, CIOB, APM, and more.

• Depending on your role, you’ll work towards chartered status with leading professional bodies such as RICS, CIOB, APM, and more.
• Real project experience
• Confidence with MS Office tools
• A degree or masters (completed or completing by August 2026) within building surveying, surveying, construction, civil engineering, or building engineering.
• Full backing to achieve chartered status (RICS, CIOB, APM, and more)
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Right to live and work in the UK
• What we’re looking for: Strong communication and organisational skills Confidence with MS Office tools Enthusiasm, adaptability, and a team mindset Right to live and work in the UK A degree or masters (completed or completing by August 2026) within building surveying, surveying, construction, civil engineering, or building engineering. If this sounds like you, we’d be delighted to receive your application and support you on your journey to becoming a fully accredited member of the Gleeds team. What benefits can you expect from Gleeds? At Gleeds, we know people power our success, which is why we are constantly evaluating our benefits offering to make sure everyone knows how valued they are here: Structured professional and personal development through our construct graduate programme. 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and the option to purchase additional days. Highly competitive salary and the opportunity to increase this through continuous reviews. Volunteering opportunities to engage with your local community or charitable organisations. Employee Assistance Programme to ensure your health and personal well-being comes first. Expand your horizons with global opportunities available to everyone. Agile ways of working arrangements to ensure you have a healthy work-life balance. A supportive and people-focused company that is a recognised Great Place To Work 2025 Access to a health cash plan, which includes access to discounts on gym memberships, health products and experience days.
• Enthusiasm, adaptability, and a team mindset

We’re looking to bring onboard our 2026 graduate building surveyors. If you're looking for a place that champions your growth, supports your journey to full qualification, and gives you the chance to work on world-class projects, then the Gleeds construct graduate programme is where your future begins.

Our Construct Graduate Programme sets you up for long-term success with:

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and the option to purchase additional days.

We’re committed to helping you achieve professional accreditation. You’ll receive:

• A supportive and people-focused company that is a recognised Great Place To Work 2025
• Expand your horizons with global opportunities available to everyone.
• Agile ways of working arrangements to ensure you have a healthy work-life balance.
• Access to a health cash plan, which includes access to discounts on gym memberships, health products and experience days.
• Volunteering opportunities to engage with your local community or charitable organisations.
• Highly competitive salary and the opportunity to increase this through continuous reviews.
• Employee Assistance Programme to ensure your health and personal well-being comes first.
• Access to industry-recognised training
• Professional reviews and development support
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and the option to purchase additional days.
• Full financial support for accreditation costs
• Structured professional and personal development through our construct graduate programme.