Role: Graduate Surveyor – Utilities
Birmingham, Leeds or London with travel as required (we offer Hybrid working supported by a Smart Working Policy)
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Ardent is the UK’s leading provider of land, consent management and stakeholder engagement services to support major infrastructure and regeneration projects from concept to delivery.
We are Project Managers, Chartered Surveyors, Transport Planners and Land Referencers, based in London, Birmingham, Warrington, Leeds, Glasgow and Dublin and supporting projects throughout the UK and Ireland.
Established in 1992 to provide a 'one stop shop’ for land and property matters for major infrastructure projects, our client portfolio includes some of the biggest players across our four core sectors of transport, renewables, utilities and regeneration.
We are passionate about delivering life-improving change for communities and future generations and we are proud to play a key role in facilitating and delivering the UK and Ireland’s net zero agenda, improving connectivity, enabling the repurposing of high streets and town centres and delivering new homes for the people who need them most.
We are problem-solvers, can-doers and solution-drivers working collaboratively with our clients to provide proactive and strategic advice to identify and mitigate risks, deliver efficiencies and, ultimately, achieve deliverable consents and build projects that positively impact people’s lives and the world that we live in.
We are looking for someone who is driven and confident and who has an emphasis on quality and attention to detail to join our growing Utilities team based in Birmingham, Leeds or London to provide a wide range of professional surveying and services for the promotion and delivery of infrastructure and regeneration projects within the Utilities sector.
To play an active role in the delivery of projects with guidance from the appropriate Line Manager
To provide guidance and advice to clients in a technical capacity, within limits of knowledge and experience, deferring to more senior colleagues where appropriate
To help support the financial aspect of projects reporting to the appropriate Director with regards to project completion and invoicing
Contribute to Team Meetings, reporting to Line Manager and Project Managers on resource requirements for projects and any day-to-day project or company issues
Contribute to business development for the company by inputting into tenders, representing the company at functions and creating relationships with clients and other disciplines through project work
Develop professional and commercial awareness and keeping abreast of work-related and industry updates
Good Interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing to a variety of audiences
Good commercial acumen
Good working knowledge of IT (Word, Excel & Power Point)
Experience of working within a Surveying role within Utilities
Willing to travel across England
for Knowledge (We embrace opportunities to learn and improve for personal and professional growth) - Demonstrate a strong commitment to the development of yourself, and your people, for your role in a growth company and future role. Stand up, Stand out) - Be confident in your decisions and implementing them, taking into account the wider structure and objectives of the business, working with or alongside peers across the business. Demonstrate ability to drive and/or implement change to enable Ardent to continue to excel. Ardent is an equal opportunities employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of race, colour, religion or belief, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability status or other legally protected characteristics.
With people at the core of our business, we offer employees an unrivalled career opportunity rather than simply a job. This is supported by a number of initiatives to look after the wellbeing of our employees whilst allowing employees to work flexibility and maintain a positive work life balance.
We offer an attractive benefits package to include :-
Hybrid working
Smart Working Policy
Medical health plan
Career progression
Cycle to Work
Electric Car Scheme
Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
For more information, please see our services page on our website at