Building Surveyor – Embedded Estate & Traditional Consultancy Mix
Location: City of London
Join a boutique consultancy delivering a rare blend of retained client-side estate work and traditional surveying instructions. This role offers variety, autonomy, and strong project ownership within a quality-driven, highly respected practice.
About the Role
This is a dual-track position, ideally suited to a building surveyor who enjoys balancing structured project delivery with hands-on professional work. You’ll split your time equally between:
Client-Side Estate Projects (c.50%)
Delivering external decorations, planned maintenance, and life-cycle projects on commercial, retail and residential buildings for one of the London 'Great Estates'
Acting as embedded surveyor for a prestigious estate client
Carrying out site inspections, managing contractors, and overseeing project quality
Liaising directly with the client and reporting progress to the Director
Traditional Consultancy Surveying (c.50%)
Conducting pre-acquisition surveys and defect analyses
Preparing schedules of condition and dilapidations reports
Supporting party wall instructions and contract administration
Managing diverse commercial and residential instructions across London
About You
You’ll need:
At least 12 months’ experience in a building surveying role
Strong professional and project-based technical knowledge
Excellent client-facing presence and communication skills
Ability to work independently and manage your own diary
Comfortable working full-time from the office and attending site regularly
Ideally, you’ll also have:
Chartered MRICS status or be on the APC pathway (support provided)
Experience with estate or block portfolio surveying
Knowledge of leasehold property and traditional construction
Why Apply?
Meaningful mix of retained and consultancy clients
Early responsibility and strong project variety
Mentorship and full APC support (100% pass first time record)
Clear career development path
Structured hours and a supportive team culture
Understandably, you will not have all of the skills required, but they value people with a willingness to learn and a good work ethic, that's the main requirement!
Click Apply or get in touch for a confidential conversation with Andrew Pearson at EC Property Recruitment. My contact number is (phone number removed) and you can find all my details on LinkedIn