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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%)
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Delivering external decorations, planned maintenance, and life-cycle projects on commercial, retail and residential buildings for one of the London ‘Great Estates’
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Acting as embedded surveyor for a prestigious estate client
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Carrying out site inspections, managing contractors, and overseeing project quality
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Liaising directly with the client and reporting progress to the Director
Traditional Consultancy Surveying (c.50%)
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Conducting pre-acquisition surveys and defect analyses
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Preparing schedules of condition and dilapidations reports
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Supporting party wall instructions and contract administration
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Managing diverse commercial and residential instructions across London
About You
You’ll need:
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At least 12 months’ experience in a building surveying role
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Strong professional and project-based technical knowledge
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Excellent client-facing presence and communication skills
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Ability to work independently and manage your own diary
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Comfortable working full-time from the office and attending site regularly
Ideally, you’ll also have:
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Chartered MRICS status or be on the APC pathway (support provided)
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Experience with estate or block portfolio surveying
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Knowledge of leasehold property and traditional construction
Why Apply?
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Meaningful mix of retained and consultancy clients
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Early responsibility and strong project variety
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Mentorship and full APC support (100% pass first time record)
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Clear career development path
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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 and you can find all my details on LinkedIn.