Building Surveyor

In Cork; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multidisciplinary consultancy based in Glasgow is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor to deliver professional surveying advice and manage client relationships. The role includes working on a diverse portfolio of projects, requiring a degree in Surveying and MRICS qualification or equivalent. The successful candidate will have strong communication skills, experience in both professional and project surveying, and a valid UK driving license. The position offers a competitive salary, flexible working conditions, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension contribution

Performance bonus

Flexible working conditions

Professional development courses

Qualifications

• Candidates should have MRICS qualification or be working towards it.
• Experience across both professional and project surveying disciplines is essential.
• Must have a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver professional building surveying advice including dilapidations and surveys.
• Liaise directly with clients, contractors, and consultants to ensure quality.
• Support junior staff and manage projects efficiently.

Skills

Degree level qualification in Surveying or relevant discipline

Chartered status or working towards MRICS

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Education

Degree in Surveying or relevant field

Tools

AutoCAD

Microsoft Office

Job description

Showing 17 Building Surveyor jobs in Glasgow

Our client, a leading multi-disciplinary property consultancy, is seeking a Building Surveyor to join their expanding team. With over 300 staff across 15+ UK offices, they offer expert advice in building surveying, project management, valuation, planning, and property management across the commercial, industrial, education, healthcare, and public sectors.

The successful candidate will work across a.

Salary Negotiable & Competitive, Car Allowance, Health Care, Pension, Bonus

We are looking to recruit a Building Surveyor based in Glasgow to join a local private practice firm.

Duties cover Dilapidation Surveys, Schedules of Condition, Building Surveys, Specific Defect Analysis Reporting, Maintenance Plans, work in relation to historic buildings will also form part of the day-to‑day duties and in addition managing larger complex projects which vary in size up to 10M.

The practice provides specialist consultancy services, knowledge of building reinstatement works would be beneficial but not a pre‑requisite. These duties include working with contractors to receive their proposal and also producing Description of Works, preparing full Tender Documents and carrying out the role of Contract Administrator, whilst suitably managing all reinstatement works on site, and liaising with all key stakeholders.

Candidates should have a broad range of surveying experience and be able to work under minimal supervision and direction, with a focus on developing client relationships and taking autonomy for specific instructions.

Key Skills

• Degree level qualification in Surveying or relevant discipline
• Chartered status or working / willing to work towards (MRICS preferred, however others also considered and appreciated too such as MCABE, MCIOB, MICE, CEng or MIStructE)

On Offer

• A competitive salary, good pension, performance bonus, and a 37.5 hour working week with flexibility to work from home / office.

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Building Surveyor Salary & Benefits

• Salary: 35,000 - 50,000 DOE (Guide Only)
• Pension contribution
• Ongoing CPD and professional fees paid
• Clear career progression framework
• Cycle to work scheme, EAP, and wellbeing support

Building Surveyor Job Overview

• Deliver professional building surveying advice including dilapidations, TDD, party wall and condition surveys
• Liaise directly with clients, contractors, and consultants
• Prepare reports, specifications and schedules of work
• Support junior staff where applicable and collaborate across internal teams

Building Surveyor Job Requirements

• MRICS qualified or working towards chartership
• Experience across both professional and project surveying disciplines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Full UK driving licence

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World. At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, programme and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Chartered Building Surveyor to join our expanding Scottish Building Surveying Team. For the successful candidate, they will be undertaking various levels of works expected of a Chartered Building Surveyor, whilst reporting into our Senior and Management team. Projects may include live healthcare facilities, live commercial premises, schools, and historic university buildings mostly based in Scotland. We have a strong national Building Surveying community, collaborating, co‑operating and delivering daily. Being part of this 90 strong team in 12 offices may involve occasional travel within the UK, and the opportunity for some international travel. In the past 12 months, Surveyors from Scotland have worked in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Cologne for example. There are opportunities for surveys in the USA and Middle East in 2025/6.

You'll be based in our Glasgow Office, however we operate a 'Freedom to Grow' policy where staff have the option of working in the office or from home as they wish, together with the ability to flex their hours. The Surveyor will still be expected to work from the office at least one day per week with the rest of the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Contract Administration
• NEC Supervisor
• Condition Surveys including PPM
• Reinstatement Cost Assessment
• Specification preparation
• AutoCAD Drawing and Design work including measured surveys
• Schedules of Condition
• Use of Microsoft software platforms such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Use of iPad technology
• Manages and coordinates all phases of multiple surveying projects at once.
• Writes proposals and markets projects to prospective clients.
• Project manages own projects and those of junior staff.
• Reviews, develops and implements new technologies and legislation, as appropriate.
• Takes responsibility for all aspects of financial management, including invoicing clients for own projects.
• Performs a variety of senior level tasks with minimal supervision.

What You'll Bring

• Chartered (MRICS or equivalent).
• Strong technical breadth: design, advisory, and contract administration.
• JCT expertise; NEC3/4 exposure preferred.
• Excellent client‑facing skills; confident communicator and team leader.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Requirements of the Associate Building Surveyor

• Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
• Significant exposure to, and good working relations with, private sector clients
• Ability to manage/train junior staff members
• Solid technical competence and service delivery

On Offer for the Associate Building Surveyor

The position has a very attractive salary of between 60,000 - 70,000 with a generous car allowance and a health profit share which recently has been 5 figures.

On receipt of your application our dedicated Surveying and Project Management recruiter, Rees Allan, will contact you to discuss this opportunity in full detail. Rees will disclose the name of our client to you prior to sending your CV to this, or any other company we are working with.

Location and Contact Details

Location: Glasgow
Salary: £44,000 - £52,000 per annum
Contract: Full time, Permanent

We are seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor to join our Technical Team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of non‑domestic assets and contribute to the management of Glasgow City Council's investment portfolio and surplus assets.

My client are a leading multidisciplinary consultancy looking to hire a Chartered Building Surveyor. This is a high‑impact role delivering complex, higher‑value professional and contract services across public and private sector portfolios.

What you'll do:
• Lead Building Surveying, Project Management, and Contract Administration commissions.
• Own client relationships; develop repeat business and support bids.
• Produce surveys, reports, specifications, drawings, and tender documentation.
• Undertake inspections, condition surveys, construction monitoring, and snagging.
• Ensure compliance with Quality, Safety, and Environmental procedures.
• Manage financial performance and invoicing via internal PM systems.

Why Join?

• 28 days paid holiday (including bank holidays)
• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Full coverage of RICS and other professional membership fees
• Paid training and development courses
• Career progression

Apply today or reach out for a confidential chat about the role. (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Conrad Consulting is a trusted recruitment partner to the industry's leading firms and we work hard with our clients to ensure together, we can offer you the best vacancies in the market; if you read on you will find this vacancy is just that.

If you are looking for an opportunity to join an established independent property consultancy, then this opportunity is for you. This role would suit a Senior Building Surveyor looking to make that progression in their career or an Associate Director from a Building Surveying background who fancies a change of scenery with as their path to Director is blocked.

We are currently looking for an Associate Building Surveyor to fill a permanent opening with a company located in the city centre of Glasgow. Interested candidates will have the opportunity to work across a variety of projects ranging from but not exclusive to Local Government, Hotels, Commercial, Industrial and Retail.

ReqID: J
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model: Hybrid