Principal Building Surveyor

Arcadis; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering and consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a Principal Building Surveyor to join their established Technical Due Diligence team. This role involves a variety of responsibilities, including providing technical advisory services and mentoring junior surveyors. Candidates should have a degree and be MRICS qualified with experience in commercial surveying. The firm is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Time served post-qualification experience (PQE) is essential.
• Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and strong personal impact.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality services in commercial surveying and consultancy.
• Mentor junior building surveyors providing guidance and support.

Skills

Detail-oriented

Excellent communication skills

Proactive

Ability to manage priorities

Education

Degree and MRICS qualified

Job description

Principal Building Surveyor

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description

We are thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity for a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to become part of our well-established L&I Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying team. The position primarily involves handling transaction‑based assignments within the UK. Your responsibilities will be diverse, focusing on technical advisory services while allowing room for your unique skills and career aspirations.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical advisory services on commercial surveying and consultancy, particularly in Technical Due Diligence (TDD).
• Manage and commission assignments effectively, balancing multiple instructions simultaneously.
• Deliver high‑quality services, collaborating within a larger commission team to secure exceptional outcomes for our clients.
• Interact directly with clients, demonstrating confidence and professionalism.
• Ensure effective time management, meeting deadlines and maintaining profitability of each instruction.
• Communicate clearly and collaborate with Project Managers and Team Leaders to maintain efficient financial control and deliver cost‑effective service.
• Support the development of junior building surveyors through mentoring and supervision.

Accountabilities

• Manage risks in service delivery and contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Drive organic revenue growth and support the delivery of the business plan for the commercial building surveying offering.
• Provide quantifiable updates on the progress of each contract to the Sector Director on a regular basis.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree and MRICS qualified, with time served post‑qualification experience (PQE).
• Skills and Attributes:
  • Detail‑oriented, organized, and capable of independent operation.
  • Multi‑disciplinary experience with a global perspective.
  • Proactive, flexible, and able to manage priorities while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and a strong personal impact.
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Innovative, self‑motivated, and commercially aware.
• Responsibilities:
  • Provide concise and commercially insightful advice to clients.
  • Support the TDD team in project and assignment delivery for exceptional outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships, manage expectations, and ensure timely, accurate work outputs.
  • Represent the company professionally, fostering client partnerships.
  • Guide junior team members and work effectively within a team.
• Personal Qualities: Presentable, articulate, and capable of building and maintaining relationships both within and outside the company.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.