Senior Building Surveyor

Senior Building Surveyor

Leicester or Birmingham Office (hybrid working between your chosen office and home)

Role Overview

As a Senior Building Surveyor, you will deliver a broad range of professional and project related building surveying services across a diverse property portfolio, supporting clients from project inception through to completion. You'll manage multiple instructions, provide expert technical advice, and build strong client relationships while ensuring projects are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest professional standards. Our expectations are that the Senior Building Surveyor will lead and support teams and will be located in our offices, on sites or our client's offices to best suit the needs of our clients. Working closely with colleagues and clients, you'll undertake surveys, prepare technical reports and specifications, administer contracts, and provide strategic advice on property condition, maintenance, compliance and building safety. You'll also play an important role in developing client relationships, identifying new opportunities, mentoring junior team members and contributing to the continued growth of the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a varied portfolio of building surveying instructions from inception through to completion.
• Administer construction contracts and monitor projects throughout delivery, including design services, project management and contract administration.
• Undertake building surveys, technical due diligence, defect diagnosis and condition assessments.
• Prepare clear, concise technical reports, specifications, schedules of work and tender documentation.
• Provide professional advice on maintenance strategies, statutory compliance, fire safety and building safety.
• Provide support to the business as directed by Associate Directors and Directors.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants and contractors.
• Attend client meetings, site inspections and project progress meetings.
• Identify project risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Support business development by identifying opportunities to grow existing client relationships.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing knowledge and developing efficient working practices.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation, technical standards and industry best practice.
• Promote sustainable building solutions and integrate sustainable principles into project delivery where appropriate.

Skills & Experience

• MRICS Chartered Building Surveyor with at least two years' post-qualification experience, or working towards chartership with a RICS-accredited Building Surveying degree.
• Strong experience in building surveys, technical due diligence, condition assessments, defect diagnosis and project delivery.
• Good understanding of planned preventative maintenance, lifecycle planning, statutory compliance and building safety legislation.
• Confident preparing technical reports, specifications, schedules of condition and advising clients on maintenance requirements.
• Experience in design services, with knowledge of party wall and neighbourly matters being advantageous.
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office, with a full UK driving licence.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with a client-focused and commercially aware approach.
• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable managing multiple projects and priorities independently.
• A collaborative team player with excellent attention to detail, a solutions-focused mindset and a commitment to delivering high-quality work and supporting others.

AI fluency & learning mindset: We are looking for people who actively use AI in their day‑to‑day work, demonstrate strong curiosity about new technologies, and take ownership for continuously improving how they think, work, and deliver.

Working arrangements

We embrace smarter working practices which offer our employees the opportunity to work their hours flexibly and remotely where their roles and business needs allow. In this role, the successful candidate would be required to work between the Leicester or Birmingham office and your home address on a hybrid basis, Monday to Friday, 08:30-17:00.

What can we offer you?

Upon joining Bellrock, you can expect a comprehensive benefits package including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays + 1 additional day as a thank you (enjoy it, it's on us)

Salary exchange pension scheme

Life cover

Paid sick leave

Health Assured employee assistance and wellness program

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Salary sacrifice schemes: Cycle to work

Holiday purchase scheme of additional 5 days per year

Offers and discount scheme designed to save money on everyday shopping and essentials

Healthcare Cashplan

MotorSave Scheme

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Why Bellrock?

At Bellrock, our people make the difference.

We support organisations across the UK with property, facilities management, compliance, engineering and technology services, helping our customers create safer, smarter and more sustainable environments.

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