Chartered Building Surveyor - Surveying & Project Management job in South East London - up to £55,000 DOE

Hybrid working, Flexible working hours, Professional development scheme

Job Summary

Building Surveyor Job in South East London offers an opportunity to join a multidisciplinary construction consultancy delivering building projects across the built environment. The role is based within the South East London team and combines building surveying with project management responsibilities. You will work closely with Project Team Leaders and clients throughout project delivery.

Responsibilities include contract administration, feasibility studies, measured surveys, design development, statutory approvals, tendering, inspections, and technical reporting. You will act as Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent across a range of building projects. The position also involves preparing drawings, specifications, schedules of work, and contract documentation.

Building Surveyor Job South East London requires strong technical surveying knowledge alongside effective project management and client communication skills. Candidates should have relevant post-qualification experience or equivalent professional knowledge and competence. The role suits someone holding or working towards MRICS status within an interdisciplinary consultancy environment.

About the Company

This established multidisciplinary construction consultancy has nearly 50 years of experience and more than 300 employees. The business provides national coverage through offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham. Its services include architecture, building surveying, quantity surveying, project management, M&E engineering, and sustainability consulting.

The consultancy focuses on delivering exceptional service while creating positive outcomes for clients, end users, employees, and the planet. Its multidisciplinary structure encourages collaboration between different technical disciplines throughout project delivery. The organisation combines established industry experience with professional development opportunities and flexible working arrangements for colleagues.

Role & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Project Team Leaders and clients while presenting schemes, managing timelines, and supporting service delivery
• Act as Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent across building projects using standard forms of construction
• Conduct site visits and prepare comprehensive inspection reports to support project and client requirements
• Deliver initial appraisals, feasibility studies, measured surveys, and outline design proposals with budget estimations
• Prepare scheme designs, full working drawings, specifications, schedules of work, and supporting bills of quantities
• Manage statutory approval applications including Planning, Listed Building Consent, and Building Control requirements
• Lead tender processes, analyse submitted bids, prepare tender reports, and manage associated contract documentation
• Deliver Party Wall procedures, schedules of condition, maintenance manuals, and detailed future maintenance reports

Skills & Experience Required

• Hold a BSc Honours degree in Building Surveying or demonstrate equivalent professional knowledge and competence
• Have at least one year of relevant post-qualification experience within building surveying or comparable responsibilities
• Hold MRICS status or demonstrate active progress towards achieving recognised MRICS professional accreditation
• Demonstrate successful experience working collaboratively within interdisciplinary project teams across relevant building projects
• Show excellent core building surveying skills across inspections, design, documentation, statutory approvals, and contracts
• Demonstrate effective project management skills when coordinating project programmes, documentation, consultants, and service delivery
• Possess excellent client interface skills when presenting proposals, discussing requirements, and supporting project decisions

Salary & Benefits

• Salary up to £55,000 DOE
• Flexible working hours based around a seven hour working day and 35 hours weekly
• Hybrid working with potential to work from both the office and home
• Medicash health plan, life assurance cover, and access to in-house mental health first aiders
• Annual leave plus bank holidays, birthday leave, buy or sell annual leave, and long-service leave
• Scottish Widows pension with salary sacrifice and 4.5% contribution matched
• Professional development scheme, sponsorship of professional fees, and two paid corporate social responsibility days

Who Is This Role Ideal For?

This opportunity suits a building surveyor seeking varied technical and project management responsibilities within a multidisciplinary consultancy. Candidates should have at least one year of post-qualification experience or equivalent professional competence. The position is suited to professionals confident undertaking surveys, inspections, feasibility work, design development, tendering, and contract administration.

Applicants should work effectively within interdisciplinary project teams and maintain strong relationships with clients. The role also suits candidates holding or progressing towards MRICS status. Building Surveyor Job South East London provides exposure to a broad range of building surveying duties alongside flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Strong organisation, technical knowledge, and client interface skills are important for this position.

About Hunter Dunning

Hunter Dunning is a specialist property and built environment recruitment consultancy established in 2004, focused on quality and long-term partnerships in the UK and Ireland property and construction market.

We specialise in full lifecycle property recruitment, covering architecture, interior design, surveying, land and planning, fire safety and wider construction roles. We offer informed and confidential discussions for both clients and candidates and welcome conversations about this opportunity and your wider career plans within the built environment.

Apply

If you meet the criteria above, send us your CV and portfolio. We receive a large number of applications so if you do not hear back within 7 days consider your application unsuccessful this time.

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Referral

Did you know we run a referral scheme? We pay a £1000 referral bonus if you introduce us to anyone who we then successfully place into a new job role. Just send us their information and we’ll do the rest.

Terms: A candidate is deemed to have been successfully placed once they have started a new job as a result of an introduction made by Hunter Dunning and when they’ve successfully completed the probation period. See website for full terms & conditions.

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