Graduate Building Surveyor

GRADUATE BUILDING SURVEYOR

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

This is a permanent position on our non-rotational graduate Building or Property Management Surveyor program. A RICS accredited Building Surveying degree is required for the building surveyor programme.

Graduates will be registered onto the APC and will be supported throughout the process by an assigned supervisor and an experienced industry trainer.

To assist an experienced team in the delivery of all round Building Surveying services to a wide range of clients

**ABOUT THE FIRM**

As the UK’s leading independent commercial property management specialist, Workman has an enviable position within the property industry. The Firm delivers to its clients an unrivalled service dedicated solely to the fundamentals of property management and building consultancy. We pride ourselves on the calibre of our employees and their unique skill sets. We offer a nationwide service, utilising the local knowledge of more than 600 employee’s and Partners working from a national office network with 11 principal offices in the UK an office in Paris and a growing presence in other European countries. Workman is currently undergoing a period of consistent and sustained growth.

**THE ROLE**
- Operate a full range of building surveying instructions on a variety of commercial properties, including offices, retail and industrial
- Our clients are principally large institutional firms (pension funds, insurance companies etc.) and property companies
- Instructions are typically split about 50:50 between professional work and contract work. Nearly all work is in relation to existing buildings often with a landlord/tenant aspect
- Professional work will include Schedules of Dilapidations (usually acting for the landlord), pre-acquisition surveys, party wall awards, defect diagnosis, planned preventative maintenance reports, reinstatement cost assessments, retail delivery and schedules of condition
- Contract work can typically range from £10k to £2.5million where we can be performing in the role of designer, contract administrator, project manager or a hybrid of all three. In addition we perform the role of project manager of multi-discipline teams for instructions typically ranging from £2.5million to £20million
- Work is typically split about 50:50 between work from the property management portfolio and work with clients where we do not have a management brief
- Main clients currently include Threadneedle, BlackRock, CBRE Global Investors, Goodman, Hansteen, Hammerson, Hermes, Intu, and Land Securities
- We have an internal CAD team who do the majority of our drawing work but that apart we try to give all building surveyors a mixture of work - our experience is that the best surveyors are those who are the most rounded

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**
- Undergraduate or Postgraduate qualification in Building Surveying (minimum of 2:1 predicted or achieved)
- Positive and can do attitude
- Excellent communication skills with gravitas amongst clients
- Team player
- Ambitious and eager to learn
- Ability to provide high quality customer service
- Good time management and organisational skills

**EQUAL OPPORTINITIES**

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

This job description does not form part of your contract of employment and the duties may be amended from time to time.

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

**Salary**: From £25,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Childcare
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Glasgow, G2 5UB: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- Do you have, or in the process of completing a Building Surveying degree?

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Glasgow, G2 5UB

Reference ID: GRADBS/GLS