Building Surveyor – Assistant / Newly qualified Embedded Estate & Trad

Building Surveyor – Embedded Estate & Traditional Consultancy Mix
Location: City of London

Join a boutique consultancy delivering a rare blend of retained client-side estate work and traditional surveying instructions. This role offers variety, autonomy, and strong project ownership within a quality-driven, highly respected practice.

About the Role

This is a dual-track position, ideally suited to a building surveyor who enjoys balancing structured project delivery with hands-on professional work. You’ll split your time equally between:

Client-Side Estate Projects (c.50%)

Delivering external decorations, planned maintenance, and life-cycle projects on commercial, retail and residential buildings for one of the London 'Great Estates'

Acting as embedded surveyor for a prestigious estate client

Carrying out site inspections, managing contractors, and overseeing project quality

Liaising directly with the client and reporting progress to the Director

Traditional Consultancy Surveying (c.50%)

Conducting pre-acquisition surveys and defect analyses

Preparing schedules of condition and dilapidations reports

Supporting party wall instructions and contract administration

Managing diverse commercial and residential instructions across London

About You
You’ll need:

At least 12 months’ experience in a building surveying role

Strong professional and project-based technical knowledge

Excellent client-facing presence and communication skills

Ability to work independently and manage your own diary

Comfortable working full-time from the office and attending site regularly

Ideally, you’ll also have:

Chartered MRICS status or be on the APC pathway (support provided)

Experience with estate or block portfolio surveying

Knowledge of leasehold property and traditional construction

Why Apply?

Meaningful mix of retained and consultancy clients

Early responsibility and strong project variety

Mentorship and full APC support (100% pass first time record)

Clear career development path

Structured hours and a supportive team culture

Understandably, you will not have all of the skills required, but they value people with a willingness to learn and a good work ethic, that's the main requirement! 

Click Apply or get in touch for a confidential conversation with Andrew Pearson at EC Property Recruitment. My contact number is (phone number removed) and you can find all my details on LinkedIn