Senior Building Surveyor

The Opportunity

We are working with a well-established and highly respected property and construction consultancy to appoint a Senior Building Surveyor for their Exeter office.

This is a genuinely secure, long-term role within an organisation boasting a huge and stable pipeline of work across the South West. The position offers an excellent blend of professional services and project management, providing variety, autonomy and real job satisfaction.
You’ll be working on projects that genuinely matter — improving buildings and environments used by communities every day.

The Role

As Senior Building Surveyor, you will deliver a broad range of surveying and project management services across a diverse portfolio of work. Projects span education, commercial, retail and care sectors, offering scale, complexity and purpose.

Key responsibilities will include:

Delivering professional building surveying services
Managing refurbishment and improvement projects from inception to completion
Acting as lead consultant and client point of contact
Preparing specifications, reports and technical documentation
Contract administration and project management duties
Working collaboratively with internal teams and external consultants
Ensuring projects are delivered safely, compliantly and to a high standard This role offers the chance to see projects through from early concept to completion — and to take real pride in the outcome.

The Ideal Candidate

We are seeking a confident and capable Chartered Building Surveyor who brings:

MRICS status (essential)
Experience delivering both professional services and project management
Strong technical knowledge across refurbishment and asset improvement works
Proficiency in CAD software
Revit experience (desirable but not essential)
Excellent communication and client-facing skills
A proactive, collaborative and solutions-focused approach What’s In It For You?

This organisation genuinely invests in its people and offers a package designed for long-term careers, not short-term fixes:

Outstanding career security with a strong forward workload
Hybrid working to support work–life balance
Clear and supported personal development pathways
Broad, interesting project portfolio across multiple sectors
High levels of job satisfaction, delivering projects with real community impact
Modern, lovely offices in Exeter
Supportive, professional and people-focused working culture Why This Role?

If you’re looking for a Senior Building Surveyor role that combines stability, purpose and progression, this is a rare opportunity to join a consultancy where the work is meaningful, the pipeline is secure and your development is genuinely supported.

Interested?

Apply in confidence to find out more