Senior Building Surveyor
24 days ago
London
Job Title: Senior Building Surveyor - Prime Central London Location: Prime Central London / Hybrid Working Salary: £80,000 - £95,000 base Working Pattern: Hybrid / Work from Home Flexibility The Opportunity My client has built a genuinely differentiated Prime Central London platform spanning brokerage, valuation and advisory across high-value residential property. Operating across homes valued between £1m and £60m, the business combines deep market penetration with a relationship-led, technology-enabled model. With strong access to PCL agents, wealth managers, private family offices, banks and solicitors, the platform is built around speed, commercial awareness and trusted advisory capability. The next stage of growth requires the appointment of a senior Building Surveyor who can deliver full Level 3 survey capability while operating as a strategic partner within the business. This is not a corporate box-ticking role. It is an opportunity to sit alongside the founder, shape standards, influence growth and build something meaningful in Prime Central London. The Role You will: • Undertake Level 3 building surveys across Prime and Super Prime residential property, • Carry out condition reports, pre-purchase surveys and defect investigations, • Diagnose complex building pathology issues and provide clear, commercially sound remedial advice, • Produce high-quality, client-focused reports tailored to UHNW clients, • Advise on Building Regulations, statutory compliance and risk, • Manage instructions from inception to completion with pace and precision, • Liaise with agents, solicitors, banks, wealth managers and private clients, • Support lease enfranchisement work before properties transition into high-value sales and advisory, • Help shape internal processes, reporting standards and quality assurance Candidate Profile Essential • MRICS (Building Surveying pathway), • 6-12 years PQE, • Strong Prime Central London residential focus, • Proven Level 3 survey capability, • Excellent technical knowledge of construction, defects and building pathology, • Red Book valuation exposure, • Experience dealing with UHNW clients and complex transactions, • Existing network across agents, solicitors, private banks or family offices Technical competence is a given. What will differentiate you is mindset. You will be: • Commercially aware and solutions-led, • Comfortable operating with autonomy, • Energetic and aligned with a founder-led environment, • Relationship-driven rather than process-bound, • Motivated by building and scaling something rather than hiding inside a corporate structure, • Clear, articulate and polished in written and verbal communication What's On Offer • £80,000 - £95,000 base salary, • Hybrid working with genuine flexibility, • High-quality Prime Central London instructions (£1m-£60m homes), • Direct exposure to high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, • The opportunity to shape standards, processes and growth strategy