Building Surveyor
1 day ago
Portsmouth
Are you an experienced M&E Surveyor with a strong mechanical background? Do you enjoy getting out on site, understanding complex assets and producing clear, practical solutions that deliver real value? If you’re looking for a role with variety, responsibility and long-term impact, this could be a great opportunity. We’re supporting a major organisation delivering asset management and facilities services within a highly secure maritime and defence environment in Portsmouth. You’ll join a multi-disciplinary Estates Surveying team working across a unique estate that blends historic infrastructure with modern, mission-critical systems. What’s the role all about? As an M&E Surveyor, you’ll be part of a specialist surveying team providing detailed mechanical and electrical condition surveys, defect analysis and technical reporting across a large operational estate. This role has a strong mechanical bias, particularly around heating, ventilation and building services systems, and suits someone confident working both independently and as part of a wider technical team. You’ll be responsible for: • Undertaking general and planned surveys across buildings, utilities and infrastructure, • Carrying out asset condition surveys to Level 4 using recognised grading methodologies, • Producing detailed technical reports, scopes of work and cost estimates, • Assessing mechanical and electrical defects and recommending value-for-money solutions, • Advising clients on asset condition, statutory compliance and best practice, • Preparing option studies, feasibility studies and cost appraisals, • Supporting forward works planning with accurate survey data, • Maintaining electronic survey records and databases, • Liaising with clients, service providers and subcontractors, • Ensuring all work considers Health, Safety and Environmental requirements What you’ll need To succeed as an M&E Surveyor, you’ll bring: • 5+ years’ experience in surveying, construction or facilities management, • Strong mechanical engineering background (heating / ventilation essential), • Experience surveying building services and infrastructure, • Knowledge of building regulations, CDM and H&S legislation, • Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, • Strong written and verbal communication skills, • Confident IT skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and databases), • HNC minimum in Mechanical and/or Electrical Engineering or Surveying, • Degree-qualified (desirable), • Relevant training such as:, • Heating systems, • 18th Edition, • Asbestos Awareness, • Working at Height / Confined Spaces / MEWP, • IOSH or NEBOSH (or similar) You’re professional, analytical and proactive. You enjoy problem-solving, explaining technical detail clearly and helping clients make informed decisions. You take pride in accuracy, collaboration and delivering high-quality work. You’ll be: • Detail-focused and logical, • Confident dealing with stakeholders, • Proactive and improvement-driven, • Comfortable working in regulated environments, • Competitive salary, • Long-term, stable role within a secure environment, • Varied surveying work across a unique estate, • Supportive, knowledgeable technical team, • Opportunity to develop within asset management and estates surveying If you’re an experienced M&E Surveyor looking for a role with real responsibility and long-term impact in Portsmouth, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today or get in touch for a confidential discussion. Kingdom People are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.