Senior / Principal Building Surveyor (Advisory)

Your new role, what is involved?

Our Surveying Advisory Business Unit is recruiting for a new Senior Building Surveyor. The role can be based in either our London or Manchester office.

• You will support the team in the delivery of technical advisory services, including technical due diligence reviews, asset condition surveys, and lifecycle/maintenance assessments.
• You will provide expert independent advice to lenders, investors, government departments and local authorities operating within the property and construction sectors.
• Embracing the responsibility of service delivery as a Senior Building Surveyor.
• Contributing to the continued success and growth of the team.
• Delivering a client-facing advisory service to a high standard.

You will be conducting various types of building surveys and undertaking project work for our wide range of clients, our client base includes major investors, funders, developers, asset operators, national government agencies, local authorities, and healthcare trusts.

Your Team:

The Surveying Advisory team is made up of dynamic multidisciplinary professionals from building surveying, QS, mechanical and electrical engineering, and FM backgrounds. Together we offer a range of services to our clients, including equity investors, debt financiers, management companies, construction companies, developers, and government organisations.

Through the identification and management of technical and commercial risk associated with the development, management, maintenance and funding of infrastructure and real estate projects, we leverage the global technical world-class skills of the larger business, allied with our commercial and contractual transaction acumen, to provide professional services to clients that develop, manage, finance or invest in infrastructure and real estate assets.

By joining the team, you will become part of what is already a market leading, multi-award-winning consultancy service with a leading global presence.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience inspecting and reporting on operational assets in one of the following sectors: education, healthcare, defence, purpose-built student accommodation.
• Experience undertaking technical due diligence assignments for investors, lenders, asset owners, and public-sector clients.
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams, collaborating with MEP engineers, quantity surveyors, fire engineers, and project managers.
• Commercial awareness with an understanding of project profitability, fee management, and client relationship development.
• Strong data analysis and reporting skills, including interpretation of survey data, lifecycle information, and asset registers.
• Ability to contribute to business development activities, including bids, proposals, networking, and client engagement.
• Being Newly Chartered Building Surveyor or are working towards your MRICS qualification, with demonstrable experience post-graduation.
• That you can motivate yourself to achieve the vision, values, and objectives of WSP and those of our clients.
• That you can self-perform to maximise your contribution and achieve appropriate high-quality and timely delivery of our services.
• That you can demonstrate commitment to the achievement of team/business unit objectives and plans.
• Experience supporting clients on PPP/PFI expiry programmes, handback reviews and residual life assessments.
• Understanding of Project Agreements, lifecycle obligations, and asset condition provisions within PPP/PFI contracts would be an advantage. Experience working within defence or secure environments would be advantageous.