Associate Building Surveyor

We are now recruiting a highly motivated and experienced Associate Building Surveyor to manage and lead a new team of Building Surveyors in the South of England. This role involves a combination of team leadership, business development, and professional/project surveying work. This is an opportunity for the right candidate to build their own team, client base and workload, with support from the existing established Building Surveying teams in the North.

Job Description

What you’ll be doing:

• Build, manage and lead a team of Building Surveyors, ensuring effective collaboration and support from existing teams in the North.
• Provide mentorship and line management to junior surveyors, fostering their professional growth and development.
• Business Development: Identify and develop new business opportunities, including preparing and developing bid opportunities. Prepare fee proposals for new work and introduce new clients to Capita's services. Build and maintain strong relationships with existing clients, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction and repeat business.
• Professional & Project Surveying Work: Undertake all aspects of professional & project surveying work, including building surveys, party wall (PW) work, dilapidations, fire safety advice, and reinstatement cost assessments (RCA), dependent upon particular experience and skill sets. Manage and deliver projects from inception to completion, ensuring they meet client requirements and are delivered on time and within budget.
• Manage monthly fee targets, ensuring these are achieved and contribute to the overall financial performance of the team.

What we’re looking for:

• Professional qualifications such as RICS, CIOB, or similar, including a degree in Building Surveying or a related discipline.
• Proficient post-qualification experience in building surveying.
• Demonstrated experience in line management and mentoring responsibilities.
• Proven track record in business development and client relationship management.
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently without supervision.

What’s in it for you?

• A competitive basic salary of up to £70,000.
• 23 days’ holiday (rising to 27) with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Auto-enrolment to our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks…and plenty more.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.
• You’ll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita.
• You’ll be joining a network of experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors.
• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we’ll provide the support you need to do just that.

Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you. At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer, we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team.