Project Monitoring Surveyor in Manchester

Level: Associate Director (Senior surveyors ready to step up will be considered. Director-level appointments may also be possible, with scope and reward aligned to experience.)

Location: Manchester (flexible, hybrid working)

The Opportunity:

Project monitoring consultancy with a strong presence across the North of England is expanding its team from its Manchester base. The consultancy works closely with development lenders on significant schemes across the North West and Yorkshire. It is appointed on large-scale, lender-funded developments where judgement, clarity of advice and credibility with funders are paramount. Instructions are typically long-term, often spanning multiple phases or forming part of wider regeneration and strategic development programmes, creating a stable pipeline of work and sustained involvement on genuinely landmark projects. This opportunity suits an experienced Project Monitoring Surveyor who wants greater exposure to major lender-backed developments and a more influential role in risk advisory and funding decisions.

The Role:

You will act as Project Monitor on lender-funded developments from early due diligence through to completion, providing clear, commercially grounded advice to lenders and wider project teams. The role is advisory at its core. You’ll be expected to interrogate proposals, assess and communicate risk and provide lenders with the confidence to progress funding decisions on complex schemes. You’ll work alongside a highly experienced senior team, giving you the platform to operate autonomously while continuing to broaden your exposure.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acting as Project Monitor on major lender-funded developments
• Producing high-quality monitoring reports that directly inform credit and risk decisions
• Advising lenders on development risk, cost certainty, programme, procurement and delivery strategy
• Liaising closely with lenders, developers, funders and professional teams
• Reviewing compliance with funding conditions and professional appointments
• Providing informed commentary on construction risk, EPC considerations and Building Safety Act requirements
• Managing multiple live projects concurrently across the North West and Yorkshire
• Exercising professional judgement rather than relying on a process-driven or checklist-led approach

Candidate Profile:

• Proven experience as a Project Monitoring Surveyor within development finance
• Background from a recognised project monitoring, building or multidisciplinary consultancy
• Candidates whose experience has been focused on smaller or less complex schemes will be considered where technical strength and ambition to progress are clear
• Strong report writing capability with experience advising lender clients
• Commercially minded, with the confidence to challenge, advise and influence senior stakeholders
• Candidates operating at, or ready to step into, an Associate Director-level role are encouraged to apply
• Director-level candidates may also be considered where experience supports a wider regional or strategic remit
• MRICS preferred

Why This Role:

• Involvement in some of the North’s most prominent and high-value developments
• Direct input into lender confidence and funding decisions on landmark schemes
• Opportunity to broaden experience rapidly and operate at a more senior, influential level
• Scope to shape and influence how project monitoring services are delivered as the regional workload grows
• Senior, experienced peer group with no requirement to manage junior teams
• Long-term visibility of work through a strong, established pipeline of instructions

Package:

• Base salary aligned to Associate Director level, typically around £85,000 (flexible depending on experience and seniority)
• Bonus of 25%
• Total annual remuneration comfortably exceeding £100,000
• Private healthcare
• Professional fees paid
• Fully flexible working arrangements
• Manchester office base with no mandated attendance requirement

Ways of Working:

The role is predominantly home- and site-based, with office access available as needed. The business operates on trust, accountability and professional autonomy rather than fixed attendance or presenteeism.