Head of Building Surveyor in Belfast

Head of Building Surveying | Lead a Building Surveying Team 💼 Up to £95,000 + Package 📍 Belfast, Northern Ireland (BT) 🏗️ Building Surveying | Commercial Property | Real Estate Consultancy | Leadership Walker & Sloan are working with a highly respected, independent real estate consultancy to recruit a Head of Building Surveying to lead their building surveying offer in Belfast. Our client is an independent real estate and construction consultancy with more than 50 years of history, a team of over 145 people across a network of UK offices and certified B Corp status. They advise some of the UK's best-known institutional investors, landlords and occupiers across offices, retail, industrial, residential, leisure, education and science and technology. Alongside building surveying, technical due diligence, dilapidations and project management, the business offers building and fire safety, MEP, façade and structural engineering and sustainability advice, and is known for a collaborative culture where knowledge is shared and people support one another. This appointment puts you at the head of the building surveying service in Northern Ireland, with the backing of a national multidisciplinary consultancy and its long-standing client relationships. For an ambitious Chartered Building Surveyor ready to lead a team and shape a regional service, this represents an exceptional opportunity. The Opportunity As Head of Building Surveying, you'll take ownership of the building surveying service in Belfast, leading client delivery, team performance and growth. You'll work closely with the firm's national leadership and colleagues across other disciplines, bringing the full breadth of the consultancy to clients in Northern Ireland. You'll have genuine autonomy to shape how the service develops, which clients it targets and how the team grows. Importantly, this isn't simply a senior surveying position. You'll be the leader of the service locally, setting standards and driving its growth. The Role You'll lead and deliver a broad building surveying workload for commercial property clients, including technical due diligence, dilapidations, defects investigations, planned maintenance and contract administration of refurbishment projects. You'll manage and develop the Belfast team, allocating work, reviewing reports and making sure technical quality is consistently high. You'll play a pivotal role in winning new work, building relationships with investors, landlords, occupiers and agents across Northern Ireland, and growing repeat instructions. A key part of the role will be collaborating with colleagues across the wider business so clients get joined-up advice. You'll also mentor and develop surveyors at every level, supporting their progression and professional qualifications. About You You'll be an established Chartered Building Surveyor at Associate Director, Director or Head of department level, or a strong Associate ready for the step up, with a consultancy background in commercial property. You'll ideally demonstrate: * Extensive building surveying experience across commercial property in Northern Ireland or a comparable market * Strong technical due diligence, dilapidations and defects experience * Experience administering refurbishment and fit-out contracts * A track record of leading and developing a team * Proven client relationships and business development success * Excellent report writing and commercial judgement * The confidence to represent the business at senior level MRICS (Chartered Building Surveyor) is required. Senior building surveyors from consultancy, agency or in-house estates backgrounds who are ready for a leadership role are strongly encouraged to apply. Above all, we're looking for someone who combines technical excellence with the leadership and client skills to build a market-leading service in Belfast. What’s on Offer? * Salary up to £95,000 * Package on top of basic salary * The chance to lead the building surveying service in Northern Ireland * Backing from a national, independent, multidisciplinary consultancy * A B Corp business with a collaborative, supportive culture * Long-term progression within a respected firm Interested? If you're a Chartered Building Surveyor ready to lead, this is an outstanding opportunity to head up a building surveying service with a respected independent consultancy behind you. Apply today or contact Walker & Sloan for a confidential discussion. ⚡ Confidential enquiries and early applications are strongly encouraged