Building Surveyor

CompanyArcadis

LocationManchester, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/7/2026

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Occupation Type

Chartered surveyors

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£43,800 (£22.46 per hour)

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Description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Building Surveyor to join our well-established Education Building Surveying team.

You’ll work with a variety of education clients across the UK, including universities, schools, trusts and government, delivering capital works and conducting condition surveys. We’re seeking someone with strong technical expertise and a broad building surveying background.

The role offers a diverse and varied workload, often requiring you to manage multiple projects simultaneously. You’ll focus on high-quality service delivery, working collaboratively within larger teams to achieve outstanding client outcomes. Confidence in direct client engagement is essential.

Effective time management is key, ensuring you meet deadlines and align your efforts with cost forecasts to maintain project profitability.

Role accountabilities:

The primary focus of this role is the successful delivery of capital works on educational assets.
You will take on significant responsibility and accountability, with the opportunity to develop both managerial and technical skills, and advance your career within our dynamic and growing specialist team.
Key responsibilities include managing and delivering professional consultancy commissions, such as condition surveys and, occasionally, dilapidations.
You will ensure effective communication throughout each project, making certain that all necessary information is available for successful delivery.
Working closely with Project Managers and Team Leaders, you will help maintain efficient financial control and provide a cost-effective service.
You will keep the Sector Director regularly informed of contract progress with clear, quantified updates.
Additionally, you will support the development of junior building surveyors through mentoring and supervision.

Qualifications & Experience:

Degree in Building Surveying or equivalent
Ideally MRICS qualified, or actively working towards chartership

Strong technical skills and experience across multiple disciplines

Broad, strategic thinker with a proven track record of successful project delivery

Skilled at managing project risk and maintaining high quality standards

Flexible and able to meet tight deadlines

Good understanding of the challenges faced by education clients

Knowledgeable in technical, legislative, and commercial aspects of building surveying

Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, enabling strong client partnerships

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.