Job Description
Grade UE7: £40,497 - £52,566 per annum
Corporate Services Group/Estates Department/Contract Services
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended (permanent)
We are looking for a Building Surveyor to manage a variety of reactive maintenance and improvement projects through contractors, up to the value of £50k.
The Opportunity
The ideal candidate will have a Building Surveying background, and be effective at managing multiple live projects, with a high standard of contract administration, contractor management, communication, customer care, with a proactive one team approach.
The successful candidate will join an existing small team focused on the city centre estate, with travel to the other campus locations on occasion. The candidate will be expected to work a 35-hour work week.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- Well organised, proactive, self-motivated, good communication and IT skills.
- As a technical expert manage reactive maintenance services through Measured Term Contracts and other specialist service providers.
- Carry out pre and post inspections/surveys of work to ensure appropriate planning and coordination of work.
- Liaise with clients to assess and specify their service needs and ensure expectations are managed.
- Good planning and communication skills to minimise disruption to clients, and meet changing demands and client requirements.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our
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On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
17 July 2025.
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Interviews dates will be confirmed at a later date.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 and currently occupies more than 550 academic, administrative and residential buildings throughout the city of Edinburgh across 5 campuses; Central Area, Kings Buildings, Easter Bush, Bio- Quarter and the Western General Hospital. There are also sporting facilities at Peffermill.
The estate is an exciting mix of eras and architecture. Whilst many of the buildings enjoy listed status and are integral to the unique qualities and characteristics of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Edinburgh, many more have been added over the years as the University has grown. The portfolio ranges from nationally important, iconic, historical buildings through to state of the art teaching, research and sporting facilities. The University of Edinburgh has a significant programme of estates investment underway, in both capital development and also in the infrastructure and resilience of the estate. This investment will help to ensure that the university remains at the forefront of world leading teaching, learning and research.
The Estates Department is part of the Corporate Services Group and provides a range of key activities that help the University to achieve its corporate objectives. It is an integrated centre of excellence responsible for implementing decisions related to the buildings, fabric and infrastructure of the University. It provides specialist advice to the University on strategic estates issues as well as its statutory obligations.
