Senior Surveyor

Job Title

Senior Surveyor

Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield is expanding its UK Living division, a market leader in residential and living development opportunities nationwide. With offices across major UK cities, we advise private and public sector clients, offering agency services, viability assessments, market research, and development consultancy. Collaborating closely with our commercial, planning, and agency teams, we play a key role in shaping major mixed-use developments and form a core part of the broader Living platform alongside Student and Residential Capital Markets.

Job Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-starter with an appetite to learn. You will be working alongside experienced professionals and have exposure to a broad range of projects. Previous experience in a living development consultancy or agency role is preferable.

Role Profile:

• To provide excellent professional advice and service to clients in support of instructions managed by Partners
• Opportunity to have hands-on client exposure with oversight from Partners
• Contribute to team fee, billing and profit targets

Core Responsibilities:

Clients & Marketing

• Support the team plan to grow presence within the living sector and enhance existing client base
• Act as prime client interface on projects managed, updating clients on progress, answering queries, and providing advice
• Familiar with Cushman & Wakefield corporate structure and seeks to develop internal and external networks
• Support the team profile in the market through personal market presence
• Contribute to client presentations, bids, and pitches
• Identify key technical issues/problems in transactions and offer appropriate solutions
• Provide input to support delivery of client assignments, preparing and processing technical information
• Work collaboratively to generate new instructions and pool expertise within the team
• Proactively identify new business and revenue opportunities with new and existing clients
• Manage and liaise with internal teams and external consultants to provide a full service to the client
• Gather and act on client feedback

Profit & Finance

• Identify opportunities to cross-sell within the division and wider business when discussing a client's requirements
• Manage budgets and billing on specific client accounts
• Effectively use established systems for debtor and disbursement recovery to secure cash flow and profitability

People & Teams

• Coach graduates and Surveyors/Consultants
• Keep knowledge of relevant technical knowledge up to date
• Proactively seek and undertake on-the-job and formal developmental activities to broaden experience and knowledge
• Achieve annual goals and objectives set within performance review and actively engage in the review process
• Undertake and record the requisite amount of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
• Support social activities

Qualifications:

• Degree level qualification
• MRICS qualification preferable.

Knowledge & Experience:

• General practice background for either a corporate, public sector or private practice
• Rounded experience of commercial and residential and ability to think outside the box when assessing development opportunities
• An understanding of business development and client relationship management
• Experience in networking and building relationships internally and externally
• Demonstrable technical competence in areas such as development appraisals and cashflows, S106, CIL etc
• Demonstrable understanding of market and local knowledge in land relating to PBSA, BTR, CO-living and Residential
• Business and report writing experience
• Detailed knowledge of current legislation and case law relevant to role
• IT skills (Argus Developer, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet etc)
• High level of numerical reasoning and analytical skills

Skills & Personal Qualities:

• Selling and negotiation skills
• Presentation and marketing skills
• Commercial awareness skills
• Good communicator
• Time management
• Report writing skills
• Team player
• Excellent command of written/verbal English