Graduate Building Surveyor

This entry-level built environment consultancy graduate scheme trains RICS-accredited building surveying graduates at Ridge to perform technical defect analysis, execute contract administration, and manage planned preventative maintenance surveys for commercial and residential portfolios.

Your opportunity

With one of the largest teams of Chartered Surveyors in the property sector, located in regional offices across the UK, Ridge and Partners has the depth and breadth of experience, expertise and local knowledge to support clients at every stage of property investment, ownership and occupation, from acquisition through to disposal.

Due to continued growth and success, we are looking to recruit a talented Graduate Building Surveyor with at least one year’s relevant experience to join our dynamic Building Surveying team in Liverpool. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious surveyor to develop broad commercial building surveying experience while also gaining exposure to specialist dilapidations work within a growing national service line.

As a Graduate Building Surveyor at Ridge, you will gain hands-on experience across a wide range of professional and project-related instructions. Our work spans a variety of sectors, including commercial, industrial, education, residential, local authority and investor-led portfolios.

You will be involved in services such as:

• Planned Preventative Maintenance surveys

• Pre-acquisition building surveys and technical due diligence

• Condition surveys and schedules of condition

• Schedules of dilapidations and lease-end advice

• Reinstatement cost assessments

• Defect analysis and reporting

• Specification writing, tendering and contract administration

• Project delivery, refurbishment and repair works

You will also work with an impressive client base, including major retailers, local authorities, universities, colleges, property investors, landlords and occupiers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build on your early experience in a supportive and ambitious environment, working alongside experienced Chartered Building Surveyors and contributing to meaningful projects and client instructions from day one.

What you need to do to be effective in this role 

• Support the team on contract administration instructions through the attendance of meetings, writing of specifications, procurement of competitive tenders, preparation of contract documents and undertaking of progress inspections. 

• Assist with the undertaking of building surveys, particularly the ability to record relevant information from site inspections and ability to summarise findings in a concise manner. 

• Support the Building Surveying team on complex multi-disciplinary schemes. 

• Help with analysing and reporting on building defects. 

• Support the Building Surveyors with preparing schedules of dilapidations and negotiation of settlements. 

• Assist with the supervision of building work on site. 

• Assisting the Building Surveyors with providing advice on the design, construction, maintenance, repair and refurbishment of all types of residential and commercial property. 

• Carry out building, condition and measured surveys.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role: 

• You hold a bachelor’s degree at 2:1 or above – RICS approved 

• You have the Right to Work in the UK, without requiring visa sponsorship 

• You are passionate about our industry – this is really important – we love what we do and see that the built environment plays a critical role in society, so we want people who feel the same. 

• You are curious, and eager to learn – our team of existing Building Surveying experts, who you can learn so much from. They love sharing their knowledge, and are passionate about developing our future talent, so we want people who will make the most of this opportunity. 

As a graduate, you will need to demonstrate the desire and drive to becoming a Chartered Building Surveyor with our support and guidance. 

You will need to be personable, presentable and have good communication skills in this client facing role.  An ability to produce your own documentation based on our standards is essential, as is an ability to organise, manage your time efficiently in the delivery of the services for multiple projects at any one time. 

About us

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They’re the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you’re hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you’re motivated by ingenuity and if you’re always aspiring to be the very best.