Chartered Surveyor Apprentice

This degree apprenticeship focuses on assisting the Property Manager with international lease negotiations, cross-border acquisitions, contract administration, and coordinating corporate capital expenditure projects across a global real estate portfolio while completing an MSc in Real Estate Management.

Company Description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Job Description

John Crane is the largest division of Smiths Group, a global multi-faceted engineering business.  John Crane designs, manufactures and services precision wet and dry gas seals for the oil, gas and hydrogen industries across the world. 

Our property team has responsibility and oversight for its occupational portfolio focusing on providing modern, safe, fit for purpose premises in the right locations on economic terms.  The current portfolio extends to 180+ leasehold and freehold properties in more than 40 countries.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Apprentice Chartered Surveyor to join our team. This is a 3-year programme where you will complete your learning journey with The University of the Built Environment. You will work towards a MSc degree in Real Estate Management and gain your RICS chartered membership alongside your role at John Crane.

Our Chartered Surveyor Apprentice will support our Property Manager with:

• Liaising with Smiths Global Real Estate Partner

• Reviewing, negotiating leases and contracts

• Supporting the acquisition and disposal of sites worldwide, overseas travel will be required

• Working with internal and external legal counsel

• Liaising with external brokers and specialist consultants

• Collating information for regular progress calls

• Oversight of major fit-out and premises Capex projects

• Providing support and advice to individual site leaders on property related issues

• Day to day property related tasks

• Upkeep of records and data

• Other administrative tasks

What We Offer

• Education: You will be enrolled onto the Chartered Surveyor MSc Apprenticeship which will be delivered online by our training partner UBE. If you successfully complete your Apprenticeship you will be awarded a Real Estate Management degree and gain your RICS chartership alongside your role at John Crane.

• Learning Opportunities: Gain practical hands-on experience within our property team and soft skills development from our early career team

• Mentorship: Learn from our property partners at Cushman and Wakefield

• Impactful Work: The opportunity to be a part of the volunteering team for The Smiths Foundation

Qualifications

The Individual

• Committed to learning and working at the same time

• Advanced MS Office skills

• Decision making ability and good influencing / team working skills

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well in a team

• Time management and organisational skills

• Great attention to detail

Entry Requirements

• 5 GCSEs. Grade 5 or above to include English and Maths

• Bachelor’s degree with honours 2:1 or equivalent preferably in a STEM subject

• Valid passport will be required as overseas travel is part of this role

Additional Information

With colleagues stretching across the globe, we are proud of our diversity. To foster inclusivity, we run employee resource groups (ERGs) to provide a safe space for employees to connect and support each other. Our cross-business ERGs include Veterans, Pride Network, Black Employee Network, Women@Work Network, and Neurodiversity. 

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network. 

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.