Principal Building Surveyor

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

We are thrilled to announce an exceptional opportunity for a Principal Level Chartered Building Surveyor to join our well‑established L&I Technical Due Diligence and Building Surveying team. The position primarily involves handling transaction‑based assignments within the UK, focusing on technical advisory services while allowing room for your unique skills and career aspirations.

• Deliver high‑quality Technical Due Diligence (TDD) reports, identifying key risks, assessing severity, quantifying impact, and providing actionable recommendations.
• Manage and deliver professional technical consultancy commissions, including condition surveys and other related services.
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with Project Managers, Team Leaders, and clients to ensure all necessary information is available for successful project execution.
• Mentor and develop junior building surveyors, fostering growth and technical knowledge within the team.
• Represent Arcadis professionally at all times, acting as a trusted advisor to clients and stakeholders.

• Manage risks in service delivery and contribute to continuous service improvement initiatives.
• Drive organic revenue growth and support the delivery of the business plan for the commercial building surveying offering.

• Effectively communicate to ensure all necessary information is available for the successful execution and completion of projects.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Team Leaders to maintain efficient financial control and deliver a cost‑effective service.

• Degree and MRICS qualified, with post‑qualification experience.

• Skills and Attributes
  • Detail‑oriented, organized, and capable of independent operation.
  • Multi‑disciplinary experience with a global perspective.
  • Proactive, flexible, and able to manage priorities while maintaining confidentiality.
  • Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and strong personal impact.
  • Excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Innovative, self‑motivated, and commercially aware.
• Responsibilities
  • Provide concise and commercially insightful advice to clients.
  • Support the TDD team in project and assignment delivery for exceptional outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain strong client relationships, manage expectations, and ensure timely, accurate work outputs.
  • Represent the company professionally, fostering client partnerships.
  • Guide junior team members and work effectively within a team.
• Personal Qualities

  Presentable, articulate, and capable of building and maintaining relationships both within and outside the company.

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 Work streams:
Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industry: Professional Services