We’re growing our Edinburgh team and looking for a Building Surveyor who wants real responsibility, variety and the opportunity to shape their own career.
You’ll work across a wide range of commercial projects - from technical due diligence and defects analysis through to project delivery - while building strong client relationships and developing your expertise across multiple service lines.
Main responsibilities:
- Deliver a variety of building surveying instructions including dilapidations, defects, due diligence and project management work across commercial real estate sectors (industrial, offices, retail etc.)
- Take ownership of your projects from start to finish - managing delivery, priorities and client expectations
- Build strong client relationships and provide clear, practical, commercially focused advice
- Manage project delivery and produce high-quality reports and outputs
- Support business development and contribute to growing client relationships
- Take responsibility for project performance, including fees, WIP and invoicing
- Work collaboratively with colleagues across disciplines as part of our ‘one team’ culture
About you
- MRICS qualified with commercial sector experience
- Confident managing your own workload and delivering projects independently
- Client confident: comfortable being client facing, with strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Commercially aware, with an understanding and willingness to learn & manage fees and project performance
- Proactive, organised and keen to develop your career
- A collaborative team player who takes ownership and shows initiative
Our preference is to recruit directly wherever possible. Should this role be approved for support from external recruitment partners, we will contact our PSL agencies accordingly.
Please note that we do not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies. Effective introduction of a candidate will only be accepted if it has been requested to submit CV’s in relation to a specific vacancy. Any speculative submissions will not incur a fee. For any queries, kindly reach out to the appropriate Talent Acquisition team member.
The Company
All together different - We're independent, multi-disciplinary real estate technical experts, project managers, and sustainability consultants. At Hollis, we know buildings inside and out. For more than 30 years, we've been powered by independence and driven by deep technical knowledge - a unique combination that sets us apart.
Advising across core real estate markets in the UK and Europe, we understand how buildings work, how they perform, and how to unlock their full potential with unbiased, value-driven commercial solutions.
Why join us?
We are hardworking, progressive, successful and fun. We’re independently-owned and independently-minded, not afraid to give honest advice or to be ourselves. We aim to achieve the right balance for you, delivering excellent client service whilst supporting you in fulfilling your potential and achieving your goals.
We offer a highly attractive salary and a generous benefits package including:
Life assurance and private medical insurance
Season ticket loan
5% Employer pension contribution
25 days of holiday and an extra day off on your birthday
Cycle to work scheme, retail vouchers, gym discounts and more
EV car scheme
Longevity awards
Hollis operates a hybrid-working policy giving employees the opportunity to work between their home and our offices, where their job allows it. In addition, employees are encouraged to request flexible working hours when needed and we work hard to accommodate where we can.
We are a sociable bunch and host pay day drinks, quarterly lunches, quiz nights and cultural and sporting activities to socialise and have fun with your colleagues. We also give back and take part in numerous charity events all over the country throughout the year.
We're Inclusive
Together we welcome, we embrace, and we celebrate our differences. Our aim is to provide a diverse and inclusive workplace which supports and cares for all our employees, including those from underrepresented or non-dominant groups. We’re focused on a culture of inclusion; where all barriers including prejudice are removed from our working environment; and where all our people are empowered to be the best they can be.
Don’t meet every single requirement? If you would like the opportunity to join Hollis but your past experience is not an exact match, we encourage you to apply anyway as you could be the right candidate for this role or another role within the company.
If you require alternative formats of our documents or need to apply offline, please get in touch with the talent acquisition team: [email protected] or call us on 020 7622 9555.
