Building Surveying Graduate Programme 2026 - London

About us

At Knight Frank, we believe that property is personal. We’ve been making our mark on the industry for 125 years, with offices in over 60 territories and a reach that extends to over half a trillion pounds of real estate. If you’re looking to start a career in property, there’s no better place to be.

About the scheme

You’ll work at the heart of the UK property market, completing four 6-month rotations, and gaining a vast array of expertise on a diverse range of projects. Whether it’s industrial, retail, leisure, or healthcare spaces, you’ll be exposed to an extended portfolio of clients, customers, and properties – and get an invaluable head start into a career in Building Surveying, Project Management and Cost Consultancy.

We’ll give you the opportunity to learn from the best and discover where your strengths and interests are best placed. You’ll liaise directly with clients, developing your network across the sector, and handling the day-to-day challenges of the role. You’ll get the opportunity to build experience across building surveying, project management and cost consultancy, giving you varied and in-depth exposure to all aspects of the industry. We’ll never hold you back, and you’ll be given the responsibility and support you need to build a career that will last a lifetime.

About you

With a passion for property, and the ambition to become an expert in the property sector, you’ll have a 2.1 degree in any subject, and will have achieved, or be working towards, RICS membership. You’ll be a true team player, ready to get stuck in and learn from our experienced team of Chartered Surveyors. This is a fantastic opportunity to launch a future-focused career right at the heart of the property industry.

About the role

Graduate Building Surveyor assisting with and undertaking a wide range of instructions across the building consultancy discipline, including; project management and contract administration, dilapidations, landlord and tenant advice, pre-acquisition surveys and technical due diligence on a range of commercial property.

Our Building Surveying Graduate Programme will give you exposure, experience, training and support so that, whatever skills and perspectives you bring, your potential will be amplified. The role involves direct client liaison and management, with an emphasis on developing relationships and a network within the sector that will last a career.

Our programme is designed to provide you with everything you need to confidently launch a career in Building Surveying, working with our experienced team of Chartered Surveyors of all disciplines on live projects, experiencing day to day challenges of the role and being given as much responsibility as your own skills will permit. This gives you an unparalleled breadth of opportunities and allows you to explore a range of experience in the commercial sectors and gaining exposure to office, industrial, retail, healthcare, offices, leisure and PRS asset classes.

You will join the firm and start in September 2026, with the aim of completing the graduate scheme and qualifying as a surveyor in November 2028 (RICS Autumn Sitting).

This opportunity is open to undergraduates in their final year of a RICS accredited Building Surveying degree.

CLOSE DATE: 10th November

What will you be responsible for?

Business Generation & Fee Income

• Assist in increasing the range, quantity and quality of instructions via business generation to ensure development of the department as a whole.

• Supporting colleagues to seek and develop new business opportunities.

• Monitor all correspondence and enquiries on behalf of others as and when required when they are absent from the office referring to such matters as requiring urgent attention to someone of the authority and experience to deal with them.

• Attend events and actively promote the department and firm amongst clients and professional organisations.

• Understand the need to work commercially to ensure profitability of instructions.

• Maintain and grow existing and new client relationships.

• Begin to develop personal profile within the market.

Professional Instructions

• Project management and contract administration.

• Preparation of drawings on AutoCAD is preferable although not essential.

• Preparation of specifications.

• Party walls, dilapidations, and landlord and tenant advice.

• Pre-acquisition surveys.

• Technical due-diligence.

• Preparing and checking Schedules of Condition, defects analysis and building pathology.

• Understanding of Health and Safety legislation and CDMC.

• Producing Reinstatement Cost Assessments.

Professional Standards

• To communicate fully with all stakeholders concerned to ensure that business is managed in an efficient and professional manner.

• Absorb all aspects of information technology systems particular to the office/department and have an understanding of their broader applications and availability in the division.

• Ability to clearly define the client’s requirements.

• Adhere to all deadlines set for the completion of work.

• Ability to manage own diary and time requirements.

• Maintain confidentiality in respect of all work undertaken by the Department and to be aware of what is likely to be sensitive information.

• Liaise with client in a professional and proactive way.

• Ensure consistently high level of professional conduct.

• Comply with Best Practice Procedures at all times.

Team

• Contribute actively to the team spirit of the department.

• Act in a collaborative manner at all times.

• Interact positively with all team members and work with them in a professional and courteous manner at all times, ensuring we maintain a culture of tolerance and respect.

• Support the wider team with professional advice as and when required.

• Liaise with members of other departments and get to know the individuals and their markets both for the purpose of obtaining information and also to look for opportunities for cross selling of business.