Graduate Building Surveyor

We’re seeking a motivated and enthusiastic graduate, who’s recently completed or is studying towards either a BSc or MSc in Building Surveying to join Hollis.

Introducing an amazing opportunity to join our well-established and expert teams and assist them in all aspects of building surveying. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and contribute to the ongoing success and evolution of Hollis.

We’ll also enrol you onto our APC programme from the jump and start working towards chartership.

This role will be based in our Manchester office.

Your Day To Day

• Assist on a range of building surveying instructions on a variety of commercial properties (e.g., offices, retail and industrial).
• Assist on servicing instructions (typically split about 50:50 between professional work and project work).
• Assist in providing professional work to clients (e.g., schedules of dilapidations, pre-acquisition surveys, party wall awards, defect diagnosis, planned preventative maintenance reports, fire insurance valuations, disability audits, schedules of condition).
• Support project work (typically ranging from £50k to £7million) where the firm performs the role of designer, contract administrator, project manager or an employer’s agent.
• Assist with coordination of portfolio instructions.
• Business Development and client care awareness.
• Adherence to Health & Safety procedures.
• Independence around your own continuous professional learning.
• Respect company values and culture.

Your Skills And Experience

• Degree or MSc in Building Surveying (ideally with some work experience in a commercial property environment).
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Experience of AutoCAD (advantage, but not essential).
• Clean driving licence.

All About You

• Professional, self-motivated, enthusiastic, proactive, able to prioritize and multi-task with a can-do attitude.
• Highly organized with the ability to balance tasks and ensure deadlines are met.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure.
• Passionate about the built environment and building surveying.

We welcome applicants with language skills and encourage employees to work abroad in our offices across Europe. At the same time, we recruit nationals from Europe to participate in UK training before relocating.

All About Hollis

We’re incredibly proud to have a long tradition of recruiting and nurturing future talent. 74 of our current employees started with us as graduates (11 are now directors), with the longest serving being with us for 25 years! We currently have 60 graduates, 23 apprentices, and 10 placements across our different programmes, so you’ll be in the best hands to learn and evolve. We’re also humbled by our 88% pass rate in the May 2024 APC sitting, so you’ll be in the best hands to succeed.

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.

Our mission is to address complex challenges for our clients while expanding into new markets. Our building surveyors collaborate closely with other teams, utilizing our Hollis ‘One Team’ approach to deliver comprehensive, interdisciplinary solutions.

Being friendly and down-to-earth has always been crucial for us. We’ve consistently been rated by The Sunday Times, Property Week and Estates Gazette as a ‘best place to work’, and our employee-owned structure proves that we really do put our people first.

Day to day you’ll get to experience and test yourself on a great variety of challenges, with support, encouragement, and learning all the way. We’ll help you shape and pursue your own career, making sure you have the training and opportunities you need to achieve your best. And you’ll find we take care of you in a whole range of ways that make Hollis a healthy and happy place to work. We have fun too, with away days and a lively social calendar.