Graduate Building Surveyor

Job purpose

We have an excellent opportunity for a graduate building surveyor to join our Edinburgh office. Whether you are a recent Building Surveying graduate or already have some experience, you will join an expanding team working across a wide range of building surveying disciplines in a commercial environment. You will receive full support to achieve your APC, including access to corporate graduate training sessions that bring together national experts to upskill both TFT and client graduates.

TFT is passionate about people development and offers excellent, progressive career opportunities alongside sponsored learning.

About TFT

TFT is the leading independent firm of Development, Built Asset & Engineering, and Sustainability consultants. We place the wellbeing of people and the performance of buildings at the heart of everything we do.

We are known for integrity and delivering work of the highest quality, blended with commercial pragmatism. We have a strong track record across all commercial property sectors, advising investors, developers, occupiers, and owners on maximising asset value. Clients value that TFT is large enough to provide the expertise and resources to optimise their portfolios, and small enough to care personally.

We have over 200 employees across offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Guildford, London, Leeds, Manchester, and Southampton.

Key Accountabilities

You will work with an enviable client list, including institutional funds such as M&G, L&G, and Aviva, across a mix of professional and project work, including:

• Contract administration
• Surveys and schedules of condition
• Technical due diligence
• Dilapidations
• Building pathology
• Due diligence services
• Specification and maintenance management
• PPM, RCAs, and licences to alter
• Pre-acquisition surveys
• Project monitoring
• Working to complete APC competencies

Performance Criteria

• BSc (Hons) or MSc in Building Surveying (RICS-accredited course)
• Experience in a commercial building surveying firm is useful but not essential
• Confidence in engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to build relationships
• Experience of CAD is advantageous but not compulsory

Skills and Behaviour

• Strong team player with the ability to work independently
• Confident communicator, both verbally and in writing
• Driven and ambitious to achieve
• Strong understanding of diverse stakeholder needs and a commitment to exceeding expectations
• Proactive, using initiative for personal knowledge development
• Accurate with high attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills
• Full driving licence and access to a car (due to the location of work)
• Willingness to travel

Package & Benefits

• Competitive salary plus discretionary bonus scheme
• Mobile phone and laptop
• Private Health Care (after 6 months)
• Personal Accident cover and Life Assurance
• 25 days' holiday
• Flexible working opportunities
• One day per year charity leave
• Cycle scheme
• Interest-free season ticket loan
• Company pension scheme (on completion of probationary period)

B Corp Certification

As our impact has grown with the scale of our business and client services, we are determined that our future growth remains positive and sustainable. Our B Corp certification recognises the highest standards of social and environmental performance and aligns our ongoing efforts with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at TFT

At TFT, we do not aim to tick boxes or count percentages. We create an environment where anyone, from any background and life experience, can do their best work. We empower you to bring your full, authentic self to work. We are diverse by nature and inclusive by choice.

If you are driven to perform, you will fit right in. We approach work fearlessly, learn quickly, and improve constantly. A bright idea can come from anyone, and we believe diversity drives innovation.

Our approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion is simple — we embrace everyone. We would not approach a building survey in a one-dimensional way, and we do not approach our people that way either.