TFT
Associate Building Surveyor - Cardiff

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Employment Type
Full Time, Permanent
Application Start Date
04-11-2025
Application End Date
14-09-2026
Location
Cardiff
State/County
Cardiff
Zip Code
CF10 5BT
Country
Wales
Work Style
Hybrid
Education
MRICS
Description
Job purpose
An excellent opportunity for a Associate Building Surveyor to become part of our growing building surveying team in our Cardiff office, working on a wide and varied range of building surveying disciplines in a commercial environment. We have an enviable and national client base including The Crown Estate, Aviva, Legal & General and M&G among others.
You will have the opportunity to gain more autonomy, build client relationships and have the potential to specialise in a chosen area as you progress through your career. You will be part of a flexible and very supportive environment with great opportunities for career progression.
Key accountabilities
Primarily working within the commercial sector undertaking a wide range of building surveying, but not limited to:
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Contract administration
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Technical Due Diligence
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Dilapidations
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Building Pathology
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General building surveying commercial work in line with a Chartered Building Surveyor role
Performance criteria
- Degree in Building Surveying & MRICS
- Excellent and accurate report writing skills
- Experience of working in a pro-active commercial environment
- Sound knowledge of building contracts in a commercial context
- Able to meet fee targets and generate new business through building successful client relationships
- Commercially astute
- Embraces technology
- High level of up-to-date technical building knowledge
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- Must be a good team player and able to work independently
- Confident and concise communicator both verbally and in writing
- Business focused and willing to be involved in business development and building client relationships
- Thorough understanding of the needs and demands of clients
- Full driving licence and access to a car
Package indicators
- Competitive salary plus benefits: Car allowance, Fee related bonus scheme, iPhone & Laptop to support flexible & hybrid working, Private Health Care (after 6 months), career development investment, Personal Accident cover, Life Assurance, 25 days holiday, long service awards, 1 day charity leave, professional membership subscription and company pension scheme after 3 months
- Cycle scheme and interest free season ticket loan available on completion of probationary period.
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’re proud of our reputation for integrity and delivering work of the highest quality, blended with commercial pragmatism. We offer a strong track record across all commercial property sectors, advising investors, developers, occupiers and owners on maximising best property asset values. Diversity and strength in depth is important to us. Whether it be a technical thought leader with a career’s experience – or a recently qualified rising star – in today’s risk averse world you need people on your side with a reputation for diligence, transparency, intellect and commercial insight. Clients see TFT as large enough to provide the expertise and resources to get the best from their portfolios, and small enough for it to matter personally.


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We have over 200 employees operating from a network of offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Guildford, London, Manchester, Leeds and Southampton.
TFT is passionate about people development and will provide you with excellent and progressive career opportunities and sponsored learning.
We are BCorp Certified!
As TFT’s impact on the world has grown with the size of our business and the scale of our client services, we are determined that our future growth continues to be positive and sustainable. B Corp certification enables us to do just that, by recognising the highest standards of social and environmental performance and aligning our ongoing efforts with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.tftconsultants.com/tft-is-a-certified-b-corp/
DEI at TFT
At TFT we don’t aim to tick boxes and count numbers and 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’re driven to perform, you’ll fit right in, we approach work fearlessly, learn quickly and improve constantly. A bright idea can come from anyone. We believe diversity drives innovation.
Our approach to diversity, equity and inclusion is simple – we embrace everyone. We wouldn’t approach a building survey in a one-dimensional way, so we don’t our people.
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