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Building Surveyor
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West Coast South: Keeping Britain Moving
Stretching from Crewe to London Euston, West Coast South is part of Europe's busiest mixed-use railway—moving millions of passengers and 10% of the UK's freight each year. With over 1,000 miles of track and 64 stations, it's a vital link between major cities and local communities.
As part of the North West & Central region, we serve 1.3 million passengers daily and move 700,000 tonnes of freight weekly—covering a quarter of the national network.
About The Role
This role is responsible for delivering a broad range of professional property services across a diverse client portfolio, including acquisitions, leases, lettings, disposals, compensation claims, and temporary land use. You will manage complex property transactions and programmes to agreed budgets, ensuring the portfolio is managed efficiently and aligned to business priorities. A key focus will be on maximising value through cost savings, income generation, and effective asset management, while providing clear, professional advice on property matters.
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You will work closely with internal stakeholders to understand client requirements and deliver practical, commercially focused property solutions. Acting as a trusted technical lead, you will provide expert guidance across a wide range of property issues and manage relationships with external agents, consultants, and solicitors to secure optimal commercial outcomes. Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills will be essential to consistently deliver a high-quality service and exceed service expectations.
In addition, you will support the delivery of the wider Property Services strategy by identifying opportunities for improvement, innovation, and best practice. You will play an active role in developing sustainable property solutions that support a safe working environment and critical operations, while also identifying opportunities to enhance the contribution of property to the wider business through capital growth, income generation, and long-term value creation.
Additional Role Requirements
This role will be based within North West and Central region specifically West Coast South and Central Routes covering London through to Birmingham / Stoke areas.
What's In It For You
- Salary: Band 5, Ex-Amey T&C's. Circa £34,000 - Dependant on experience. For more information about our pay framework refer to your pay.
Here Are a Few Of The Benefits We Offer
- 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
- Choice of pension schemes
- 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
- Private Healthcare
- 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
- Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
- Gym Pass - access to gyms across UK
- My Benefits platform - giving national and local retail discount
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Your Experience And Skills
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
- Educated to HNC / HND level or equivalent in Building Studies
- Experience in surveying asset property portfolios.
- Computer-literate, including knowledge of Microsoft programmes including Word and Excel.
- Strong communication skills.
- Full Driving Licence.
We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:
- STE05 Qualification
- Understanding of track safety and railway possessions regime.
- Experience of surveying property within the public sector transport environment or similar.
- Experience in property asset management & data collection systems (Atrium/OPAS and SDE).
- Educated to Degree level.
- Knowledge/use of AutoCAD.
- Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or equivalent (CIOB).
- Land surveying/Total Stations/3D Modelling
- Effective time management
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