Assistant Surveyor - 2027 Building Consultancy Graduate Programme

About the Team

Our Building Consultancy team provides technical advice and construction expertise across every stage of the building lifecycle, covering building surveying, dilapidations, schedules of condition, due diligence, project management, and expert witness work. We advise occupiers, investors, financiers, and developers on building performance, cost in use, future flexibility, and compliance.

Based in our Birmingham office, the team sits within Newmark's wider UK and global platform, giving graduates exposure to a broad range of clients and property types across the Midlands and beyond.

Programme Overview

Newmark's 2-year graduate real estate programme is the perfect way to kickstart your career in Building Consultancy. You'll gain hands-on experience across multiple disciplined teams, work with senior professionals, and develop the skills and competencies needed to achieve your MRICS qualification through the 2-year cognate APC route.

Why Join Newmark?

• Structured, mentored path to qualification — You'll work towards your APC qualification with dedicated mentors, and hands-on learning experiences designed to build technical capability from day one.
• Real responsibility, not just training — The programme is built around projects that challenge and inspire, with the autonomy to take initiative and the accountability to own your work - paired with regular 1:1 check-ins so you're never navigating it alone.
• Global platform, local grounding — Based in our Birmingham office, you'll be part of Newmark's Building Consultancy team with on-the-ground knowledge of the Midlands' built environment and property market.
• Growing Building Consultancy platform — Newmark's Building Consultancy team continues to expand alongside the firm's wider UK growth, so joining now means growing with the team and our Early Careers cohort.

Who We're Looking For

• Ambition and drive to excel, with a clear commitment to working towards RICS APC qualification
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, comfortable working with data, financial models, and market research
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Commercial curiosity — an interest in the Midlands' built environment and property market, and how local dynamics connect to the national and global picture
• Initiative and accountability — the confidence to take ownership of tasks while knowing when to ask for guidance
• Strong teamwork and relationship-building skills, since much of the role involves collaborating across teams and with external stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Conducting building inspections and site visits, supporting dilapidations, schedules of condition, and pre-acquisition surveys
• Assisting with reinstatement cost assessments, feasibility studies, and building performance and compliance reviews
• Researching construction methods, materials, and regulatory requirements to support technical advice to clients
• Drafting sections of building surveys, condition reports, and project documentation for senior review
• Liaising with clients, contractors, architects, and other professionals as part of project teams
• Maintaining accurate records and project data to support the wider Building Consultancy team's pipeline
• Working towards RICS APC requirements - logging structured training hours, building a competency diary, and meeting regularly with a designated counsellor
• Gradually taking on more client-facing responsibility as competency and confidence build across rotations

Qualifications

• Achieved or on track to achieve a BSc or MSc in Building Surveying with a genuine interest in the built environment

Application Process

• Submit an online application including CV and answer a few short screening questions
• MS Teams interview with one interviewer
• In Person Interview with two assessors

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive salary aligned with industry standards
• Performance related staff profit share scheme
• Wellbeing allowance which can be used for either physical or mental wellbeing activities
• 26 days' holiday, plus Bank Holidays and days at Christmas and New Year
• 1 paid volunteering day per year to help give back to our local communities
• Pension scheme membership (after initial probationary period)
• Access to Peppy for you and your partner
• Life and Accident insurance
• Group income protection scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Critical Illness Cover
• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan
• Interest Free Rental Deposit Loan
• Employee assistance programme
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay after probation period
• Professional subscription (MRICS) paid for by the firm

Working Hours

The Firm's core hours are from 10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and you may choose to start and end your day around these hours, provided you still do your 7.25 hours per day (e.g. 8.00 am – 4.30pm, 10.00 am – 6.30 pm). This position also involves out of hours working on an 'as necessary' basis.