Full-time and Permanent
Salary £49,792 – £56,426 per annum
Plus generous benefits package
Hybrid / flexible working
About the role
Are you a skilled Building Surveyor with a passion for caring for heritage properties? Are you looking for something a bit special?
Join our client-side Estates team, where you’ll manage an extraordinary portfolio of Grade A listed gallery buildings and art collection facilities in Edinburgh. For a Building Surveyor who loves heritage buildings, this opportunity promises to be immensely rewarding. With a property portfolio rooted in the heart of Edinburgh city centre, this role offers the chance to work on a diverse range of capital projects and maintenance activities, ensuring these iconic spaces continue to inspire visitors and care for our national collection.
This is a pivotal moment to join our dedicated team as we develop our conservation works programme and forward maintenance plans to shape a robust estates strategy. You’ll play a key role in maintaining our exceptional visitor experience while addressing the unique challenges of working with historic buildings which house valuable art works. The role demands expertise in core building surveying competencies, including building pathology, construction technology, contract administration, design and specification, inspection/quality management, legal/regulatory compliance and fire safety. Additionally, skills in client care, health and safety, sustainability, accessibility and building conservation will help drive the success of our mission.
Be part of a team who are caring for these cultural landmarks for generations to come.
The difference you’ll make
You will play an important part in conserving these outstanding listed buildings for the future and ensuring the protection of one of the finest collections of art for a wide public audience to continue to enjoy. You’ll work closely with Estates and FM colleagues, consultants, and contractors as well as other senior managers across the organisation to ensure operational requirements are achieved.
Estates Strategy and Capital Investment planning
Working closely with the Head of Estates (a Chartered Building Surveyor), you will be responsible for developing and delivery of the NGS Forward Maintenance Plan and assigned capital projects as the technical lead on building fabric, including leading conservation programmes of work, undertaking regular condition surveys, and developing and implementing annual maintenance plans. This will include assisting the development of our decarbonisation strategy.
Project Management of Capital Works
Project managing allocated building fabric projects, from inception to handover and into use. For minor projects this may be for full PM and contract administration/supervisor responsibilities including preparation of specifications and tender documents, or for larger projects then commissioning and managing consultant Project Managers, Conservation Architects and Surveyors for design and construction delivery and taking the role of “client side” PM.
Estates Operations
Responsible for overseeing all planned maintenance and response maintenance for the building fabric, and including undertaking asset information development, space planning, lease management and fulfilling premises related Health and Safety duties such as asbestos responsible person.
Who we are looking for
To succeed in this role, you’ll need the following range of knowledge, skills, and experience:
-Degree level qualification in a relevant building surveying subject.
-Chartered membership of an appropriate professional institute (i.e. RICS), or working towards and/or Masters equivalent qualification in a relevant subject. Core competencies as a building surveyor as per RICS competency framework.
-Experience of delivering planned and response maintenance on multi-site estates, including strong building pathology skills and design/specification and procurement experience.
-Extensive knowledge of building fabric and construction and strong technical knowledge to apply to the maintenance and operation of the estate, including building regulations, fire safety management, asbestos management, and planning legislation.
-Relevant experience of scoping, briefing and project managing capital works projects for building projects to time, quality and within budget. Experience of client-side project management and managing consultancy teams for design and construction services.
-Procurement and contract administration experience across various forms of construction contracts (e.g. NEC, SBCC, etc.).
-Experience of undertaking condition surveys and preparation of lifecycle investment plans (Forward maintenance plans).
-Strong IT skills – competent in use of Microsoft 365 packages, Microsoft project, excel, word, AutoCAD and CAFM systems.
-Excellent planning, organisation, and communication skills.
-Health and Safety – strong working knowledge and experience of CDM regulations (particularly client duties) and Asbestos management, along with general premises related H&S legislation.
It would also be great if you have:
-Experience of public sector procurement.
-Experience of managing and maintaining listed buildings and conservation works.
-Working experience of BIM and Soft Landings
-Asbestos Responsible Person qualification and experience
Please apply directly via our careers portal. Applications via email will not be accepted.
The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday, 20 March 2026.
