Graduate Real Estate Surveyor

Job Introduction

Are you a School of Built Environment Surveying student, finalist or graduate looking for the first step of your career?  Then please read on as we may just have the role for you!

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters.  We want to get to know you.  If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. 

Our Tarmac Land and Natural Resources team are recruiting for a Real Estate Surveyor to join our 2025 Cohort starting in September 2025. The Graduate Programme includes the opportunity to join our Land & Natural Resources Team based out of our Quorn House offices, in Quorn, Leicestershire.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

It is important for us to ensure the land we own is managed responsibly, sustainably restored and maintained for the benefit of our business, local people, biodiversity and the communities in which we operate in. Working as a graduate in our Land and Natural Resources team will see you playing a key role in the future sustainability of our business.

A typical day could include:

• Working in close liaison with the Regional Head of Estates and Estates Managers, to meet objectives in relation to mineral and land acquisition and development, 
• Understanding and working to planning consents for mineral working, ancillary and added value operations  
• Working on the delivery of rental enhancement and built development opportunities as well as compliance with planning and tenure agreements 
• Gaining a clear understanding of the principles of land and mineral ownership, Landlord & Tenant relationships and T&CP policy and development control process 
• Managing Landlord & Tenant relationships 
• Preparing and reviewing planning applications including the review of specialist consultant reports 
• Preparing written reports 
• Seeking opportunities for enhancing the financial return from a diverse range of property assets 
• Interacting and assisting with the development of Tarmac’s Electronic Property Information System 
• Whilst you’re learning on the job, you’ll attend our Graduate core Skills Development Programme designed to expand your business knowledge, strengthen core skills and offer networking opportunities with other graduates and key stakeholders across the Tarmac business in order to successfully transition into your destination role

Destination Role – Land Surveyor, Estates Management Team, Environmental Team

Key Operational Colleagues you will liaise with in this role of Graduate Land Surveyor:

• Other managers within the L&NR team & Head of L&NR (your core team who will support you to get a good grounding in our industry
• External bodies
• Tenants & landlords
• Operations Managers/ Business Leads
• Internal and External Legal Team
• HR & Early Careers (there to support the development of your career)

What you get from us:

• Your line manager and mentor will give you help and guidance throughout your graduate programme
• The Tarmac Early Careers community, who you will collaborate and spend time with throughout your graduate experience
• Your Tarmac colleagues, who most of your daily interactions will be with
• Health and Safety Team, always on hand to make sure we are working safely, although safety is everyone’s responsibility!
• Human Resources​, here to support the development of your career with Tarmac

The Ideal Candidate

Our people come from a variety of different backgrounds and prior experience isn’t always necessary for success. This following transferable skills and qualifications are beneficial in this role: To be successful for this role the ideal candidate for the position of Real Estate Land Surveyor will have, or be able to demonstrate:

Qualifications:

• Educated to Degree level in a role related discipline
• Willing to work in different locations across UK and Ireland
• Full UK Manual Car Driving License

Desirable Skills:

• Problem Solving Skills
• A keen interest in a career within Land & Natural Resources; striving for a sustainable future

• Confidence 

• Communication Skills 

• Customer focus understanding 

• IT Skills

• Competent written skills 

• A keen interest in a L&NR career

• Team player & able to work independently 

Why Us

In addition to the role of Real Estate Land Surveyor we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

• Bonus scheme 
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc. 
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice 
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities 

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future? 

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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