A highly successful UK property consultancy has instructed Beach Baker to recruit an experienced Senior Associate Director‑level Property Management Surveyor to join its established Bristol office.
This is a senior opportunity to take ownership of a high‑quality, income‑producing commercial (retail shopping centres and retail parks) property portfolio, with exposure to institutional‑grade clients and responsibility for client relationships, team leadership, and service delivery.
The Opportunity
The role offers a broad and influential remit within a collaborative commercial property team, managing assets across retail, leisure, office, and industrial sectors. The successful candidate will play a key role in both client servicing and team development, with strong scope for progression.
Role highlights include:
- Hybrid working within a culture that values autonomy, trust, and accountability
- Responsibility for prestigious landlord and investor portfolios
- Direct engagement with institutional, fund, and major property company clients
- Leadership responsibility, including mentoring and developing junior surveyors
- Strong integration with other in‑house disciplines such as sustainability, building surveying, leasing, and placemaking
- Competitive salary and a transparent bonus structure
Key Responsibilities
- Managing the day‑to‑day operation of a diverse commercial property portfolio
- Acting as a primary client contact, building trusted long‑term relationships
- Leading on service charge budgeting, reconciliation, and financial reporting
- Producing detailed client reports on a quarterly, annual, and ad‑hoc basis
- Ensuring rental income, tenant arrears, and other income streams are managed accurately
- Overseeing compliance with lease obligations and common service provision
- Supervising and mentoring surveyors, graduates, and on‑site teams
- Undertaking and arranging property inspections
- Advising clients on value enhancement initiatives, asset strategies, and lease events
- Supporting clients with acquisitions, disposals, and tenant applications (assignments, subletting, alterations)
- Identifying opportunities to cross‑sell wider professional services
What We’re Looking For
- Significant experience in commercial property management
- Strong exposure to retail and leisure portfolios alongside wider commercial assets
- Proven ability to manage senior client relationships with confidence and gravitas
- Experience leading or mentoring teams
- A proactive, commercially minded, and solutions‑focused approach
- Excellent communication, organisation, and client‑management skills
- Highly competitive basic salary
- Car allowance (level dependent)
- Private healthcare and enhanced benefits package
- Hybrid working from a modern Bristol office
- Excellent holiday allowance plus additional benefits
How to Apply
All applications and discussions will be handled in the strictest confidence.
Please contact Rupert Stuart‑Baker at Beach Baker for an initial conversation, or email your CV directly to:
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