Rural Surveyor — Qualified / Graduate / Apprentice

Join a small Chartered Surveyor firm — trading for over 30 years and now operating nationally as the leading UK brokerage house selling land based intangible assets and creating & selling natural capital and environmental credits.

We're looking for an ambitious rural surveyor — qualified, graduate or apprentice — to join our small, forward-thinking and creative team. This is a varied role combining traditional land agency with cutting-edge work in natural capital and environmental markets, alongside the chance to train towards your professional qualifications. We want someone who enjoys variety, technology, brokerage and problem-solving, and who wants to help shape a forward-thinking business while building their career.

Working closely with the founder, you'll gain early client contact, real responsibility and a high level of support from day one.

About us

Based in Exeter, we provide local and national traditional land agency services with a reputation for excellence, and we are a leading independent environmental credit creation project manager and broker in the UK. We work across the rural surveying, natural capital and environmental sectors, helping landowners and farmers through:

• Estate management, farm and land sales, and valuations
• Planning, ecological and forestry advice
• Landlord & tenant, and rent reviews
• ELMS, BPS and SFI claims
• Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), Carbon, Nutrient Neutrality (NN) and Water Abstraction Licences
• BPS Entitlements (Wales, Scotland and NI)

The role

Your responsibilities will include:

• Solving problems and professionally presenting options and solutions to project owners
• Leading/supporting the negotiation of sales through to exchange of contracts and completion
• Managing our panels of solicitors, foresters, water technicians and ecologists
• Following the natural capital markets and writing about them
• Supporting specialised projects such as expert witness work, woodland creation, and BNG, NN & Carbon creation projects UK-wide
• Giving expert advice and presentations, online and in person, on cutting-edge natural capital policy
• Assisting with rolling out AI and refining data collection systems
• Carrying out professional land agency fee work

About you

You'll be someone who:

• Has the ability to distil complex projects into understandable, concise terms
• Has excellent organisational and communication skills
• Is confident with everyday business software (email, spreadsheets, shared documents)
• Has strong attention to detail
• Is self-motivated and works well independently and in a small team
• Has a positive, can-do attitude
• Is interested in technology and AI
• Is comfortable speaking with clients and stakeholders

Who we're looking for

We welcome applications at three levels:

• Qualified — a recently qualified or experienced rural surveyor, ready to become an integral part of our team.
• Graduate — you'll have completed, or be studying for, an RICS-accredited rural degree (full or part-time).
• Apprentice — about to begin an RICS-accredited rural degree, learning on the job with a high level of support.

Our trainees since 1992 have a proven track record of achieving chartered status as rural surveyors (RICS) and agricultural valuers (CAAV), while enjoying genuine challenges and early responsibility (see "Join Us" for testimonials).

What we offer

• Work directly with the founder, with real responsibility from day one
• Broad-based training across all areas of traditional land agency, without over-specialising too early
• Early client contact and the chance to build long-term relationships with farmers, landowners and developers
• Rare expertise in fast-growing environmental markets, and hands-on work with the latest AI tools
• Significant opportunities for career development and advancement, with support towards RICS and CAAV qualification gaining a wide range of experience across the competencies required.