Graduate Rural Surveyor

at Sworders
Location Hertfordshire (nr Bishop’s Stortford) or Warwickshire (nr Rugby), United Kingdom
Date Posted 24/11/2025
Category General
Land Management and Surveying
Job Type Full-Time Vacancies
Closing Date Apply ASAP
Start Date September 2026
Download/s 24-Nov-Graduate-Rural-Surveyor-Sworders.pdf 193.69 kB

Description

How to Apply

About Sworders
Sworders is an independent property consultancy with over 230 years of history. We have offices in Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Warwickshire and Devon.

Our clients are predominantly rural landowners of all types, from private individuals to commercial institutions and charities. We have a strong reputation for delivering added value through interdisciplinary working across surveying, planning and architecture. Sworders’ business model supports this approach, with a focus on coordinated outcomes for clients.

Our ethos is to develop staff skills to allow employees to grow and succeed in their areas of interest. We value new ideas and thinking, with the team working closely together across offices and disciplines, to share expertise and provide staff with a range of opportunities. We actively encourage staff at all levels to contribute to business development. Sworders is valued by its employees for being a company whose size, structure and values enable staff to thrive and enjoy working in a friendly, fast-paced, innovative and non-corporate environment.

The Opportunity
We have a growing workload predominantly generated by word-of-mouth recommendations. The successful candidate will be involved in a range of projects, including:
• Diversification advice and appraisals
• Acquisition, disposal and leasing of agricultural, commercial and residential property
• Strategic development land – development agreements and sales
• Valuation and general professional advice
• Assisting Sworders’ planning team in a variety of projects
• Estate management
• Compulsory purchase, compensation, telecoms and utilities installation and maintenance

Working with all our professionally qualified staff you will gain a diverse range of experience, be involved with complex and rewarding projects and quickly take responsibility. You will work concurrently across different skill areas to ensure you have a varied workload, whilst also benefiting from the one-to-one support and training needed to achieve RICS (and CAAV if desired) qualifications.

For more information, please see downloads. To apply, please email your your CV and covering letter to Clare Hutchinson: clare.hutchinson@sworders.com

Only registered members can apply for jobs.