Career opportunities

The list below is not exhaustive, but gives you some idea of the variety of careers that a CEM qualification can unlock for you:

Appraisal, agency and building management

• Valuing for purchase, sale, letting, investment, mortgage, rating, insurance, compensation or taxation
• Negotiating for sale, purchase, leasing or auction
• Managing and maintaining residential, commercial and industrial property

Building construction and surveying

• Restoring and conserving old buildings or designing and constructing new ones
• Managing repairs and maintenance, building pathology and remedial action
• Advising on building law, regulations and control, health and safety legislation (hazardous materials) and environmental matters

Construction management

• Managing construction sites or carrying out site engineering, measuring and evaluating
• Estimating the overall cost of carrying out building projects and buying materials according to programme
• Planning pre-contract so work is carried out in the most efficient and economical way

Estate and property management

• Auctioneering, rating, taxation, property investment, portfolio management and rent reviews
• Valuing for mortgages, rates, rents and inheritance tax
• Facilities management, covering tangible assets, support services and people

Finance, investment and development

• Advising on development, land purchase or compensation for compulsory purchase
• Financial aspects of real estate, including the sale, purchase and portfolio management of investment property and the financing of real estate projects
• Working with and understanding the roles of bankers, accountants, developers and major institutional investors in real estate

Planning

• All aspects of urban and rural planning
• Advising on economics, amenities, conservation and urban renewal schemes
• Working with planners to implement plans within a given timescale and budget

Quantity surveying and cost management

• Traditional quantity surveying, cost consultancy, project management, contractor surveying and facilities management
• Preparing feasibility estimates, contract documents and procurement strategies
• Cost planning and control from design to completion and whole life costing

Rural practice

• Valuation, sale and management of rural property, sale by auction of live and dead stock, forestry, farm management and rural planning
• Identifying client objectives and translating them into a design brief whilst ensuring integration, monitoring and control of project contributors