Job Description
Quantity Surveyor
My client has a great opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join its established Capital (planned and refurbishment based contracts works) business (including Kitchen, Bathroom, Fire Risk) which will be based in Cheltenham. Typically, though, you will be out at customers and prospective customers a large proportion of the week. Jobs are tendering/estimating, so can be typically smaller value (relatively) but high volume along with one-off bigger projects.
Responsibilities:
* This involves planned works/refurbs (variety unlike response) in the same markets. They work a lot with social housing clients (Councils and this is with a very large Council in the area), a lot of Kitchen and bathroom refurb contracts. The ideal candidate would have experience in this type of Quantity Surveying, but refurbishment experience in other areas can be considered. The key ideally is the social housing, council, housing association client experience.
* You will thrive in collaborating with the operational team while managing the full commercial responsibility for the financial and commercial aspects of our planned works for our local authority client.
Salary and Benefits:
* £54,900 including car allowance, plus a private mileage scheme and fuel card, pension, healthcare, life insurance + profit share (last year 12%)
* Be part of the company profit share scheme (12% of base salary achieved last year).
* Private mileage scheme and fuel card.
* Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
* Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance.
* 23 days annual leave, with options to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
* Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
* Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
The Quantity Surveyor role:
As a Quantity Surveyor within our Capital works division, you will actively tender, estimate, and measure onsite. Specifically, you will:
* Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any risks and solutions for mitigating these.
* Prepare budget cost value reconciliations, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the beginning.
* Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity targets and contract milestones are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives.
* Build strong client and supplier relations, ensuring any variations and the progress of contracts are discussed and resolved proactively.
* Take purchase, credit, and debtor responsibility using COINS to achieve expected cash flow.
* Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site to ensure adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance exceptional to budget, value, progress, quality, and safety).
* Produce monthly contract valuations.
What will you bring as Quantity Surveyor?
* You will be inquisitive, organised, and honest, as well as being a genuine people person who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams, and immediate colleagues, fostering a real working together environment.
* Proven experience in a similar quantity surveying or project surveying role.
* Experience of successfully managing a value of works up to £3 million.
* A keen eye for identifying areas to save money, reduce costs, and maximise value.
Additional Benefits include:
* Annual pay reviews.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family.
* Specsavers vouchers.
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