Our Exmouth Response Maintenance Business is looking for a Quantity Surveyor (Associate or Assistant Quantity Surveyor considered) to join its small, friendly commercial team here. We welcome a variety of skill levels to apply; we are open to considering experienced Quantity Surveyors who have worked on reactive contracts with housing clients before, or Assistant QS’ or even Commercial Administrators with SOR knowledge and the drive and competence, that with support, could develop into taking full commercial accountability for delivering our reactive works, on budget and to the specified margins. The contract we deliver to our social housing client in East Devon is unique; we deliver all our services direct to the client. These include Response/ Voids, Planned Maintenance and Compliance works, making the total contract value worth £13m per year. Benefits: Be part of the company profit share scheme (12% of base salary achieved last year) Private mileage scheme and a fuel card Prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme. Annual pay reviews Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance Annual leave. 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. Training and development opportunities Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers The Quantity Surveyor role: You will actively work as part of the commercial team, supporting the Managing Surveyor with the commercial and technical reporting, to ultimately impact the unit’s overall profitability and commercial success. Specific tasks will include: Taking commercial accountability for the delivery of the reactive maintenance works at or above agreed profit performance Working with SORs, you will analyse and review all payments/costs to source solutions that will enable you to have the most cost-effective contract, whilst maintaining the client relationship and demonstrating value for money. Preparing valuations and managing work in progress (WIP) to closely monitor contract performance, striving for better solutions and outcomes and really steering the commercial performance Managing and analysing the financial and technical aspects of the contract including procurement, invoicing, and payments to minimise costs, maximise value and cash flow, and meet profit and debtor day targets. Developing and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with your operational colleagues, the customers/clients, subcontractors, and suppliers What will you bring as a Quantity Surveyor? A proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow effectively, ideally from within a maintenance contracting environment, working with social housing clients or similar The ability to process high volumes of data analysis, with the use of IT systems, and Excel- you will describe yourself as thorough, detailed and accurate. Experience of working with direct labour and subcontract procurement Experience of working on Schedule of Rates type of contracts is desirable, with the ability to price minor works from first principles. About Ian Williams Ltd: Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with Indeed and Glassdoor. Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different. We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date. Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website. We are delighted to have strong relationships with our preferred agencies; therefore, we politely request no agencies engage with us in regard to this position.