A great opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join a retail team of a leading property and construction consultancy based in Birmingham. This is a hybrid role – split between office, site and working from home. The employer rewards high-achieving Quantity Surveyors with great career progression opportunities.
Project Details
This is a client-facing Quantity Surveyor role, in which you will get exposure to pre and post-contract duties. You would be reporting to Technical Director and work as a part of the existing retail team.
The successful candidate for this Quantity Surveyor role will have a good level of retail, such as shop fit-out experience. There will be an opportunity for hybrid working. Successful Quantity Surveyor will be managing their time between the office, site and home.
Responsibilities and Duties
The Quantity Surveyor job role will involve pre and post-contract quantity surveying duties and there will be a principal focus towards providing excellent pre-contract services to repeat client customers in the retail sector.
* Leading and managing project work independently, such as retail fit outs
* Preparation of tender enquiry documents
* Feasibility reports
* Valuations
* Cost Reporting
* Final Accounts
* Deploy excellent time management strategies to ensure efficient working practices
* Maintaining a good client relationship throughout
Desired Skills and Experience
* 4-10 years of experience as a Quantity Surveyor
* Some previous retail experience is desired
* Pre – post contract and cost management experience
* Excellent negotiation skills
* Procurement and tendering experience.
* Excellent communication skills to be able to support prestige clients in the Retail sector
* Strategically minded with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Strong commercial acumen
* IT skills, with a high level of proficiency in MS Word and Outlook
* Ability to work independently, and as part of a team.
* Full driving license
Qualifications/Educational Requirements
* A BSc in Quantity Surveying or a degree in Cost Management or similar is preferred.
* MRICS is preferred, although help towards achieving MRICS is available, as this employer offers a very strong and well-established APC programme.
Employing Company Overview and Profile
This premium client is an international property and construction consultancy. They provide these services across numerous sectors, and pride themselves on being responsive and reliable which enables them to develop strong, ongoing relationships with their clients, and as part of the growth, there is an opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to be based out of the Birmingham office.
They fully support hybrid and flexible working arrangements. Help with becoming MRICS is offered and can be seen as an attractive feature of this employer.
Additional Benefits Package and Incentives
* Generous basic salary range of £40,000 to £55,000 dependant on experience
* Package – to be confirmed with suitable candidates
* Hybrid Working