Quantity Surveyor

My client has a great opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join its established Capital (planned and refurbishment based contracts works) business (inc Kitchen, Bathroom , Fire Risk ) which will be based in Amesbury , Wiltshire near Salisbury .
Their long-established Amesbury Capital team continues to flourish and are looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor. Honesty, integrity, and teamwork will be at the heart of what you do.
They are an established and leading property services company for over 75 years, based across England and Wales, in over 18 locations and 32 Business Units, and are looking for an experienced Surveyor to work with fantastic team based out of Amesbury, contributing commercially to their established Capital (planned and refurbishment based contracts works) business .
Typically you will be out at customers a proportion of the week . Jobs are tendering / estimating so can be typically smaller value ( relatively ) but high volume along with one off bigger projects .
This involves planned works/refurbs (variety unlike response) in same markets they work with social housing clients and do a lot of Kitchen and bathroom refurb contracts so the ideal would be someone who has done this type of Quantity Surveying . Their main client base are Housing associations , Councils and Local Authorities so please mention any of the roles you’ve had where you have had exposure specifically in those areas
Ultimately, they are a commercially focused business, but focus on people, sustainability, and exceptional client delivery/customer satisfaction to achieve this. We seek a Quantity Surveyor to genuinely share in this ethos and to actively impact their commercial success.
You will thrive in collaborating with the operational team, while managing the full commercial responsibility for the financial and commercial aspects of the planned works for their local authority client.
£56,565 inc car allowance, (6.7K) plus a private mileage scheme and fuel card , pension, healthcare, life insurance + profit share (last year 14%)
Benefits:
* Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
* Private mileage scheme and fuel card
* Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
* Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* 23 days annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so 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, to ensure 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 has 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. Project surveying role
* Experience of successfully managing a value of works up to £3 million.
* A key 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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