Quantity Surveyor

Location: Castle Donington, East Midlands Regional Office

Salary: Competitive

Hours: Full time, Permanent

At the company, they pride themselves on being an award-winning private housebuilder dedicated to creating beautiful homes and communities across the East of England, the East Midlands and the South West of England.

Their mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to their communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a quality product suitable for everyone.

They are proud of their people, and collaboration and teamwork are key to everything they do. Their Values are at their heart and centre around Trust, Teamwork, Kindness and Passion.

The Role

They are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help them achieve their ambitious growth plans and goals, to be part of their journey and to grow their career along with their success.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for managing costs relating to residential developments, with the focus being to minimise costs on projects whilst still achieving the required standards and quality. In this role you will be involved from inception, right through to completion. This will include budget control, procurement of sub-contractors, arranging valuation reports, and providing support to the commercial and site teams. You will be dedicated to building excellence through efficient and value based procurement programs.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for producing, managing and forecasting build costs for their developments as well as ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures. In particular, you will have responsibility for sub-contract procurement, payments & valuations.
Awareness of new materials and methods of construction along with a sound knowledge of the latest regulations, codes of practice and NHBC and LABC requirements is important.
You will be expected to contribute to design concepts to ensure designs fall within budget, and to complete accurate costing for each aspect of site development.
Responsible for liaising with relevant departments in order to prepare/compile the Site Start budget in readiness for the commencement of construction and marketing of the site.
Preparation of tenders, and procurement of subcontract trades is a key part of the role. You will also be responsible for managing the payment process for subcontractors, supporting members of the payments team in ensuring payments are made in accordance with agreed payment terms.
In conjunction with the site management team, you will be required to attend subcontract performance review meetings with subcontractors as and when required.
You will be responsible for maintaining budget control throughout the development, managing cost overruns within contingency levels. When evaluating and agreeing variations and instructions, you must always be aware of budgetary constraints, ensuring that approval is obtained prior to agreement of variations that are in excess of respective allowances.
Preparation, analysis and presentation of reports on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis is an integral part of the role, as is attendance at management team/department meetings, which may be held at various locations outside of the workplace.

Skills and Qualifications

Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor within the housebuilding industry preferred.
In-depth knowledge and experience of all aspects of quantity surveying and contractual procedures ideally within the housebuilding industry.
Familiarity with material procurement and/or cost estimation for new developments would be advantageous.
Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail, able to compile, interpret and present data for the preparation of budgets and valuations.
Articulate and calm under pressure.
Strong interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively as part of a team or in isolation and manage external working relationships.
Able to contribute to the resolution of disputes.
Organised and self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of projects.
Strong IT skills, including working knowledge of computer systems within the commercial environment.
The ability to work on own initiative.
Professional and pleasant manner in dealing with internal and external customers.
The ability to embrace and role model their company values – Trust, Teamwork, Kindness and Passion.
A full driving licence.

This list is not exhaustive.

Benefits

Competitive salary.
25 days holiday (pro rata)
Pension Scheme.
Group Life Assurance.
Group Income Protection Scheme.
Smart Health Employee Assistance Programme.
Opt in - Simply Health Cash Plan.
House purchase discount scheme.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, then please do not hesitate to apply.

Closing date: 14th February 2025.

This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, and therefore they encourage you to apply for this position as soon as possible.

The company is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.