Estimator & Quantity Surveyor for Refurbishment Projects

Build Recruitment Limited; Walthamstow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Build Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Estimator / Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team in London, overseeing estimating and QS duties across refurbishment and repair projects. The role involves scoping on site, pricing using NHF SORs, and delivering fully priced scopes.

You will develop cost plans, BOQs and pricing documents, pricing labour and materials, and support tendering, variations and final accounts with strong commercial judgement.

Qualifications

• Proven estimating and pricing experience for refurbishment, repairs, or maintenance projects.
• Strong site surveying, measurement and quantity take-off skills.
• Experience with NHF SORs or similar pricing systems and BOQs.
• Knowledge of valuations, variations, cost control and commercial reporting.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel across London.

Responsibilities

• Attend sites across London to scope, survey and measure works.
• Prepare accurate estimates and quotations using NHF SORs and internal tools.
• Produce Bills of Quantities, cost plans and pricing documents.
• Price labour, materials, preliminaries, overheads and profit.
• Provide client-facing quotations within agreed timescales.
• Hand fully priced scopes to Site Managers for delivery and support tendering.
• Assess subcontractor quotations and payment applications, pricing variations.
• Support interim valuations, final accounts and cost reporting.
• Develop pricing libraries, rate build-ups and benchmarking data.

Skills

Excel

Estimating software

Site surveying

Measurement

Quantity take-off

Commercial awareness

Communication

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

Travel across London

Education

Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent

Tools

NHF Schedule of Rates

SORs

Job description

Build Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Estimator / Quantity Surveyor to join our commercial team in London, overseeing estimating and QS duties across refurbishment and repair projects. The role involves scoping on site, pricing using NHF SORs, and delivering fully priced scopes.

You will develop cost plans, BOQs and pricing documents, pricing labour and materials, and support tendering, variations and final accounts with strong commercial judgement.