Project QS

CRS Professionals (UK) Ltd; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes as a Senior Quantity Surveyor. In this site-based role, you'll manage cost control and oversee junior surveyors while ensuring effective cash management and cultivating strong client relationships. This role requires a degree in quantity surveying and experience in construction, emphasizing commercial skills and decision-making.

Benefits

Holidays - 26 days

Life Assurance

Pension

Private medical insurance

Ability to purchase additional holiday

Access to discount portal

Cycle to Work scheme

Digital GP

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Minimum degree level in quantity surveying required.
• Substantial relevant experience in the construction industry essential.
• Client-driven with strong commercial skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial cost control and reporting on developments.
• Supervise and train Assistant and Trainee Surveyors.
• Identify commercial threats and communicate with senior management.

Skills

Strong decision-making skills

Communication skills

Cash management

Cost control

Dispute avoidance

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

COINS

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the East Midlands team, working on Mixed Tenure and/or Contracting schemes within the region. The role will be site-based, with occasional travel to our regional office in Derby.

Reporting to our Managing Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for the financial cost control and reporting of one or more developments from the award stage up to and including the completion of client and sub-contract final accounts, recovery/discharge of all retentions, and completion of archive material.

You will work within a busy Quantity Surveying department, ensuring effective cash management and careful administration of sub-contractor accounts. It is essential to cultivate longstanding relationships and promote dispute avoidance. You will be responsible for swiftly identifying any commercial threats to projects, communicating these to the Managing Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Director. As a senior team member, you will supervise and train Assistant and Trainee Surveyors, setting targets and allocating duties while maintaining quality.

Applicants should be educated to a minimum of degree level in quantity surveying with substantial relevant experience in the construction industry. Client-driven, with strong decision-making and communication skills, you should be able to prioritize work against tight deadlines and conflicting priorities.

You should be proficient in the Microsoft Office suite, with significant knowledge of measurement, valuation, final accounts, and sub-contract orders and buying. Strong commercial skills to maximize value recovery, cost control, and cash management are essential. You should be comfortable preparing and understanding financial reports and utilising COINS.

Benefits include:

• Holidays - 26 days
• Life Assurance
• Pension
• Private medical insurance
• Ability to purchase additional holiday
• Access to discount portal
• Cycle to Work scheme and the Way to EV
• Digital GP
• Employee assistance programme

As an Investors in People Gold award employer, this client is the UK's leading provider of mixed tenure affordable homes, with a reputation for innovation and excellence in delivering high-quality housing development and regeneration projects.

They are committed to enhancing the communities they serve, building quality homes for real people, and supporting their staff. Developing talent is key to their success, and they value the strengths, skills, and personalities of their people.