Project Surveyor

Wates Group; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

As a Project Quantity Surveyor with Wates Living Space, you will be integral to the delivery of a planned elemental replacement framework in social housing. You will oversee commercial functions and report directly to the Commercial Manager, ensuring strategic growth and sustainability in your projects. Your role will include site visits, subcontract management, and collaboration across teams to maximize profitability while fostering stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience within social housing or main contractor preferred.
• Good work ethic and confident communicator are essential.
• Experience on planned elemental replacement frameworks is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to project commercial strategies and own subcontract packages.
• Conduct site visits and price scoping documents.
• Procure works packages and produce procurement programme.

Skills

Communication

Accountability

Commercial Awareness

Relationship Management

Education

Qualified Surveyor

Job description

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Wates Living Space is one of the UK’s leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year. Our leading position within the maintenance sector has enabled the business to realise ambitious strategic growth.

We have an opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor to join our Planned team in the Nottingham area. Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will be expected to take accountability for the development, implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting.

Working closely with one of our social housing partners on a planned elemental replacement framework project so ideally, we are looking for people with experience of this.

Key Accountabilities include:

Contribute to project commercial strategies and take ownership for own subcontract packages

Conduct site visits, take measurements of works required and price up scoping documents with the schedule of rates as agreed with the client

Work with the commercial and operations teams to procure the works packages in a timely manner including producing a procurement programme

Make good quality decisions and understand the importance of making profit and maximising opportunities

To be successful in this role you will be a qualified and experienced surveyor with a good work ethic and a confident communicator, able to demonstrate the ability to form and develop relationships with all stakeholders. Ideally you will have experience within social housing/ working within a main contractor however this is not a must.Ideally you will have experience of working on planned elemental replacement frameworks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

The Vacancy

Wates Living Space is one of the UK’s leading providers of planned and responsive maintenance services in the social housing sector, maintaining over 500,000 homes nationwide every year. Our leading position within the maintenance sector has enabled the business to realise ambitious strategic growth.

We have an opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor to join our Planned team in the Nottingham area. Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will be expected to take accountability for the development, implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting.

Working closely with one of our social housing partners on a planned elemental replacement framework project so ideally, we are looking for people with experience of this.

Key Accountabilities include:

Contribute to project commercial strategies and take ownership for own subcontract packages

Conduct site visits, take measurements of works required and price up scoping documents with the schedule of rates as agreed with the client

Work with the commercial and operations teams to procure the works packages in a timely manner including producing a procurement programme

Make good quality decisions and understand the importance of making profit and maximising opportunities

To be successful in this role you will be a qualified and experienced surveyor with a good work ethic and a confident communicator, able to demonstrate the ability to form and develop relationships with all stakeholders. Ideally you will have experience within social housing/ working within a main contractor however this is not a must.Ideally you will have experience of working on planned elemental replacement frameworks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.

Awards

BEST PROJECT

Inside Housing Development Awards

WINNER

2022 Construction News Awards Winner

GOLD AWARD

Investors in People 2022

GOLD AWARD

Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards

TOP 50 EMPLOYERS

2022 Top 50 Employers for Women

WINNER

2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards