Quantity Surveyor

Baily Garner; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Baily Garner, a Birmingham-based construction consultancy, is seeking an Intermediate Quantity Surveyor with Project Team Leader responsibilities. The role sits in our cost consultancy and employer's agent group in Birmingham, with potential for hybrid working on diverse projects.

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team, manage client schemes, prepare cost plans, and monitor budgets and contracts. A strong background in construction consultancy and proficiency in MS Office are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction consultancy and Employers' Agent roles.
• Ability to manage project teams and client liaison.
• Proficient with MS Office including Excel and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with clients, present schemes, manage programmes, and ensure service delivery.
• Act as Contract Administrator or Employer's Agent.
• Lead and manage the Professional Team on projects.
• Prepare feasibility reports, cost plans, and tender documents.
• Oversee budgets, interim payments, variations, and final accounts.

Job description

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor with Project Team Leader responsibilities

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £40,000-£45,000 plus car allowance

We have a great opportunity for an Intermediate Quantity Surveyor with Project Team Leader responsibilities. The role involves working within our cost consultancy, project management and employer's agent group based in Birmingham, with the potential for hybrid working. You'll be working on a variety of projects as part of a multi-skilled team alongside internal and external partners, executing project work.

Who are Baily Garner?

With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 250 employees and offices in Eltham, Manchester, and Birmingham—delivering national coverage. We provide a full suite of services including Architecture, Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, M&E Engineering, Sustainability Consulting, and more.

Our purpose is positively impact people's lives. We achieve this by delivering exceptional service and creating opportunities that make a real difference—for our clients, end users, our people, and the planet.

Job responsibilities include:

• Client liaison, present schemes, manage project programming, and address matters affecting service delivery
• Act as the Contract Administrator or Employer's Agent
• Appoint and manage the performance of the Professional Team
• Prepare and present initial appraisals and feasibility reports
• Prepare contract documents
• Delegate duties while retaining overall responsibility for achievement
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans, tendering procedures, and contract arrangements
• Formulate briefs, fee proposals, and present schemes or services
• Prepare tendering documents
• Prepare recommendations for interim payments, assess anticipated final costs, measure work, adjust variations, and prepare final accounts
• Leading a project team

Ideally you will have:

• Construction consultancy experience
• Ability to undertake Employers Agent role
• Chartership is desired but not essential
• Experience in design and build forms including JCT/NEC contracts
• Experience running projects
• Residential experience plus other project types
• RICS Accredited Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management
• Competent at MS Office suite including Excel and MS Project

We offer a highly competitive package with excellent career development opportunities. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to positively contribute and progress within a friendly, modern construction consultancy.

Some of our amazing benefits include:

• Flexible working hours (choice of start and finish times based around a 7 hour working day, core hours between 10am-4pm) 35 hours per week
• Hybrid working (potential to work from office and home)
• Medicash health plan (money back on your dental, optical, physio appointments and more)
• Life assurance cover (four times annual salary) for all colleagues.
• In-house mental health first aiders
• Pay reviews twice a year
• Annual leave + bank holidays
• Birthday leave
• Buy/sell annual leave
• Long-service leave
• Pay reviews twice a year
• Scottish Widows pension and salary sacrifice (4.5% contribution matched)
• Professional development scheme
• Sponsorship of professional fees
• 2 paid corporate social responsibility days
• Car allowance

Baily Garner LLP are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/paternity needs.

We are committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made at any stage, please let us know.

Example: If you need additional time for assessments, require materials in an alternative format, or need a different interview setting, please inform us, and we will make the necessary arrangements.