Quantity Surveyor

TieTalent; Camberley; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Bonus

Car Allowance or Company Car

Hybrid Working (1 day WFH per week)

Healthcare

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Employee Benefits Platform

Diversity & development

Job summary

A leading construction company in the UK is seeking a Quantity Surveyor. The role involves managing commercial aspects of projects, ensuring compliance with legal standards, and coordinating with subcontractors. Ideal candidates must have experience in the house building industry and excel in communication skills. Competitive salary and benefits included, with hybrid working options.

Qualifications

• Experience within the house building industry is essential.
• Understanding of HSE building regulations and legal guidelines.
• Excellent communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage commercial and financial aspects of projects to ensure on-time completion.
• Conduct estimates for materials, time, and labor costs.
• Appoint subcontractors and manage their performance against guidelines.
• Manage subcontractor performance to ensure costs, quality and schedule targets.
• Collaborate with other departments to achieve targets.
• Produce accurate valuation reports and management information for decision-making.
• Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy and ensure safety standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of HSE building regulations

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Education

Experience within the house building industry

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

Overview

Location: Initial Assignment

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Quantity Surveyor and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, we don't just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Quantity Surveyor, you'll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Car Allowance or Company Car
• Hybrid Working (1 day WFH per week)
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Healthcare
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

Role and responsibilities

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to manage all commercial and financial aspects of assigned projects and contracts to ensure completion is on time, within budget and to legal and quality assurance requirements and regulations.

What you\'ll do as a Quantity Surveyor

• Contribute to the management of a range of legal and contractual issues to ensure the construction project remains profitable while complying with Group guidelines.
• Conduct various studies in a timely manner to estimate materials, time and labour costs, to ensure costs are established and controlled and projects complete on time and within budget.
• Appoint and retain subcontractors, including sourcing and negotiation of contracts, to ensure resources are available to achieve build and quality targets.
• Manage subcontractor performance against Group/ Operating Company guidelines, to ensure costs are controlled and projects complete on time, to the desired quality standards and within budget.
• Work cohesively with other departments across the Operating Company to ensure achievement of targets.
• Produce accurate and timely valuation reports and management information to enable the Commercial management team to make informed business decisions.
• Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy while ensuring compliance throughout the team to ensure health and safety standards are met.

Experience and qualifications

• Experience within the house building industry is essential
• Understanding of HSE building regulations and legal guidelines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Fully conversant with Microsoft Package, including Excel and Word
• Familiar with balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and business plans