Quantity Surveyor

NOTTING HILL; Camden Town; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Generous pension scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and/adp

Employee assistance - free counselling

Health cash plan

Staff discounts at retailers and more

Interest free loans - season ticket, 2

Cycle to work scheme

Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

Job summary

Notting Hill Genesis is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead an independent cost assurance service within our Repairs team. You will provide commercial leadership across contractor pricing, variations, valuations and cost management, bringing Schedule of Rates expertise to strengthen in-house capability.

You will lead a specialist team, challenge pricing, and drive value for money across repairs programmes, working with stakeholders while maintaining independence from budget and payment

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification in quantity surveying, construction or commercial management.
• Experience in quantity surveying, cost management or commercial roles within housing, construction, facilities management or similar regulated environment.
• Experience with Schedule of Rates (SOR) pricing frameworks and reviewing contractor pricing, variations and commercial submissions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of independent cost assurance across Repairs, reviewing and challenging contractor pricing, variations and final accounts.
• Own, develop and maintain the Schedule of Rates (SOR), ensuring consistent, controlled pricing across programmes.
• Manage and develop a team of Commercial Officers, ensuring high-quality commercial assurance outputs.
• Provide robust challenge on contractor pricing, identifying discrepancies, inefficiencies and cost risks.
• Deliver independent cost insight and benchmarking to support value-for-money assessments and informed decision making.
• Collaborate with contractors, Repairs SMT, Procurement and other stakeholders while maintaining independence from budgets, contracts and payment decisions.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Cost management

Leadership

Contract pricing

SOR frameworks

Education

Degree in quantity surveying or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead NHG's independent quantity surveying and cost assurance service within our Repairs team. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will provide commercial leadership and assurance across contractor pricing, variations, valuations and cost management, helping to ensure works deliver value for money and are supported by robust, evidence-based decision making. A key purpose of this role is to bring specialist quantity surveying and Schedule of Rates expertise into NHG, strengthening our in-house capability and supporting consistent, transparent and defensible commercial decision-making across repairs programmes. You'll play a critical role in managing contractor costs, challenging pricing and ensuring robust financial assurance across works delivered by our contractor partners. Working closely with operational, commercial and procurement colleagues, you'll lead a specialist team and help drive improvements in cost control, governance and value for money across the Repairs Service. Quantity surveying, commercial assurance, Schedule of Rates management, contractor cost challenge and responsive repairs are central to this role.

• Lead the delivery of independent cost assurance across Repairs, reviewing and challenging contractor pricing, variations and final accounts.
• Own, develop and maintain the Schedule of Rates (SOR), ensuring consistent, controlled and benchmarked pricing across programmes.
• Manage and develop a team of Commercial Officers, ensuring high-quality and consistent commercial assurance outputs.
• Provide robust challenge on contractor pricing, identifying discrepancies, inefficiencies and cost risks.
• Deliver independent cost insight and benchmarking to support value-for-money assessments and informed decision making.
• Work collaboratively with contractors, Repairs SMT, Procurement and other stakeholders while maintaining independence from budgets, contracts and payment decisions. We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.

You’ll bring strong quantity surveying, cost management or commercial experience and have a proven ability to review, challenge and validate contractor pricing. We're particularly interested in candidates with experience of working with Schedule of Rates frameworks within responsive repairs environments, either on the client side or contractor side. You'll be comfortable using commercial insight to support effective decision making, financial control and value for money. You'll also have the leadership skills to manage and develop a high-performing team while building effective relationships with contractors and internal stakeholders.

Essential:

• Relevant qualification in quantity surveying, construction or commercial management, or an equivalent qualification aligned to degree level.
• Experience in quantity surveying, cost management or commercial roles within housing, construction, facilities management or a similar regulated environment.
• Experience working with Schedule of Rates (SOR) pricing frameworks and reviewing contractor pricing, variations and commercial submissions within a responsive repairs environment.
• Experience leading, managing and developing a team.

Desirable:

• Professional membership such as RICS or equivalent.

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and we employ around 1,800 employees.

Benefits & perks:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary