Quantity Surveyor

Persimmon Homes; Collingtree; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Company car/Car allowance

5* housebuilder -

Health Care

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Bonus

Employee Benefits Platform

Job summary

Persimmon Homes is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage the financials of Central region sites from our Solihull office, overseeing budgets, CVRs, subcontractor appointments and payments to maintain cost control. You will ensure timely payments and prepare bi-monthly valuations for Board review.

You will negotiate subcontractor rates to maximise margins, use the COINS system for site setup and profitability forecasting, and collaborate with Construction, Sales, Customer Care and Accounts.

Qualifications

• Minimum of HND/HNC in building relating studies.
• UK residential house building sector experience preferred.
• Proficient in Word and Excel.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Strong project and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for the financial management of 3–4 sites, setting budgets and producing CVRs.
• Appoint subcontractors and manage subcontractor payments to maintain cost control.
• Ensure weekly and monthly payments processed and disputes resolved.
• Produce bi-monthly site valuations and present to the Board of Directors.
• Negotiate to obtain optimum subcontract rates to maximise margins.
• Use COINS system to set up new sites and forecast profitability.
• Liaise with Construction, Sales, Customer Care and Accounts to keep sites running.
• Mentor and train junior team members; deputise for the Manager when needed.
• Attend regional meetings as subject expert.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Driving licence

Project management

Time management

Education

HND/HNC in building relating studies

Tools

COINS system

Job description

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Northampton, NN47XD

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
• Company car/Car allowance
• 5* housebuilder -
• Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Health Care
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Bonus
• Employee Benefits Platform
• – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to
• diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to be responsible for the financial management of sites within the Central region, based at our office in Solihull through effective and efficient controls, producing reports to allow senior management to establish site status.

What you'll do as a Quantity Surveyor

To primarily be responsible for up to 3 or 4 sites of varying complexity whilst setting up budgets, producing bi-monthly valuations (CVR's), appointing subcontractors and making subcontractor Payments to maintain close cost control and enable management decisions.

Ensure weekly and monthly payments are processed efficiently, any disputed items are resolved, allowing site works to proceed unhindered and give an accurate picture of site financial status.

Produce site valuations on a bi-monthly basis and present to the Board of Directors to indicate any variation from budgeted figures.

Undertake negotiations to obtain the optimum rates for sub-contract appointments to maximise margins.

Utilise the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and establish budget, predicting site profitability for financial planning verification.

Liaison with other departments on time to ensure sites run efficiently (Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Accounts).

Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects.

Ensure that on occasion when deputising for the Manager the team are allocated tasks, where quality of work will need to be verified to maintain it is completed to a good standard within company guidelines.

Given proven experience the role will involve mentoring and training junior members of the team and developing their skills to a sufficient level where they can take on more responsibility and add value to the team, thus improving productivity within the region.

On occasion provide assistance to the Commercial Manager when making key business decisions and attend regular regional meetings as the relevant subject expert.

What experience do I need?

• Minimum of HND/HNC in building relating studies
• Previous experience in the UK residential house building sector
• Fully conversant with Microsoft Word and Excel
• Full UK driving licence
• Ability to oversee a number of different projects at different stages of development, whilst having exceptional project management and time management skills.