Quantity Surveyor

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

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance

Flexible working hours

Medicash health plan

Life assurance cover

In-house mental health first aiders

Pay reviews twice a year

Annual leave + bank holidays

Birthday leave

Long-service leave

Scottish Widows pension

Job summary

Baily Garner LLP in Eltham is seeking an Intermediate Quantity Surveyor who will take on Project Team Leader responsibilities within a multi-disciplinary cost consultancy and employer’s agent group. The role involves delivering schemes, managing programming and coordinating a professional team across diverse projects.

The ideal candidate has construction consultancy experience, design and build contract knowledge (JCT/NEC), and a relevant RICS-accredited degree.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction consultancy and Employers Agent roles.
• RICS accredited degree or equivalent QS/Cost Management.
• Experience with design and build forms including JCT/NEC contracts.
• Residential experience plus other project types.
• Proficiency with MS Office, Excel and MS Project.

Responsibilities

• Client liaison, present schemes, manage project programming and address service delivery matters.
• Act as Contract Administrator or Employer’s Agent.
• Appoint and manage the Professional Team.
• Prepare and present initial appraisals and feasibility reports.
• Prepare contract documents and tendering procedures.
• Delegate duties while retaining overall responsibility for project success.
• Prepare budget estimates, cost plans, tender documentation and contract arrangements.
• Formulate briefs, fee proposals, and present schemes or services.
• Prepare tendering documents and recommendations for interim payments and final accounts.
• Lead a project team.

Skills

Client liaison

Project management

Leading a project team

Communication

Education

RICS Accredited Degree or equivalent in Quantity Surveying or Cost Management

Tools

MS Office

Excel

MS Project

Job description

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor with Project Team Leader responsibilities

Location: Eltham

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 Eltham, London, 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 across a variety of sectors.

Who are Baily Garner?

With nearly 50 years of experience, Baily Garner LLP is a leading multidisciplinary construction consultancy with over 300 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 to 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.