Quantity Surveyor

Ian Williams Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national property services contractor in the UK is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage costs and enhance profit through efficient resource management. The ideal candidate will possess strong experience in commercial Quantity Surveying, particularly with SORs and social housing clients. Responsibilities include pricing materials, managing financial performance, and producing contract valuations. Join a team focused on sustainable practices and customer satisfaction, where diverse perspectives are valued and career development opportunities are plentiful.

Benefits

Profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)

Private mileage scheme and a fuel card

Enhanced employer pension contribution up to 7%

Life, medical and permanent health insurance

Annual leave buy/sell option

Access to health and wellbeing charity services

Annual pay reviews

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Training and development opportunities

Trade discounts from preferred suppliers

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar commercial or Quantity Surveying role, ideally with SORs contract and social housing clients.
• Proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit and cash flow.
• Strong IT and Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
• Ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience working with direct labour and subcontract procurement.

Responsibilities

• Price materials and labour for responsive repairs using SORs.
• Manage financial performance from contract procurement to payments.
• Minimise costs and maximise value.
• Produce monthly contract valuations against projected budget.

Skills

Experience in commercial or Quantity Surveying role

Knowledge of SORs contract

Strong IT and Microsoft Excel skills

Data analysis capability

Experience with direct labour and subcontract procurement

Job description

Ian Williams – Growing Opportunity

Ian Williams continues to have a fantastic year full of growth and opportunity company wide. Specifically, within our Response Maintenance arm, one of our largest Products in Ian Williams, we are proud to continue to flourish as we look to add to our team in the Surrey area.

As a national Property Services contractor focused on people, sustainability, and exceptional client delivery/customer satisfaction, we seek a Quantity Surveyor to truly share in this ethos. While proactively influencing our commercial success long term, we can offer work with real social conscience and impact.

In return, being a critical part of our commercial success will bring you security. Working collaboratively with your operational and commercial teams to make things happen together, you will go further with us, enabling a prosperous career with opportunities to develop, within a stable but organically growing business, holding people at its core.

Benefits

• Profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
• Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
• Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% or a savings scheme
• Life, medical and permanent health insurance
• Annual leave (you may buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year)
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity for health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice
• Annual pay reviews
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from preferred suppliers, Specsavers vouchers

The Quantity Surveyor role

As a Quantity Surveyor you will actively price materials and labour for our responsive repairs workstream using SORs (Schedule of Rates), whilst managing the financial performance of this works to its completion. Focusing on reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and maximising value, you will have real impact on our profitability.

• Responsible for the financial and technical aspects of the contract, including procurement, budget management, direct labour targeting, subcontractor management, invoicing, payments, cash flow and cost control.
• Minimise costs where possible and maximise value.
• Ensure all work issued has labour targets to return agreed profit performance.
• Develop and maintain open and trusting relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors, suppliers, and our client.
• Produce monthly contract valuations of the unit’s actual deliverables against the projected budget (CVRs).

What you will bring

• Proven experience in a similar commercial or Quantity Surveying role, ideally with SORs contract and social housing clients.
• Proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit and cash flow.
• Strong IT and Microsoft Excel skills – this is essential.
• Ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience working with direct labour and subcontract procurement.

About Ian Williams Ltd

Discover more about us by reviewing our website and through our social media platforms, LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor.

The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. We comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.

Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams – it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.

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