Quantity Surveyor

Bellway Plc; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Discounts portal

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Earn and Learn Opportunities

Job summary

Bellway Plc is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage the commercial aspects of residential developments across the Gateshead area. You will control budgets, valuations, sub-contractor payments, and orders, while collaborating with management, the construction team, and external contractors to ensure timely, quality delivery.

You will also support material purchasing, take-offs for land appraisals, and maintenance of trade specifications, while travelling to development sites as required.

Qualifications

• Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder.
• HND/HNC Building Studies or equivalent with strong numeracy and cost control skills.
• GCSEs in English and Maths; CSCS card desirable for site access.

Responsibilities

• Prepare budgets and site start budgets for each development.
• Produce quarterly valuations and cost to complete exercises.
• Manage sub-contract payments and final accounts.
• Issue and control sub-contract orders with appropriate documentation.
• Carry out on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attend meetings with management, construction teams and external contractors.
• Maintain trade specifications and liaise with sales on extras.
• Assist with material buying and take-offs for land appraisals as required.

Skills

Strong communication

Negotiation

Delivery-focused

Teamwork

Attention to detail

IT literate

Administration

Education

HND/HNC Building Studies

GCSE English & Maths (C/4+)

CSCS card desirable

Job description

• budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Quantity Surveyor.
• Produce quarterly valuations and complete material 'cost to complete' exercises for each site the Quantity Surveyor is responsible for.
• Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
• Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
• Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
• Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
• Maintain trade specifications.
• Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
• Manage Professional Fees Budget.
• Assist with material buying
• when required.
• Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off's for land appraisals when required

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder.

Qualifications and Training

• HND/HNC Building Studies
• GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths
• Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills, with good negotiation skills
• Highly motivated to deliver quality developments
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet deadlines
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems
• Good administration skills

Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks

In return we can offer you

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.

CommercialLocation

Team Valley, Gateshead

SalaryCompetitive

TypePermanent - Full Time

Closing date21.09.2026

The RoleThis role of Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing the commercial aspects of each development. This includes managing the costs for each site and ensuring that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations.The Quantity Surveyor reports to the Commercial Manager.Principal accountabilities of the role include:Produce draft