Quantity Surveyor

Persimmon Homes; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading housebuilder as a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor in Glasgow, where your contributions will be valued and supported. This role involves financial management of various sites, cost control, and ensuring effective project execution. With opportunities for growth and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this position offers a fulfilling career in the home building sector.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Company Car or Car Allowance

Life Cover & Contributory Pension

Employee Benefits Platform

Qualifications

• Minimum of HND/HNC in Quantity Surveying required.
• Experience in the UK residential house building sector is essential.
• Ability to manage multiple projects with excellent organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for financial management of up to 3 sites with budget setup and cost control.
• Produce bi-monthly valuations and negotiate subcontract rates for margin maximization.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environment policy during project execution.

Skills

Project Management

Time Management

Education

HND/HNC in Quantity Surveying

Tools

COINS

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location: Glasgow, G33

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• 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?

We are now looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Commercial Team. This role typically reports to Commercial Director.

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

Primary Responsibilities

• To primarily be responsible for up to 2 or 3 sites of varying complexity whilst setting up budgets, producing bi-monthly valuations, 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

What experience do I need?

• Minimum of HND/HNC in Quantity Surveying
• Previous experience in the UK residential house building sector
• COINs experience preferrable
• 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.