Quantity Surveyor

Standage & Co. Ltd.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Standage & Co Limited, a Peckham-based refurbishment main contractor, seeks a capable Quantity Surveyor to cover pre- and post-contract work. You will price tenders, procure subcontractor packages and commercially manage live projects through to final account.

The role values breadth across the commercial journey and practical, price-focused thinking. We’re a small, connected team delivering housing, education and commercial refurbishment.

Qualifications

• Solid main-contractor refurbishment experience across pre- and post-contract work.
• Ability to measure, price, build up rates and price construction work.
• Experience with obtaining quotes, identifying risks and developing competitive tenders.
• Involvement in procurement, valuations, variations, CVRs and final accounts.

Responsibilities

• Measure and price works on pre-contracts; build up rates and review subcontractor quotations.
• Measure, price and price construction work on live projects; support procurement and cost control.
• Participate in valuations, variations, CVRs and forecasting; support final accounts and contractual matters.

Skills

Main-contractor refurb

Pre- and post-contract

Pricing & tendering

Value & risk management

Forecasting & CVRs

Tools

NHF/SOR pricing

Job description

We're Standage & Co, an established refurbishment Main Contractor based in Peckham, SE London.

We're a relatively small team that likes to punch above its weight, and we're looking for a good, rounded Quantity Surveyor to join us.

Our work is predominantly refurbishment and construction within existing buildings, across housing, education and commercial sectors. It's varied, often interesting and sometimes complicated - which is part of what we enjoy about it.

The role

We're looking for someone with solid main-contractor refurbishment experience who is comfortable across both pre and post-contract work.

Depending on what we're working on, you might be pricing and putting together a tender, procuring subcontract packages or commercially managing a live project through to final account.

That's quite deliberate. We want someone who enjoys the breadth of quantity surveying and understands the whole commercial journey of a project rather than being confined to one particular part of it.

We're not going to give you a huge list of everything a QS does. If you're an experienced QS, you'll already have a pretty good idea.

On the pre-contract side, you'll be involved in measuring and pricing works, building up rates, obtaining and reviewing subcontractor quotations, identifying risks and opportunities and helping us put together sensible, competitive tenders.

On live projects, you'll be involved in procurement, valuations, variations, CVRs and forecasting, cost control, subcontract accounts, contractual matters and final accounts.

Who we're hoping to find

More than anything, we're looking for someone who takes pride in what they do.

Someone commercially curious, organised and dependable. Someone who can work at a decent pace while remaining accurate, who asks sensible questions and follows things through.

We place a lot of value on doing the simple things well.

You’ll need relevant main-contractor refurbishment experience, be comfortable with JCT contracts and have the ability to measure, build up rates and genuinely price construction work.

Experience of NHF Schedule of Rates and other SOR-based pricing would be particularly useful to us.

We're a small business with a fairly flat structure, so you'll work directly with our Contracts Managers and Directors rather than through layers of management. We like giving people responsibility, don't particularly enjoy micromanaging them and want people to feel comfortable contributing their own ideas and experience.

We're also a sociable team and place a lot of importance on good relationships - with each other, our clients and our supply chain.

Standage & Co Limited

Established 1938