Quantity Surveyor

Rock Entertainment Group; London Borough of Islington; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym membership

Hybrid working

Flexible working

Private healthcare

Life insurance

Pension

Annual leave + personal day

Additional holiday

Learning & development

Parental leave

Job summary

PureGym is a global gym group with 700+ gyms and 2M+ members, offering a dynamic, inclusive culture. The role of Quantity Surveyor (Cost Manager) is to manage and report all costs related to new gym developments and refurbishments, ensuring commercial accuracy and governance through the development lifecycle.

The position is based in London with hybrid working, and is a 6-month fixed-term contract starting January 2027.

Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Quantity Surveying.
• Experience delivering multi-site development or refurbishment projects at pace.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage workload independently.
• Builds relationships with internal teams and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Preparing, managing, and reporting all financial costs connected to new gym development and/or existing gym refurbishment.
• Providing sound commercial judgement at key stages of the property development process and presenting recommendations through governance forums when required.
• Assessing high level feasibility for potential new sites and producing pre acquisition cost plans.
• Producing detailed pre-acquisition cost plans.
• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks and inputting into budget and capex processes.
• Advising on a range of legal and contractual issues and inputting into pricing and sourcing of construction materials.
• Tendering of Main Contractor works and post contract cost management through to final account.
• Management of all other aspects of Capex spend for the project including consultant, direct spend.
• Drive efficiencies into design, procurement to reduce Capex spend.
• Review project data to provide clarity and analysis on budgeted costs versus final cost and use data to inform budgeting/benchmarking.

Skills

Numerical ability

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder communication

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Job description

The PureGym Way

The PureGym Group is a global gym business with a community of more than 700 gyms and over 2 million members. At PureGym, everything we do comes back to one simple idea: helping you feel good.

We're proud of our people and have a strong focus on internal progression. Championing diversity, we are committed to providing an excellent employee experience and workplace culture. As such, we are a Disability Confident Committed employer, and offer interviews to candidates who meet the essential criteria for a role, and opt-in to the scheme on their application form.

Our gyms are friendly, supportive, and judgement-free spaces where everybody can come in, work out and leave Feeling PureGym Good. We are proud to be certified by Top Employers Institute.

See our careers page for full benefits.

We offer

• Free nationwide gym membership for you + 1


• Hybrid working


• A truly flexible working culture


• Personal private healthcare, including digital GP


• Life insurance x4


• Company pension contribution


• 25 days annual leave, plus 1 personal day


• Option to purchase additional holiday (up to 5 days)


• Great learning & development resources


• Enhanced maternity pay, paternity and adoption leave

The Role

Location: London office/Hybrid

Type: Full Time

Contract type: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract from Jan 2027

Application Closing date: 2/11/26

• As a Quantity Surveyor, (known internally as a Cost Manager) you will be fully accountable for preparing, managing, and reporting all financial costs connected to new gym development and/or existing gym refurbishment. In addition, you will contribute to the wider Development team in developing a culture of best practice and continuous improvement


• Providing sound commercial judgement at key stages of the property development process and presenting recommendations through the appropriate governance forums when required


• Assessing high level feasibility for potential new sites and producing clear, detailed pre acquisition cost plans


• Producing detailed pre-acquisition cost plans


• Identifying, analysing and developing responses to commercial risks and providing input into all budget and capex investment approval processes


• Advising on a range of legal and contractual issues and inputting into the selection of, and agreeing pricing and sourcing of construction materials


• Tendering of Main Contractor works and post contract cost management through to final account


• Management of all other aspect of Capex spend for the project including consultant, direct spend


• Drive efficiencies into design, procurement to reduce Capex spend


• Review project data to provide clarity and analysis on budgeted costs versus final cost and in the re-use of this data to better inform the budgeting/benchmarking process

The Person

• Available for a 6 month fixed term contract starting from January 2027 Exercises sound commercial judgement and remains calm, practical and decisive when challenges arise


• Communicates clearly and confidently, able to present commercial information in a straightforward way and influence senior stakeholders


• Plays an active and positive role in a close knit team, contributing to shared goals and supporting colleagues to deliver high quality outcomes


• Is committed to continuous improvement, looking for better ways of working and helping evolve cost management practices across the team

Skills required

• Holds a degree or post graduate qualification in Quantity Surveying, with strong numerical and analytical capability


• Has experience delivering multi site development or refurbishment projects at pace, ideally within large-scale, customer facing sectors such as leisure, hospitality or retail


• Shows strong attention to detail, follows processes accurately and manages workload independently while meeting deadlines


• Builds strong, constructive relationships with internal teams, external partners and contractors, ensuring collaboration and alignment throughout the project lifecycle

PureGym is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our company mantra is ‘Everybody Welcome’ and we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive place to work. From a hiring standpoint, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to ensuring that our PureGym colleagues reflect the diversity of the nation as well as our millions of gym members we serve.

Please note: Qualifications and Skills represent the essential criteria for the role, which need to be met to be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Volume of eligible applications may impact everyone being able to be offered an interview.