Quantity Surveyor

Bellway Homes; Redhill; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Car allowance

Bonus scheme

Pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

ShareSave Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Earn and Learn Opportunities

Job summary

Bellway Homes in Redhill is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage the commercial aspects of residential developments. This role reports to the Commercial Manager and is office-based with travel within the divisional area, plus DBS and basic pre-employment checks.

The position offers a competitive salary with a car allowance, pension, employee benefits and a range of flexible schemes. You will work as part of the Commercial team to ensure budgets and valuations are delivered on time.

Qualifications

• Experience as Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder.
• HND/HNC Building Studies.
• GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Quantity Surveyor.
• Produce quarterly valuations and cost to complete exercises for each site.
• Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring sign-off by subcontractors.
• Prepare sub-contract orders with necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
• Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attend and contribute to pre-order, valuation and project review meetings with management and contractors.
• Manage all sub-contract orders on site and liaise with subcontractors.
• Maintain trade specifications.
• Price customer extras and liaise with sales department.
• Manage Professional Fees Budget.
• Assist with material buying when required.
• Assist Estimator/Commercial Manager with take-offs for land appraisals.

Skills

Strong communication

Negotiation

Team player

Attention to detail

IT literate

Education

HND/HNC Building Studies

GCSE English and Maths

CSCS card

Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK's largest house builders. Our Southern Counties Division, located in Redhill is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to join the Division's Commercial department.

The Role

This 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 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

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• 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.