Quantity Surveyor

Fortem Cares; Sheffield; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Motor allowance (£4,000) or companyCar

Private healthcare

Dental care

25 days annual leave + holidays + your

Birthday off

Sick pay

Maternity/paternity leave

Annual pay reviews

Cycle to work scheme

Life Insurance

Training on in-house LMS

Job summary

Fortem Cares currently seeks a motivated Quantity Surveyor to join our Northern Projects division in the Sheffield/Yorkshire region on a permanent basis. The role supports refurbishment, retrofit, and capital works for social housing partners, with a focus on commercial and financial performance.

The ideal candidate will have QS qualifications, strong Excel skills, and experience in contract management, budgeting, and invoicing. Some site travel and hybrid/flexible working can be discussed.

Qualifications

• GCSEs at grade C or above and A levels.
• Industry qualification (QS degree level) preferred.
• Experience in a similar role.
• Excellent IT knowledge with advanced Excel (V-Lookup, Pivot, formulas).
• Contractual awareness and negotiation skills.
• Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the company secures its full entitlement within the contract.
• Support budgeting and cost control with project teams.
• Manage invoicing, revenue monitoring and cash flow forecasting.
• Act as SME on contractual arrangements and dispute resolution.
• Oversee subcontractor orders and supplier onboarding.
• Contribute to financial reporting and governance.

Skills

Negotiation

Communication

Contractual awareness

Management accounts

Attention to detail

Education

QS degree or equivalent

GCSEs and A levels

Tools

Excel

V-Lookup

Pivot tables

Job description

Due to expansion we are looking for a motivated and professional Quantity Surveyor to join our Northern Projects division. This is a permanent, full time position and will be based in Sheffield/Yorkshire region.This is a growing, long-term secure framework agreements with some of the UK's largest social housing providers.We are looking for an established QS or even Senior QS to play a key role in our commercial management function, providing proactive and timely support.

The Customer

This role will be supporting this established commercial division responsible for the Northern Social Housing Refurbishment Retrofit and Capital Works Projects.

Duties and Reponsibilities

Quantity Surveyor responsibilities will include:

• Ensure the company secures its full entitlement within the contract.
• Promote company values and procedures internally and externally.
• Ensure project teams meet or exceed budget targets.
• Act as a subject matter expert on contractual arrangements.
• Maximise cash flow through invoicing and resolving client queries.
• Monitor job costs and revenue to support data-driven decisions.
• Manage disputes and identify potential issues early.
• Ensure accurate cash flow forecasts and revenue profiles.
• Support financial reporting and cost control governance.
• Oversee subcontractor orders, supplier onboarding, and team development.
• Maximise revenue and control costs
• Utilising our specialist commercial operations platform to generate efficiencies

What You Will Need

Essential criteria:

• Good level of education to include 5 GCSE’s at grade C or above, A levels
• An industry related qualification (ideally QS qualified degree level).
• Previous experience within a similar role
• Excellent IT knowledge including a high level of Excel skills (incl. V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formula development)
• Contractual awareness
• Negotiating and communication skills
• Detailed knowledge of relevant contract conditions
• Experience of Management Accounts
• Full UK driving licence and a willingness to travel if required by the business.
• This is an office based role with site travel where necessary (some hybrid/flexible working can be discussed).

Desirable Criteria:

• Knowledge of Contract Law
• Experience of working on Social Housing Refurbishment contracts
• Experience of working on Retrofit or Capital Works programmes
• Professional Accountancy Qualifications or working towards Facilities Management/Accountancy or Construction related qualification.
• Demonstrable experience in significant & complex contract multi-disciplinary contracts.
• Experience in Dispute Resolution
• Experience of JCT Measured Term contracts (not essential).

Quantity Surveyor benefits include:

• Competitive salary based on experience with profit related bonus
• Motor Expenditure Allowance (£4,000) or company car.
• Option to opt into Salary sacrifice car lease
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off (34 days total)
• Sick pay
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave
• Annual pay reviews
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System
• Life Insurance
• Private healthcare and dental care
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail and mobile phone provider discounts

Who We Are

Fortem are Social Housing property experts. It is our sole focus, and the only sector we have worked in since inception in 2002. We successfully deliver works across three workstreams – Repairs & Maintenance, Capital Works and Retrofit. Our mission is to raise the bar in Social Housing and help our clients provide safe, warm and decent homes for people to live in - because Every Home Matters.We are a Willmott Dixon Group Company. As such, we benefit from the credibility and recognition associated with a large and long-established brand – whilst as a standalone business within the Group, we maintain the flexibility to adapt our services to meet the unique challenges of the social housing marketplace.Our success is due to our people. They are passionate, committed and care about what we deliver for our clients and partners and residents. We take pride in developing our employees and supporting them to achieve their potential. For us, a sustainable future is about ensuring we continue to develop our people for our future needs and recruiting the right talent. Our culture, built around Courage, Care and Respect, ensures that we always deliver not only the job done but, most importantly, the job done in the right way.We are Investors in People – Gold standard, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.