Quantity Surveyor

Emponics; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 53,100 - 64,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share (9% of base salary)

Private mileage scheme

Enhanced pension contributions

Life, medical & PHI

Annual leave buy/sell

Charity support

Annual pay reviews

Maternity/Paternity pay

Training and development

Staff discounts

Job summary

Emponics in Middlesbrough is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our Response Team (Housing Response and Maintenance). You will price materials and labour for responsive repairs, manage CVRs and budgets, and drive cost control across contracts.

Excellent Excel and data analysis skills are essential as you’ll improve efficiencies, optimise cash flow and ensure subcontractor performance. Travel within the Middlesbrough area is expected.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a commercial Quantity Surveying role, ideally with SOR contracts and social housing clients.
• Strong ability to minimise cost, maximise value, profit and cash flow.
• Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills; ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience with direct labour and subcontractor procurement.
• Formal qualifications or surveyor training.
• Experience in reactive maintenance and high-volume jobs with analytical/spreadsheet focus.

Responsibilities

• Price materials and labour for responsive repairs workstreams using Schedules of Rates (SORs), managing the financial performance of each work to completion.
• Analyse and manipulate data with advanced Excel skills to identify cost-saving opportunities and deliver efficiencies across contracts.
• Manage the financial and technical aspects of contracts, including procurement, budgeting, direct labour targeting, subcontractor management, invoicing, payments, cash flow and cost control.
• Minimise costs and maximise value and profit while ensuring all work meets labour targets for agreed performance.
• Develop and maintain open and trusting relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors, suppliers and the client.
• Produce monthly contract valuations of the unit's actual deliverables against the projected budget (CVRs).
• Deal with direct labour, timesheets, CVRs/Valuations and sub-contractor engagement.
• Live within easy travel of the Middlesbrough area.

Skills

Cost control

Data analysis

Procurement

Subcontractor management

Budgeting

Education

Surveyor training

Tools

SOR contracts

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Quantity Surveyor – Middlesbrough TS17

Salary: £59,000 per annum (includes £6,700 car allowance) plus pension, healthcare and profit share (9% last year).

Our client, a leading property services company with over 75 years of experience, invites an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join their Response Team (Housing Response and Maintenance) in Middlesbrough.

Responsibilities

• Price materials and labour for responsive repairs workstreams using Schedules of Rates (SORs), managing the financial performance of each work to completion.
• Analyse and manipulate data with advanced Excel skills to identify cost‑saving opportunities and deliver efficiencies across contracts.
• Manage the financial and technical aspects of contracts, including procurement, budgeting, direct labour targeting, subcontractor management, invoicing, payments, cash flow and cost control.
• Minimise costs and maximise value and profit while ensuring all work meets labour targets for agreed performance.
• Develop and maintain open and trusting relationships with the workforce, customers, subcontractors, suppliers and the client.
• Produce monthly contract valuations of the unit's actual deliverables against the projected budget (CVRs).
• Deal with direct labour, timesheets, CVRs/Valuations and sub‑contractor engagement.
• Live within easy travel of the Middlesbrough area.

Qualifications & Skills

• Proven experience in a commercial Quantity Surveying role, ideally with SOR contracts and social housing clients.
• Strong ability to minimise cost, maximise value, profit and cash flow.
• Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills; ability to process high volumes of data analysis.
• Experience with direct labour and subcontractor procurement.
• Formal qualifications or surveyor training.
• Experience in reactive maintenance and high‑volume jobs with analytical/spreadsheet focus.

Benefits

• Company profit share scheme (9% of base salary last year).
• Private mileage scheme and fuel card.
• Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% or a savings scheme.
• Life, medical and permanent health insurance.
• Annual leave with the option to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity (free legal and financial advice).
• Annual pay reviews.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Trade discounts from preferred suppliers for you, friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers.