Quantity Surveyor

JRB Construction Ltd; Tunstall; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company vehicle or car allowance

Career progression

Supportive team

Job summary

JRB Construction Ltd is seeking a commercially-minded Quantity Surveyor to own the financial performance of multiple social housing and refurbishment projects. You will manage pricing, budgets and margins across a varied portfolio, ensuring profitable delivery.

Key duties include preparing valuations, handling payments, and negotiating final accounts, with opportunities for career progression within a growing team and a permanent role in the company.

Qualifications

• A relevant quantity surveying qualification or degree.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to manage budgets.
• Experience with CVRs, P&Ls and forecasting costs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Take full commercial ownership of multiple social housing, refurbishment and planned maintenance projects from initial pricing through to final accounts.
• Monitor project expenditure, budgets and margins; produce CVRs and financial reports.
• Prepare monthly valuations and payment applications; manage variations and final accounts.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Budgeting

Forecasting

Negotiation

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Tools

Excel

Job description

Salary: £35,000 - £55,000 per annum (depending on experience) Location: Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent Job Type: Full-time, Permanent Benefits: Company Vehicle or Car Allowance | Career Progression | Supportive Team

Join Our Growing Commercial Team! Are you an ambitious, commercially minded Quantity Surveyor looking for a role where you can take real ownership, make an impact and develop your career? With an expanding portfolio of contracts across social housing, planned maintenance, property refurbishment and housing association works, we're looking for someone who understands the commercial challenges of delivering multiple projects efficiently, profitably and to a high standard.

Our projects include kitchen and bathroom replacement programmes, void property refurbishments, responsive repairs, property improvement works and wider planned maintenance programmes. Unlike traditional QS roles focused on one large construction project, this position offers the opportunity to manage a varied portfolio of high-volume, fast-paced works, where strong commercial control, organisation and attention to detail make a genuine difference.

You'll work closely with our operational teams, site managers, subcontractors and housing association clients, taking responsibility for the commercial performance of your projects from initial pricing through to final account.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in ensuring our social housing and refurbishment contracts are commercially successful.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Commercial Management: Take full commercial ownership of multiple social housing, refurbishment and planned maintenance projects from initial pricing through to final accounts.
• Cost Control & Profitability: Monitor project expenditure, manage budgets, produce accurate Cost Value Reconciliations (CVRs) and maintain control of project margins.
• Forecasting & Reporting: Prepare financial forecasts, monitor project performance, identify commercial risks and provide clear reporting on profitability and cash flow.
• High-Volume Works Management: Manage the commercial delivery of multiple low-value, high-volume projects, ensuring accurate cost tracking, valuations and timely invoicing.
• Site Visits & Valuations: Regularly visit properties and sites to assess progress, measure completed works and ensure all works are accurately valued.
• Applications for Payment: Prepare and submit accurate monthly valuations and payment applications, ensuring completed works are captured and payments are received promptly.
• Variations & Additional Works: Identify, price, submit and agree variations, additional works and changes to scope, ensuring all recoverable costs are captured.
• Schedule of Rates: Work with agreed schedules of rates, measured works and contract pricing structures, ensuring works are correctly valued and commercially viable.
• Subcontractor Management: Procure subcontractors, review quotations, assess applications, agree payments and monitor subcontractor performance.
• Final Accounts: Prepare, negotiate and agree final accounts, ensuring projects are commercially closed out efficiently.
• Client Relationships: Develop strong working relationships with housing associations, local authorities, subcontractors and internal operational teams.
• Commercial Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce unnecessary costs, strengthen margins and improve the overall commercial performance of our contracts.

A full UK driving licence.

A degree or relevant qualification in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or a related discipline.

Experience in civil engineering or utilities would be beneficial but is not essential.

Ideally, you'll have:

• Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor within social housing, planned maintenance, refurbishment, responsive repairs or property maintenance.
• Experience working with housing associations, local authorities or social housing contractors.
• A strong understanding of managing multiple low-value, high-volume projects with short turnaround times.
• Experience preparing CVRs, managing project P&Ls, forecasting costs and monitoring profitability.
• Knowledge of Schedule of Rates (SOR) contracts, measured works and valuation processes.
• Experience managing variations, subcontractor accounts, applications for payment and final accounts.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify risks and protect project margins.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.
• A confident, personable approach with strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Good Excel skills and experience using commercial management systems.

What We Can Offer You

• Competitive Salary: £35,000 - £55,000 per annum, depending on experience.
• Company Vehicle or Car Allowance: To support regular site visits.
• Career Progression: Genuine opportunities to develop your career as the company and its social housing portfolio continue to grow.
• Autonomy & Responsibility: The freedom to manage your own projects and make meaningful commercial decisions.
• Varied Projects: A diverse portfolio of social housing, refurbishment, planned maintenance and construction civil works.
• Supportive Working Environment: Work alongside an experienced management team that values collaboration, initiative and practical solutions.
• Long-Term Opportunity: A permanent position within a growing construction company with established client relationships and an expanding workload.