Quantity Surveyor

Ian Williams Ltd; Watford; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing

Mileage card

Pension up to 7%

Life insurance

Annual leave options

Wellbeing support

Training & development

Staff discounts

Job summary

Ian Williams Ltd is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join the Watford-based commercial team. You will tender, estimate and measure on-site for painting, decorating and refurbishment contracts across housing, education and commercial sectors.

You will build relationships with clients and suppliers, manage contract costs, and identify commercial risks and opportunities to support project profitability. A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role.
• Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final accounts.
• Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous.
• Entrepreneurial spirit with commercial, analytical, and accurate approach.

Responsibilities

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting commercial risks and mitigation.
• Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts and identify risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with the Contracts Manager to set productivity labour targets prior to contract start.
• Develop strong client, supplier and subcontractor relations for viable variations and progress.

Skills

Cost estimation

Tendering

Cost reporting

Client relations

Contract management

On-site measurement

Job description

Ian Williams started life as a Painting Contractor in 1946 and are proud to have grown significantly, and organically, to continue to deliver this valued service eight decades on.
Specifically in North London (office based in Watford) our committed commercial and operational team have secured further long-term value within our core cyclical Painting contracts and are looking to invite a Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team.
A driven, people-focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor, you'll join the dedicated commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and associated planned refurbishment works in the North London areas. You'll be working for clients across a variety of sectors including commercial property development, education and social housing.
In return, being a critical part of our commercial success will bring you security. Working collaboratively with your operational and commercial teams to make things happen together, you will go further with us, enabling a prosperous career with opportunities to develop, within a stable but organically growing business, holding people at its core.

Salary - £62,830 plus £6,700 car allowance

At Ian Williams, we value our employees and offer an exceptional benefits package:

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (over 9% of base salary achieved last year)
• Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
• Annual pay reviews
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers

The Quantity Surveyor Role

As a Quantity Surveyor you will either be based in our Watford Unit, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite. We can offer a variety of works including established frameworks and core contracts with prestigious housing clients within the public, and residential sector as well as our property services covering retirement living, commercial and education sectors too. Specifically, you will:

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation for these.
• Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset.
• Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible.
• Build strong client, supplier, and subcontractor relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual, commercially viable solutions are sought, always.
• Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety)

What will you bring as Quantity Surveyor?

• You will be inquisitive, organised, and honest as well as being a genuine ‘people person’ who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues. You will enjoy being part of a genuine team environment.
• Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role. Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account. Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous.
• Experience of successfully managing commercially, a total value of works up to £2 million annually.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains. You will describe yourself as commercial, analytical, and accurate in your approach.

For information on all other additional benefits we do, to enhance your work/life balance please visit our website.

About Ian Williams Ltd

Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor. The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly. Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different. We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date. Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.