Quantity Surveyor

Reinforced Recruitment; Winchester; On-site; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Public sector work

Career progression

Reading office access

Job summary

Reinforced Recruitment seeks a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor for a site-based role on a southern coast project, with visits to a Berkshire office for meetings and support. Salary up to £90,000 plus package, depending on experience.

You’ll run the commercial side from groundworks to practical completion, owning budgets, procuring subcontract packages, managing valuations and final accounts, and reporting monthly CVRs and cash flow.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 main contractor.
• Full project lifecycle experience on new build, from groundworks through to practical completion.
• Education, defence or other public sector experience is a strong advantage.
• Good working knowledge of JCT and/or NEC contracts.
• Confidence dealing with clients, subcontractors and project teams.
• Based within reach of the Poole to Portsmouth area, and happy to travel to the Reading office when needed.
• A degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of project budgets, cost reporting and commercial performance from start to finish.
• Procure subcontract packages, including tender documents, comparisons and negotiation of orders.
• Manage subcontractor valuations, variations, payments and final accounts.
• Prepare client applications, valuations and change.
• Produce monthly CVRs, forecasts and cash flow reports.
• Spot commercial risks and opportunities early and act to protect margin.
• Work with site and design teams to keep cost and programme on track.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Budgeting

Client management

Contract knowledge

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor

Location: Site based on a project in the southern region reaching between Reading, Poole and Portsmouth with Berkshire office visits.

Salary: Up to £90,000 plus package, depending on experience

A Senior Quantity Surveyor and Quantity Surveyor opportunity with a Tier 1 contractor that's growing its commercial team across the south coast, with a strong pipeline of education and defence projects between Poole and Portsmouth.

We're working with one of the UK's largest privately owned main contractors. Your projects will be on the south coast, with regular time at their regional office in Reading for team meetings, reporting and support.

About the company

A Tier 1 main contractor with a turnover of over £1bn and decades of experience in public sector building. Their work in the region is mainly new build schools for the Department for Education and Ministry of Defence projects, including accommodation and training facilities. That means long-term, well-funded work, repeat clients and projects you can be proud to drive past.

The role

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor, you'll run the commercial side of new build projects from groundworks through to practical completion. You'll have real ownership of your jobs, working closely with the project team, the supply chain and the client, with a Managing QS and the wider commercial team in Reading behind you. Senior Quantity Surveyors will take on the larger schemes and help bring on the junior members of the team.

Key responsibilities

• Take ownership of project budgets, cost reporting and commercial performance from start to finish.
• Procure subcontract packages, including tender documents, comparisons and negotiation of orders.
• Manage subcontractor valuations, variations, payments and final accounts.
• Prepare client applications, valuations and change.
• Produce monthly CVRs, forecasts and cash flow reports.
• Spot commercial risks and opportunities early and act to protect margin.
• Work with site and design teams to keep cost and programme on track.

What we're looking for

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor with a Tier 1 or Tier 2 main contractor.
• Full project lifecycle experience on new build, from groundworks through to practical completion.
• Education, defence or other public sector experience is a strong advantage.
• Good working knowledge of JCT and/or NEC contracts.
• Confidence dealing with clients, subcontractors and project teams.
• Based within reach of the Poole to Portsmouth area, and happy to travel to the Reading office when needed. A full driving licence is essential.
• A degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent experience.

What's on offer

• A salary of up to £90,000 plus a strong package for a fully fledged Senior. Project QSs can go up to £75k.
• A stable, well-run Tier 1 contractor with a full pipeline of public sector work.
• Projects on the south coast, backed by a strong regional team in Reading.
• Genuine progression, with the business growing its southern commercial team.