Quantity Surveyor Housing

Emponics; Newbury; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading property services company in Newbury seeks an enthusiastic Quantity Surveyor. This role invites a people-focused individual to join their team, engaging in tendering, estimating, and project management. Offering a salary of £61,552 including a car allowance, profit share, private health insurance, and pension scheme, the company values honesty and teamwork. Ideal candidates will have experience managing projects up to £3 million and the ability to foster lasting relationships within the social housing sector.

Benefits

Profit share scheme (14% of base salary)

Private mileage scheme and fuel card

Enhanced employer pension contribution

Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance

Annual leave buy/sell option

Access to charity support for health and wellbeing

Annual pay reviews

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Training and development opportunities

Trade discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in estimating and surveying roles.
• Experience managing projects with a value of works up to £3 million annually.
• Ability to build long-term relationships.

Responsibilities

• Tender, estimate and measure onsite for various contracts.
• Prepare cost value reconciliations and identify risks.
• Build strong client and supplier relations.

Skills

Inquisitive

Organised

Strong communication skills

Commercial awareness

Analytical

Accurate

Job description

Following our client’s successful launch of their Newbury (Reading) unit earlier this year they are proud to already expand their commercial team there. The Newbury team has flourished, having secured further long‑term cyclical contracts beyond its budget, creating an even more stable order book for its bright future.

They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do.

£61,552 inc car allowance plus fuel card, Profit share this year 14%, private health, pension, life etc.

This opportunity offers them the chance to welcome an enthusiastic, people-focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor to join their dedicated commercial and operational team, who specialise in Painting and Decorating and associated planned refurbishment works to the public, private, residential and educational sector, though a background in brickwork or plastering or roofing in terms of QS would be very transferrable too for this role along with tendering, estimating and refurbishments.

They have been an established and leading property services company for over 75 years, based across England and Wales, in over 18 locations and 32 Business Units, so very well established. They are looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to work as part of their fantastic Painting team.

The main customer base will be Social Housing and Council/Local authority, Housing Associations so you really need to highlight any experience (on your CV and the summary) in these sectors or projects you’ve worked as this is key.

Benefits

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% 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 in Newbury, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite. We can offer a variety of works including established frameworks and core contracts with prestigious clients within the public, and residential sector as well as our services covering into the retirement living, commercial and education sectors too. Specifically, you will:

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks
• 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 and supplier relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual 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. Fostering a real "working together" environment, whilst building valued long‑term relationships.
• Proven experience in a similar estimating and surveying role. Experience of the commercial management of projects from tender and estimation stages through to final account.
• Experience of successfully managing a value of works up to £3 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.