Quantity Surveyor – Painting & Refurb Contracts (£62k+ Car)

IAN WILLIAMS LIMITED; Watford; On-site; GBP 57,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share scheme

Private mileage & fuel card

Enhanced pension contribution

Job summary

Ian Williams Ltd is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to join its Watford-based commercial team. You will tender, estimate and measure on site for painting and refurbishment contracts across commercial, education and housing sectors, driving commercial decisions and value for money.

The role offers security, a profit-share culture and a broad benefits package. The successful candidate will work closely with the Contracts Manager, develop strong client and supplier relations, and contribute to cost

Qualifications

• 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)

Responsibilities

• 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)

Skills

Cost estimating

Cost value reconciliations

Tendering

Client relations

Analytical

Job description

Ian Williams Ltd is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to join its Watford-based commercial team. You will tender, estimate and measure on site for painting and refurbishment contracts across commercial, education and housing sectors, driving commercial decisions and value for money.

The role offers security, a profit-share culture and a broad benefits package. The successful candidate will work closely with the Contracts Manager, develop strong client and supplier relations, and contribute to cost