Remote Quantity Surveyor – Cost Control & Value

Ad Warrior Ltd; Oxford; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonewater is a major UK social housing provider delivering safe, affordable homes and services for customers and communities. We seek an experienced Quantity Surveyor to strengthen cost management across our Homes Operations and repairs projects, ensuring value for money in high-volume contracts.

You will review costs, challenge contractor pricing, and provide commercial leadership to operational teams, procurement, and external partners, driving savings and accurate financial reporting.

Qualifications

• Significant Quantity Surveying experience within a large or complex organisation, with social housing experience particularly welcomed.
• Strong knowledge of the NHF Schedule of Rates (SOR).
• Experience reviewing contractor costs across high-volume repairs and maintenance workstreams.
• Track record of delivering measurable savings, efficiencies and performance improvements.

Responsibilities

• Review and challenge contractor costs at job and line-item level.
• Scrutinise Schedule of Rates pricing, variations, applications and supporting evidence.
• Monitor expenditure and identify cost trends, risks, inefficiencies and opportunities for savings.
• Lead and support cost benchmarking, value engineering and commercial reviews.
• Provide commercial advice and constructive challenge to operational and procurement colleagues.
• Assess contract variations, claims and other commercial matters.
• Support contract negotiations and new commercial arrangements.
• Identify and manage contractual and financial risks.
• Build effective relationships with contractors while maintaining strong commercial challenge.
• Use data and commercial insight to influence improvements to services and contractual arrangements.

Skills

Quantity surveying

NHF Schedule of Rates (SOR)

Excel (PivotTables)

Education

HND or equivalent construction qualification

Job description

Stonewater is a major UK social housing provider delivering safe, affordable homes and services for customers and communities. We seek an experienced Quantity Surveyor to strengthen cost management across our Homes Operations and repairs projects, ensuring value for money in high-volume contracts.

You will review costs, challenge contractor pricing, and provide commercial leadership to operational teams, procurement, and external partners, driving savings and accurate financial reporting.