Senior Quantity Surveyor

Ian Williams; Coventry; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Car allowance

Pension scheme

Life Insurance

Medical Insurance

Annual leave 23 days

Lighthouse Charity

Maternity/Paternity pay

Job summary

Ian Williams is seeking a Senior Surveyor to lead the Commercial team in Coventry. The role focuses on driving profitability through strong commercial decisions, contract management, and data analysis to deliver value for money.

You will oversee procurement, invoicing, payments, and dispute resolution while mentoring surveyors and supporting the unit's commercial success.

Qualifications

• Experience in repairs/maintenance sector.
• Experience in subcontractor management.
• Strong commercial and financial reporting skills.
• Proven ability to lead a surveying team.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial decisions and financial reporting for contracts.
• Oversee procurement, invoicing, and payments to maximise value.
• Manage subcontractors and resolve disputes.
• Mentor and train surveyors and trainees.
• Prepare CVRs and valuations to monitor performance.

Skills

Commercial awareness

People management

Data analysis

Excel

Job description

We're looking for a Senior Surveyor to lead our Commercial team within the Responsive Repairs division in Coventry

Bringing sharp commercial instincts and strong influencing skills, you'll be someone who can see the bigger picture while also getting hands on with contract management and data to ensure effective, profitable delivery and value for money

We're looking for commercially minded candidates with Repairs experience, SOR knowledge, and a background in subcontractor management and dispute resolution.

Benefits:

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (9% of base salary achieved last year)
• Car allowance of £7,250 private mileage scheme benefit and 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
• 23 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, 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.
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.

The Senior Surveyor role:

As a Senior Surveyor, you will actively work as part of the commercial team whilst taking the lead with commercial decisions and the financial reporting, to ultimately impact the unit's profitability/commercial success and making improvements for the future.

Specific tasks will include:

• Help support and guild a high performing Surveying team to ensure delivery of responsive repairs contracts are at or above, agreed profit performance.
• Overseeing the financial and technical aspects of each contract, including procurement, invoicing, and payments to minimise costs, maximise value and cash flow, and meet profit and debtor day targets.
• Subcontractor management and the oversight of any disputes arising.
• Mentoring and training new surveyors and trainees.
• Supporting all commercial aspects within your unit and the wider response product, where applicable
• Contract accounting and ensuing prompt payment, control cost information. As well as preparing CVRs and valuations to closely monitor contract performance, striving for better solutions and outcomes and steering the commercial contract performance.

What will you bring as a Senior Surveyor?

Proven experience in a similar commercial or Senior Quantity Surveying role ideally from within the repairs/maintenance sector, along with some people management responsibilities/ experience

A proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow effectively, from within a maintenance contracting environment or similar/relatable industry focused on high volume invoicing based on low value costs.

Strong people skills: you will enjoy supporting, directing and collaborating with your team to encourage and facilitate growth and development

Excellent IT and Microsoft Excel skills, with the ability to process high volumes of data analysis.

Experience of working with direct labour and subcontract procurement

Experience of working on Schedule of Rates contracts, with the ability to price minor works from first principles.

About Ian Williams Ltd:

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We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

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