Senior Quantity Surveyor

Novus Property Solutions; Hempstalls; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 Days Holidays & BH

Company pension up to 7.5%

Company Car or Allowance

Flexible working (office/site/home)

Healthcare discounts

Job summary

Novus Property Solutions is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to lead a small commercial team across Midlands refurbishment projects, balancing office, site and home-based work. You will ensure accurate CVR, cash flow forecasts, and timely payments to sub-contractors while maintaining strong client relationships.

In this role you will drive cost control, liaise with contracts managers, and support tender preparation within a flexible, inclusive environment that rewards delivery and

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in construction, ideally with social housing exposure.
• Strong commercial acumen, detail‑oriented, and excellent communication skills.
• Proficient IT skills and full UK driving licence; travel is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small commercially focused team to determine realistic costs for refurbishment projects.
• Liaise with contractors, suppliers and clients to ensure costs and value meet project requirements.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts and monitor budgets; manage contract progress and tender activity.

Skills

Team leadership

Cost control

CVR process

Job description

Based: Smethwick; hybrid working between the office, site and some home working. Working 08:30 – 17:00 Monday – Friday - 37.5 hours per week - Sites around the Midlands

Working with us as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you’ll know that what you do matters, and creating an environment that enables you to be at your best matters to us. We get to see our impact and the improvements we provide to our customers every day; which is only possible because of our amazing teams, made up of great people, just like you Fast paced and progressive, you will have the opportunity to take responsibility and thrive in an environment where you are trusted; with a work/life balance that gives you the chance to feel motivated and satisfied, at work and at home.

Working on our Social Housing Passive Fire Protection and Retrofit works programs, such as fire doors and fire stopping, insulation, ventilation, solar panels, you will work both from home/office and on site, managing, supporting and developing the team collaboratively in an environment that is inclusive and fair for everyone.

Leading a small team of commercially focused colleagues to ensure we obtain and evaluate information to guarantee a realistic cost for the supply of works, goods, materials, and services for designated Refurbishment Projects. Whilst liaising with Contractors, Suppliers and Clients to ensure information, costs, profitability and value meet the requirements of designated project/contracts.

What’s in it for you:

• Attractive salary and benefits package to suit you.
• 27 Days Hols & BH – option to buy or sell holidays.
• Company pension scheme – up to 7.5%
• Company Car or Allowance
• Flexible working moving from office to site and some homebased working, we want our employees to have a well-balanced work/ life balance, therefore flexible working patterns would be considered.
• Discounted Healthcare Scheme, Highstreet & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and many more….

An outline of your responsibility as a Senior Quantity Surveyor

• Managing the monthly CVR Process for your region
• Lead and manage the performance of a small team of colleagues
• Prepare and monitor cash flow forecast for designated projects.
• Ensure all invoices submitted accurately and for certified value to ensure payments are received on time.
• Support your team to value and authorise payments to sub-contractors within the region
• Liaise with Contract Managers to establish the project specification and requirements.
• Attend and contribute to meetings with work colleagues and or Clients/Customers when necessary, building relationships and demonstrating excellent communication skills.
• Assist in the preparation, processing and selection of estimates, bids, and tenders to demanding timescales.
• Support the team with monitoring the contract progress, assess, and report any changes that may affect project costs and or time scale.
• Assist in the control of contract budgets.
• Assist in the development of the procurement programme.

About You

You will have experience of working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor within the Construction industry, it’s a distinct advantage if you have an understanding of the Social Housing sector and working in a live environment, which will give you the knowledge to hit the ground running and contribute effectively to the team. Applicants will ideally have experience of managing a small commercial team and their workload while also managing your own projects. Applicants will have strong commercial acumen, excellent attention to detail and written and verbal communication skills. You will be an expert with IT with proficient MS office skills. You also must hold a Full UK Driving Licence as travel is a must with this role.

A little bit about us

Novus Property Solutionsis a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 129-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.

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Senior Quantity Surveyor

Company: Novus Property Solutions

Hours: Full-time

Location: Stoke on Trent, ST1 5SH

Working pattern: Hybrid - 3 days remote

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 27 Oct 2026

Closing date: 26 Nov 2026