Senior Quantity Surveyor

WATES; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction company is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their Construction Team in Manchester. This role involves overseeing the commercial team, ensuring compliance with contract obligations, and developing procurement strategies. Candidates should have substantial experience in quantity surveying, strong analytical skills, and the ability to manage project budgets effectively. The role offers a competitive salary with extensive corporate benefits, including flexible working hours and a profit share scheme.

Benefits

Competitive salary & profit share scheme

Flexible working

Car allowance / company car

Extensive corporate benefits

Health and wellness programme

26 days holidays + bank holidays

Industry-leading family leave benefits

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in quantity surveying or a related field.
• Strong understanding of commercial contracts and project management.
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project commercial team and ensure contract obligations are met.
• Submit monthly cost reports and develop procurement strategies.
• Negotiate external valuations and manage final accounts.

Skills

Project management skills

Strong analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor – The Vacancy

Wates is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Construction Team focusing on high profile, technically complex projects across multiple sectors.

We invite passionate professionals to challenge the norm, bring fresh new ideas, and elevate themselves within the industry to create tomorrow together. This is a great opportunity to progress your career as part of a talented, diverse, and supportive team.

About the Role

Our Senior Quantity Surveyors are a valuable part of our business, leading the team on a project or cluster of packages, having full accountability for the development and implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions, and contract reporting. They work collaboratively with our customers and industry specialists, focusing on added value, compliance, commercial viability, and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the project commercial team ensuring all Wates main contract obligations are met and process obligations are completed, including procurement, subcontract orders, supply chain management, measurements and valuations, contractual notices, and valuing changes.
• Complete and submit monthly cost reports, procurement strategy updates, and internal/external progress reports, while developing and implementing tender stage and delivery strategies.
• Agree external valuations upstream/downstream to maintain positive project cash flow and produce and agree main and subcontract final accounts.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary & profit share scheme
• Flexible working
• Car allowance / company car (subject to role/grade)
• Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
• Extensive corporate benefits including private medical, pension (8% employer contribution), health and wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays, and much more.
• Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.
• Industry-leading family leave benefits including 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.

To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please visit https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/.

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all the skills listed, many may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence, or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via [e-mail] and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, and are also a Disability Confident employer.

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please visit National Security Vetting.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.