Senior Quantity Surveyor

Fortem Cares; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a driven Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team in Stratford-upon-Avon. This role offers the opportunity to lead within a dynamic environment, ensuring accurate reporting and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders. You will be pivotal in managing commercial negotiations and ensuring the project team meets budget targets. With a focus on personal and professional growth, this position provides a platform for developing your career while contributing to significant housing projects. Join a company committed to excellence in social housing and make a meaningful impact in your community.

Benefits

Motor Expenditure Allowance

Salary sacrifice car lease option

25 days annual leave + bank holidays + birthday off

26 weeks full pay maternity leave

8 weeks full pay paternity leave

Annual pay reviews

Discounted gym memberships

Colleague referral fee up to £3,000

Life Insurance

Private healthcare and dental care

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial management and quantity surveying is essential.
• Strong IT skills, especially in Excel, are critical for success.

Responsibilities

• Secure full entitlement within contract parameters and manage disputes.
• Maximize cash flow through invoicing and monitor job costs against revenue.

Skills

Commercial Management

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Excel Skills

Line Management

Organizational Skills

Education

Quantity Surveying Degree

Equivalent Training

Tools

Excel

Job description

Due to our ongoing growth we are currently recruiting for a driven and professional Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Orbit Housing contract, based in the office in Stratford-upon-Avon. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will report to the Commercial Manager and work in partnership with Operations Management, acting as a lead figure within the surveying structure with responsibility for line management and be accountable for the development of the team. The Senior Quantity Surveyor ensures accurate reporting is fundamental to the role and will have a key focus on building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring the company obtains value for money and receives the correct market value from the supply chain.

The Client

Fortem’s contract with Orbit Housing is long term with options to extend and we cover over 17,000 houses across Stratford-upon-Avon, Coventry, Nuneaton, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Bedford. We have multiple workstreams, including Repairs & Maintenance, Voids, Capital Works and Re-Roofing. We’re proud to say we’re the most recent winners of branch of the year here at Fortem, one of the reasons being our excellent internal progression opportunities due to growth within the contract.

Duties & Responsibilities

Your key duties and responsibilities will include the following:

1. Ensure the company secures its full entitlement within the parameters of the Contract and further commercial negotiations.
2. Ensure the project team achieve or exceed budgeted targets.
3. Responsible for the application schedule of rates, acting as a subject matter expert for contractual arrangements.
4. Maximise cash flow through monthly invoicing, the implementation of appropriate procedures to resolve client queries and ensuring cash is received when due.
5. Monitoring and analysis of management information and job cost against job revenue, supporting the operations and finance and enablement of data driven decision making.
6. Point of contact for dispute resolution.
7. Identify potential disputes in a timely manner.
8. Ensure Accurate Cashflow Forecasts and Revenue profiles are in place accurate and updated regularly.
9. Supporting the MQS in the preparation and timely reporting of information including Cost Value Reconciliations (CVR), Cost Value Comparison (CVC) and management accounts, providing governance of budgets through robust cost control.

What You Will Need

Essential criteria:

1. Previous experience within a commercial management role.
2. QS degree or equivalent training relevant experience.
3. Excellent IT knowledge including a high level of Excel skills (incl. V-Lookup, Pivot tables and formula development).
4. Negotiating and communication skills.
5. Line management experience and the development of people.
6. Detailed knowledge of relevant contract conditions.
7. Experience of Management Accounts.
8. A high level of organisation and achieving deadlines.
9. Maintaining technical knowledge and understanding.
10. Full UK driving licence.

Desired criteria:

1. Working towards MCIOB or RICS membership.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience with profit related bonus
• Motor Expenditure Allowance (£3,500 per annum).
• Option to opt into Salary sacrifice car lease.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + your birthday off (34 days total).
• 26 weeks full pay maternity leave.
• 8 weeks full pay paternity leave.
• Annual pay reviews.
• Discounted gym memberships at national and local gyms.
• Up to £3,000 colleague referral fee.
• Vast directory of training on bespoke in-house Learning Management System.
• Life Insurance.
• Private healthcare and dental care.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Retail and mobile phone provider discounts.

Who We Are

Fortem are Social Housing property experts. It is our sole focus, and the only sector we have worked in since inception in 2002. We successfully deliver works across three workstreams – Repairs & Maintenance, Capital Works and Retrofit. Our mission is to raise the bar in Social Housing and help our clients provide safe, warm and decent homes for people to live in - because Every Home Matters. We are a Willmott Dixon Group Company. As such, we benefit from the credibility and recognition associated with a large and long-established brand – whilst as a standalone business within the Group, we maintain the flexibility to adapt our services to meet the unique challenges of the social housing marketplace. Our success is due to our people. They are passionate, committed and care about what we deliver for our clients and partners and residents. We take pride in developing our employees and supporting them to achieve their potential. For us, a sustainable future is about ensuring we continue to develop our people for our future needs and recruiting the right talent. Our culture, built around Courage, Care and Respect, ensures that we always deliver not only the job done but, most importantly, the job done in the right way. We are Investors in People – Gold standard, we believe in equality, diversity and respect for all and encourage applications from all sectors of the community.