Senior Quantity Surveyor - Planned Works

Howells Solutions Limited; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading contractor based in Victoria is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team, focusing on planned maintenance and refurbishment within social housing projects. The successful candidate will manage commercial and contractual elements of projects, ensuring profitability and timely delivery. Essential qualifications include a degree and considerable Quantity Surveying experience with strong commercial awareness. This permanent role offers a highly competitive salary of up to £75k plus a benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Degree or other technical qualification is essential for the position.
• Experience with a main contractor in Quantity Surveying is mandatory.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-Look Up required.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial expertise, including production of valuations and claims.
• Maximise cash flow through control and measurement of work.
• Manage and support junior team members.

Skills

Quantity Surveying experience

Strong commercial awareness

Negotiating, communication & presentation skills

Advanced Excel skills

Education

Degree or other technical qualification

RICS / CIOB qualification

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Social Housing Planned Maintenance

Victoria based (with travel to Hertford)

60K+ package

We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor based in Victoria, with travel to Hertford. This role is working on planned maintenance, FRA projects and retrofit refurbishments within Social Housing, on behalf of Local Authority and Housing Association clients.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will take responsibility, ownership and accountability of the successful management of the commercial / financial and contractual elements of projects. You will control and maximise the company's profitability, protect the company's legal and contractual obligations under the contract and manage all day to day commercial issues.

Senior Quantity Surveyor Key responsibilities:

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/work-stream performance data
• Support the authorisation and submission of project variations.
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
• Manage junior team members, supporting and developing them
• Value work executed by sub-contractors and certify interim and final payments

Senior Quantity Surveyor Essential experience:

• Degree or other technical qualification
• Quantity Surveying experience with a main contractor
• Proven ownership of CVR, forecasting and commercial outcomes on multi-site programmes/frameworks
• Strong commercial awareness
• Proven track record delivering contracts on time and within budget
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V‑Look Up
• Data interrogation skills
• Contractual awareness
• Negotiating, communication & presentation skills
• Knowledge of Supply Chain management
• RICS / CIOB qualification - Preferred

Senior Quantity Surveyor Salary & Benefits:

You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believe the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the groups success. This is a permanent, full time role for which you will receive a highly competitive salary of up to 75k plus benefits package.

Please apply online now or call Mia on (phone number removed)!