Senior Quantity Surveyor - Refurb

Howells Solutions Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car or allowance

Benefits package

Job summary

Howells Solutions Limited in London is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our client’s refurbishment projects in social housing, focusing on cladding, roofing and envelope works on tenanted high-rise buildings. This is a hybrid East London role reporting to the Commercial Manager.

You will lead commercial and contractual tasks, produce valuations and variations, manage cash flow, mentor junior staff and ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Degree or other technical qualification.
• QS experience with a main contractor.
• Experience on social housing refurbishment projects.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Proven track record delivering on time and within budget.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables and V-Lookup.
• Data interrogation skills.
• Contractual awareness; negotiating, communication & presentation skills.
• Knowledge of supply chain management.
• RICS/CIOB qualification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, including valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and data.
• Support authorisation and submission of project variations.
• Maximise cash flow through control, measurement, invoicing and supplier payments.
• Manage junior team members, supporting and developing them.
• Value subcontractor work and certify interim and final payments.

Skills

Strong commercial awareness

Negotiation

Communication & presentation

Advanced Excel

Data interrogation

Education

Degree or other technical qualification

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Refurbs

East London / Hybrid

Up to £70K+ package

We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor in London, working on planned maintenance projects within Social Housing, on behalf of Local Authority and Housing Association clients. Works include predominantly cladding, roofing and envelope refurbishment works on tenanted high rise buildings.

We are looking for established Senior Quantity Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors looking to step up into a Senior role.

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 activity.

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
• Experience on comparable projects within the Social Housing sector
• 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 awarenessNegotiating, 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 competitive salary of up to £70k plus company car / allowance and benefits package along with genuine opportunities to progress.