Senior Quantity Surveyor - Refurb

Howells Solutions Limited; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car/allowance

Competitive package up to 65k

Job summary

Howells Solutions Limited is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor in Bristol to join a leading contractor on planned maintenance projects for Social Housing clients. The role focuses on cladding renewals on tenanted HRBs and involves taking ownership of commercial, financial, and contractual elements.

You will report to the Commercial Manager, manage day-to-day commercial activity, and guide junior team members while ensuring profitability and contract compliance.

Qualifications

• Degree or other technical qualification.
• Quantity Surveying experience with a main contractor.
• Strong commercial awareness.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Commercial awareness

Contract value management

Excel (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP)

Negotiating

Communication

Presentation

Data interrogation

Supply chain knowledge

Education

Degree or technical qualification

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Bristol based
Up to 65K+ package

We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor in Bristol, working on planned maintenance projects within Social Housing, on behalf of Local Authority and Housing Association clients. Works include predominantly cladding renewals on tenanted HRBs.

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
• 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 competitive salary of up to 65k plus company car / allowance and benefits package along with genuine opportunities to progress.