Senior Quantity Surveyor Ruislip

Bellway plc; Ruislip; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bellway plc, one of the UK's leading house builders, is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its North London Division in Ruislip. The role involves managing commercial aspects of development projects, including budget control, valuations, and effective communication with subcontractors. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in residential surveying, relevant qualifications, and strong analytical skills. In return, a competitive salary and attractive benefits package are on offer.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Holiday Purchase Scheme

Earn and Learn Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Quantity Surveyor in residential construction.
• Knowledge of cost control systems and valuation reporting.
• Experience managing Housing Association contracts is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs and budgets for various construction sites.
• Produce draft budgets and quarterly valuations.
• Attend meetings with contractors and management.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Attention to detail

Motivated

IT literate

Education

GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths

RICS Professional Membership

BSc in Quantity Surveying

Job description

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success and our goal is to provide a rewarding and fulfilling career in line with our values of quality, service and trust. In addition to this we are committed to being a more inclusive employer and invite applications from a variety of backgrounds.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our North London Division, located in Ruislip is looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Division’s Commercial department.

The Role

This role of Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing the commercial aspects of each development. This includes managing the costs for each site and ensuring that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations. Senior Surveyors are typically allocated sites that are more complex by nature, whether this is due to the type of construction, the speed of construction, or whether it is a multi-phase site or a consortium site (shared infrastructure with another developer).

The Senior Quantity Surveyor reports to the Construction Director.

Principal accountabilities of the role include:

• Produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Quantity Surveyor.
• Produce quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises for each site the Quantity Surveyor is responsible for.
• Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
• Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
• Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
• Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
• Maintain trade specifications.
• Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
• Manage Professional Fees Budget.
• Assist with material buying when required.
• Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off’s for land appraisals when required

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

Experience

• Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder
• Knowledge of cost control systems and valuation reporting.
• Ideally experience of managing Housing Association contracts.

Qualifications and Training

• GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths
• Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable
• RICS Professional Membership
• BSc in Quantity Surveying desirable

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills, with good negotiation skills
• Highly motivated to deliver quality developments
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
• Excellent attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet deadlines
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems
• Committed to diversity and inclusion

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks

In return we can offer you:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

We reserve the right to close this vacancy if a large volume of applications are received.