Quantity Surveyor – Residential Building

Salary: £54,000 – £60,000 per year

This is your opportunity to join one of the most successful house building companies in the North West.

Their commercial team is key to the successful performance of their site developments so your role will be an important contribution to the continued success of the team and their developments.

You will work collaboratively with colleagues across departments – construction, technical and finance being responsible for budgets, procuring labour and material packages, cost reporting and management of subcontract packages.

So, you will be a good communicator and enjoy negotiating and, of course, have a keen eye for detail.

You will be based in our client’s Head Office but will be expected to spend a day on site each week. You will be highly involved in the delivery of high-end developments and develop experience and guidance to progress your career – as you can have a real career path here.

Your day to day role will be:

Working collaboratively with all departments within the business

Commercial management of your development

Preparation of site budgets

Scheduling and quantification of materials and labour for budgeting

Procurement of subcontract packages

Ensuring subcontract packages fully scoped and specified

Analysis of tenders against budgets

Negotiate packages ensuring best value and delivery outcomes

Lead pre order meetings

Placement and issue of subcontract orders

Management and payment of subcontract packages including issue of payment certificates and pay less notices

Negotiate and agree variation works

Attend site meetings to ensure cost effectiveness and efficiency on site

Carry out site valuations

Perform the CVR process

Detailing all cost movements within the monthly site valuation

Present the CVR reporting any profit and loss changes

Agree final accounts of subcontract packages

Attend meetings that may be required in the performance of the role

Cash flow forecasting

Present lessons learned and development feedback on completion

You will bring to the role:

Previous experience working for a housebuilding business

Relevant qualifications

Experience and knowledge of MS Office

Preferably experience using Coins

In return:

You can expect a good salary with great pension and superb career prospects