Quantity Surveyor

Durham, County Durham
Fawkes & Reece London

Quantity Surveyor – 5 Leading House builder – Durham

Fawkes & Reece are proud to be partnered with a leading 5 house builder, recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join their growing commercial team.

My client is a UK leading house builder who recognises that people are the key to their success, and they are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment.

The Role of a Quantity Surveyor:

This role of 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.

What your day to day will look like:

• 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

Requirements for a Quantity Surveyor:

• Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder / residential developer.

• Relevant Qualifcations – Degree, HND/HNC Building Studies
• Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable

• 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

Benefits for a Quantity Surveyor:

• Competitive salary
• Competitive car allowance
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme
• Competitive annual bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Access to discounts and benefits portal
• ShareSave Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Earn and Learn Opportunities

How to apply?

Contact Alex in our Sheffield office on (phone number removed) / (phone number removed) or (url removed)