Quantity Surveyor

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation for these
• Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset
• Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible
• Build strong client, supplier, and subcontractor relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual, commercially viable solutions are sought, always
• Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety)

• Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role
• Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account
• Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous
• Experience of successfully managing commercially, a total value of works up to £2 million annually
• Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains
• You will describe yourself as commercial, analytical, and accurate in your approach
• Inquisitive, organised, and honest
• Genuine ‘people person’ who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues
• Enjoy being part of a genuine team environment

Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor

• Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
• Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
• Enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Annual leave, buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice
• Annual pay reviews
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers