Quantity Surveyor
19 days ago
London
A main building contractor delivering high-quality, sustainable construction projects across the UK. They work across residential, commercial, education, and healthcare sectors, all built with a commitment to safety, innovation, and excellence. The Role As a Project Quantity Surveyor, you will play a key role in managing the financial, commercial, and contractual aspects of projects from post-tender handover through to final account close-out. You’ll work closely with Project Managers, Design Managers, subcontractors, and the wider commercial team to ensure value for money, contractual compliance, and cost control. Key Duties and Responsibilities • Lead subcontract procurement, from tender package preparation and analysis through to contract execution, • Collaborate with project teams and design consultants to ensure tender information is complete, accurate, and value-engineered where possible, • Manage and monitor project costs in line with budgets, preparing and updating cashflows and cost value reconciliations, • Prepare, negotiate, and agree interim valuations, variations, and final accounts with clients and subcontractors, • Carry out site measurements from drawings or on-site visits, • Maintain accurate procurement trackers, change order registers, and cost reporting tools, • Attend and contribute to project meetings, providing all necessary commercial information, • Mentor and support assistant or graduate quantity surveyors as required Skills & Experience Required • Degree in Quantity Surveying, ideally a RICS-accredited degree or be working towards MRICS chartership, • Minimum 3 years’ experience with a main contractor, ideally including Design & Build projects, • Strong knowledge of UK construction contracts (JCT D&B preferred), building regulations, and commercial risk management, • Familiarity with BCIS and elemental cost benchmarking, • Excellent numerical, analytical, negotiation and time-managementskills, • Ability to read and interpret technical drawingsand understand construction methods, • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, • Valid CSCS card preferred, • Willingness to travel to sites as required, • Strong attention to detail and teamworking capability, • Proficient in Microsoft Office What's on Offer • Competitive salary and benefits package, • Opportunities for professional development and career progression, • The chance to work on high-profile projects with real community impact, • A collaborative, forward-thinking work environment