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Full time 36 hours per week Please read the information in this job post thoroughly to understand exactly what is expected of potential candidates. Vacancy Close Date: 23rd April 2026 Raven is here to make a difference, working as a team to build homes and change lives.Werealso ambitious: a sector-leader in carbon reduction, with commercial ventures and a focus on the future. Butitsnot just?what?we do,its?how?we do it that sets us apart from other organisations and helps us createa great experiencefor our customers and one another. Our culture statements form the principles for how we work and what we expect of one another whilst working together as One Raven. • We?Put Customers First?in everything we do., • We will?Always Be Curious?about how we can do better. Whatyoullachieve in the role: The overall purpose of this role istodeliver a high-quality, customer-focused electrical service across Ravens housing stock, including electrical inspections, installations, and maintenance to current legislative standards, whilst contributing to Ravens wider multi-skilled trades team. The role includes responsibilities across responsive repairs and void properties. Key responsibilities include: • Diagnose faults accurately and carry out repairs or replacements efficiently, ensuring a right-first-time outcome that minimises disruption for residents., • Maintain van stock levels in line with job needs and usage trends to reduce non-productive time and increase repair completion rates., • Complete all job data on-site in real time using hand-held IT systems, enabling live job tracking,accuratecost control, and improved performance reporting. For this role, we are looking for someone with the following: • City & Guilds Level 3 in electrical installation or equivalent., • City & Guilds 2357, 2391/2394/2395 (Inspection & Testing), and 18th Edition (2382) qualifications., • A strong understanding of health and safety, including working in tenanted Homes. DBS clearance will berequiredfor this role. What Raven will offer in return: To createa great experiencefor our customers, we need to createa great experiencefor one another. What Raven offers goes beyond the ordinary, giving you the opportunity to join a community of people who share the same values and are passionate about making a difference. Our reward package includes: • Competitive salaries, • Fantastic work/life balance with flexible working and generous leave entitlement, • Strong focus on learning and development, with opportunities to grow your skills and career, • Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay, • Funded health cash plan, • Extensive wellbeing support, • Voucher-based recognition scheme We will consider applications for part-time working and job sharing; please include this information in your application. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. xrnqpay If you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description for this position and would like to be considered under this scheme.

In a Nutshell Experience, qualification, and soft skills, have you got everything required to succeed in this opportunity Find out below. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry South East, at our office in Caterham, Surrey. As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will work within our wider Commercial, Estimating and Buying team, you will be responsible for supervising, managing and advising on the financial and contractual aspects of multiple construction projects. You will take responsibility for the execution of the Quantity Surveying function on allocated contract/s, in order to fulfil the requirements of the Company in maximising quality of service and profitability. You will provide a range of cost control and financial reporting duties across all aspects of construction work undertaken by the company. We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality, • HNC / HND in Surveying or equivalent, • Proven experience as a PQS / SQS / Commercial lead working within a residential house builder (dependent on position level), • Experience maybe gained from a similar position or promotion, • A good understanding or building regulations and legal obligations, • A good knowledge or construction methods and materials, • Strong mathematical and IT ability, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • Excellent communications skills, • Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • Degree in Surveying or similar, • Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development., • Be active in the recruitment of new starters to the team and then throughout the employee life cycle, including holding development reviews and succession planning exercises., • Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication., • Recognise and advise Site Managers on delays, extensions of time and loss and/or expense and ensuring relevant notices are issued., • Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings., • Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies and areas where unnecessary cost may arise., • Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes., • Distribute design information packages and tender drawings, whilst preparing all tender documentation and letters including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors, • Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required., • Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on site budget., • Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team., • Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations., • Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser's extras., • Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs. This will include providing monthly analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates., • Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates., • Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client's agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs)., • Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties., • Preparation of financial reports including:, • Internal Valuations/CVRs and subcontract liability reports in accordance with schedule of accounting period end dates and deadlines., • Margin Analysis reports., • Commercial Analysis (final margin) forecasts and Cost to Complete forecasts., • Cash Flow forecasts., • Turnover forecasts., • De-brief reports., • Place and issue sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements., • Attend and minute all sub-contract order adjudication meetings., • Compile reports on contract letting vs. estimate for each site periodically, as required., • Liaise with build department on sub-contractors' performance and compliance with order conditions., • Ability to deal with complex consortium sites and attend relevant meetings., • Complete sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation., • Set up and regularly review with the site management team the PPQA tick sheet to facilitate sub-contract contract work payment., • To liaise with company management and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business's reporting requirements., • Control and report post contract cost movements per development every month. Update CV1 and CV2 site specific reports and provide details of all 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order revisions i.e. Site Instructions and site purchase orders. To provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager., • Review professional fee provisions and statutory service cost, and credits, with the technical department., • Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Vistry Group Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/service provider., • Where necessary, determine a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment and liaise with Build Department in this respect. We build more than homes, we're making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empowerus to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you'll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation, and the functional support of Vistry Services, we're a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. xrnqpay Join us in making Vistry. #LI-HA1

Our client in Godalming Surrey are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their Response Team - ( Housing Response and Maintenance ) If the following job requirements and experience match your skills, please ensure you apply promptly. As a national Property Services contractor focused on people, sustainability, and exceptional client delivery/customer satisfaction, they seek a Quantity Surveyor to truly share in this ethos; proactively influencing their commercial success long term in the Waverley area , working with their reputable social housing client completing day to day repairs and voids maintenance works. They have been an established and leading property services company for over 75 years, based across England and Wales, in over 18 locations and 32 Business Units, so very well established Their main customer base is Social Housing and Council/ Local Authority , Housing Associations and this is a reactive maintenance contract within Guildford/ Godalming area. The main criteria is someone with reactive maintenance experience having managed the commercial aspects of this type of contract before. SOR (schedule of rate contract) experience and knowledge is a big tick. High volume jobs, analytical and spreadsheet familiarity . £68,490 inc car allowance, (6.7K) so base £62,790 plus a private mileage scheme and fuel card , pension, healthcare, life insurance + profit share (last year 14%) Of course this type of experience working on a social housing contract is the goal but they can consider other transferrable industries (if you have response/reactive experience) for example retail (supermarket frameworks) , highways , even telecoms or rail so used to managing high volumes of low value works. In return, being a critical part of their commercial success will bring you security. Working collaboratively with your operational and commercial teams to make things happen together, you will go further with them , enabling a prosperous career with opportunities to develop, within a stable but organically growing business, holding people at its core. They value their employees and offer an exceptional benefits package: Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year) Private mileage scheme and a fuel card Let them help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme. Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance 23 days Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so 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 their preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers The Quantity Surveyor role: As a Quantity Surveyor, you will actively price materials and labour for their responsive repairs workstream using SORs, whilst managing the financial performance of this works to its completion. Focusing on reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and maximising value, you will have real impact on our profitability. Specific tasks will include: Being responsible for the financial and technical aspects of the contract. This will include procurement, managing budget, direct labour targeting, subcontractor management, invoicing, payments, cash flow, and cost control. Minimising costs where possible, and maximising value. Working with direct labour and subcontractors, ensuring all work issued has labour targets to return agreed profit performance. Developing and maintaining open and trusting relationships with the workforce, our customers, subcontractors, suppliers, and our client. Producing monthly contract valuations of the units actual deliverables against the projected budget (CVRs) What will you bring as a Quantity Surveyor? Proven experience in a similar commercial or Quantity Surveying role - ideally you will have experience of working on Schedule of Rates (SORs) contract and with social housing clients. Proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow. Strong IT and Microsoft excel skills- this is essential. Ability to process high volumes of data analysis. xrnqpay Experience in working with direct labour and subcontract procurement.

Our client in Guildford are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their Response Team - ( Housing Response and Maintenance ) As a national Property Services contractor focused on people, sustainability, and exceptional client delivery/customer satisfaction, they seek a Quantity Surveyor to truly share in this ethos; proactively influencing their commercial success long term in the Waverley area , working with their reputable social housing client completing day to day repairs and voids maintenance works. -They have been an established and leading property services company for over 75 years, based across England and Wales, in over 18 locations and 32 Business Units, so very well established -Their main customer base is Social Housing and Council/ Local Authority , Housing Associations and this is a reactive maintenance contract within Guildford/ Godalming area. -The main criteria is someone with reactive maintenance experience – having managed the commercial aspects of this type of contract before. SOR (schedule of rate contract) experience and knowledge is a big tick. High volume jobs, analytical and spreadsheet familiarity . -£66,538 inc car allowance, (6.7K) so base £59,838 plus a private mileage scheme and fuel card , pension, healthcare, life insurance + profit share (last year 14%) -Of course this type of experience working on a social housing contract is the goal but they can consider other transferrable industries (if you have response/reactive experience) for example retail (supermarket frameworks) , highways , even telecoms or rail – so used to managing high volumes of low value works. In return, being a critical part of their commercial success will bring you security. Working collaboratively with your operational and commercial teams to make things happen together, you will go further with them , enabling a prosperous career with opportunities to develop, within a stable but organically growing business, holding people at its core. They value their employees and offer an exceptional benefits package: ·Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year) ·Private mileage scheme and a fuel card ·Let them help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme. ·Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance ·23 days Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so 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 their preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers The Quantity Surveyor role: As a Quantity Surveyor, you will actively price materials and labour for their responsive repairs workstream using SORs, whilst managing the financial performance of this works to its completion. Focusing on reducing costs, improving efficiencies, and maximising value, you will have real impact on our profitability. Specific tasks will include: ·Being responsible for the financial and technical aspects of the contract. This will include procurement, managing budget, direct labour targeting, subcontractor management, invoicing, payments, cash flow, and cost control. ·Minimising costs where possible, and maximising value. ·Working with direct labour and subcontractors, ensuring all work issued has labour targets to return agreed profit performance. ·Developing and maintaining open and trusting relationships with the workforce, our customers, subcontractors, suppliers, and our client. ·Producing monthly contract valuations of the unit’s actual deliverables against the projected budget (CVRs) What will you bring as a Quantity Surveyor? ·Proven experience in a similar commercial or Quantity Surveying role - ideally you will have experience of working on Schedule of Rates (SORs) contract and with social housing clients. ·Proven ability to minimise cost and maximise value, profit, and cash flow. ·Strong IT and Microsoft excel skills- this is essential. ·Ability to process high volumes of data analysis. ·Experience in working with direct labour and subcontract procurement. Quantity surveyor quantity surveyor cvr cvr sor sor costs financial, spreadsheet spreadsheet social housing council housing association council local authority quantity guildford surrey godalming waverley guildford surrey property services finance financial accountancy