Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor (Retail)

A national leading consultancy in Bristol have an opening for a Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team. This role would suit candidates currently working as a Quantity Surveyor or Cost Manager. 

Working on a range of industry leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector

Lots of benefits:

• £40-60,000
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• 6% pension
• All expenses covered for work purposes
• Hybrid working – 2-3 days office & home
• 8.30 to 5 – again flexible – you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer
• Private health insurance and can add your family
• Informal working environment
• Trust people – manage your own workload
• Casual dress
• Regular social events
• Plenty of room to progress
• RICS support

The role - Quantity Surveyor 

You will be joining a team and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open plan office.

You will focus on works for 1 large retail client undertaking refurbishment and fit out works. Project values vary from £2-25m

Office based in the main, out seeing clients roughly once a week.

Job Objectives:

• Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and be an extension of their team
• Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.

The right person. Quantity Surveyor 

• You will be an experienced Cost Manager or Quantity Surveyor from a consultancy or main contractor background.
• Refurbishment experience is key, (walls, ceilings, floors, M&E)
• You will have retail experience 
• You will be qualified to Degree level. 
• You will used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects

Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor / Estimator

Key words: Bristol, Cardiff, Bath, Quantity Surveying.