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Quantity Surveyor

Job details
Posting date: 01 October 2025
Salary: £65,000 to £75,000 per year
Additional salary information: Travel Allowance, Bonus, Pension
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 31 October 2025
Location: Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5QJ
Remote working: Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week
Company: Daniel Owen Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: Inside3_1759332498

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Summary

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid - 4 days site/office based, 1 day work from home)
Industry: Building and Construction
Employment Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Company Overview:
We are a progressive and dynamic main contractor specialising in fit-out, refurbishment, and construction projects across London and the South East. With a strong focus on collaboration, precision, and delivering best value, we pride ourselves on maintaining excellent client relationships and ensuring profitable project delivery.

Responsibility of the Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager:
Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager, the successful candidate will oversee commercial and contractual matters across fit-out and refurbishment projects. This is a client-facing role that requires strong preconstruction and estimating experience, with responsibility for ensuring profitability, mitigating risk, and maintaining Inside's reputation for excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in tender submissions, preconstruction, and estimating activities, ensuring compliance and accuracy of tender returns

  • Prepare, negotiate, and manage cost plans, cashflows, valuations, and final accounts

  • Monitor and control project budgets, preliminary expenditure, and cost reporting

  • Manage subcontractor procurement, tendering, and order placement with robust contract documentation

  • Ensure prompt costing of change, secure instructions, and maximise commercial opportunities

  • Support Project Managers in delivering projects profitably and successfully

  • Conduct design cost control and recommend value engineering solutions

  • Resolve commercial issues, including debtors and retention collection

  • Maintain detailed project records and ensure compliance with company systems and procedures

  • Monitor supply chain performance and safeguard against disputes

Requirements:

  • Over 5 years' experience as a Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager in the UK construction industry

  • Proven track record in both project delivery and preconstruction/estimating stages

  • Experience with JCT contracts (all types)

  • Degree, HND, NVQ, or A-Level qualified in a relevant field

  • Strong commercial, legal, and contractual knowledge

  • Excellent problem-solving skills

  • Highly organised with strong time management abilities

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Outlook

What We Offer:

  • Pension scheme

  • Annual leave package

  • Additional benefits to be discussed

  • Hybrid working (site, office, and home flexibility)

  • Opportunity to work on a range of high-quality fit-out and refurbishment projects

  • Career progression in a supportive and forward-thinking environment

  • Company events and professional development opportunities

If you are, or know of, a Quantity Surveyor with preconstruction and estimating experience seeking a new challenge, please contact Ollie on 07885367380.

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