Quantity Surveyor
| Posting date: | 03 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £50,000.0 to £60,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £50,000 - £60,000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 January 2026 |
| Location: | Solihull, West Midlands, B90 4GT |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4752327_1764752582 |
Summary
Your new company
They are a leading 5-star housebuilder, consistently recognised for delivering high-quality homes since 2010. Their success comes from combining innovation, expertise, and a strong commitment to putting customers first. They offer tailored career opportunities for apprentices, graduates, experienced professionals, and ex-Armed Forces personnel to help shape the future of homebuilding. They have a hybrid working approach that allows office-based colleagues to balance time between the office, construction sites, sales offices, and home, ensuring flexibility and collaboration.
Your new role
Reporting to the Senior Quantity Surveyor/Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for the commercial and surveying responsibilities for a site. Effectively manage costs for the site, and ensure targets are met by managing and controlling the budget and valuations, including monthly updating of the estimated final costs, show absolute cost and value reconciliation. Responsible for managing all sub-contractor procedures and processes, and materials and goods if necessary, whilst always ensuring compliance with Group Policies and Procedures. Value engineer all trades, ensuring that we are always one step ahead of the market.
What you'll need to succeed
- Qualified to HND level or higher with a valid CSCS card.
- Must have a full understanding of current market conditions and rates.
- Must be able to control cost to complete on all trades and on all provisions to ensure live cost certainty.
- Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail, able to gather, interpret and present data to facilitate preparation of budgets and subsequent valuations.
- Methodical, conscientious and organised, works to deliver high standards.
- Strong IT skills, working knowledge of computer systems within the commercial environment, i.e. project management/payment and valuation software.
- Articulate, clear and credible, and able to thrive under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to contribute towards the resolution of disputes, problems and cost issues.
- Able to work on own initiative, with the drive to take ownership of projects.
- Strong communication skills, the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally.
- Wide experience in the discipline within the house building industry.
- Strong communication skills, the ability to build effective working relationships both internally and externally
- Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, NHBC and Health and Safety requirements etc.
- Team player, and supportive of colleagues.
What you'll get in return
- £50,000 - £60,000 salary (experience dependant)
- Competitive Bonus Scheme
- Private Medical Cover
- Company Car or Cash Allowance
- Annual Medical Health Assessment
- 26 days' holiday (increase by 1 day for every 3 years' continuous service up to 29 days)
- Choice of Flexible Benefits
- Enhanced Family Friendly Policies
What you need to do now
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