Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor

Location: South West region (offices in Tiverton and Bristol)

Reports to: Head of Commercial

Hours:  Full time, Permanent

About the Role:

At Allison Homes, we pride ourselves on being an award-winning private housebuilder dedicated to creating beautiful homes and communities across the Central and East of England, the East Midlands and the South West of England.

Our mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a quality product suitable for everyone.

We are proud of our people, and collaboration and teamwork are key to everything we do. Our Values are at our heart and centre around Trust, Teamwork, Kindness, Passion and Performance.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to help us achieve our ambitious growth plans and goals, to be part of our journey and to grow their career along with our success.

Reporting to the Head of Commercial, you will be responsible for managing costs relating to residential developments, with the focus being to minimise costs on projects whilst still achieving the required standards and quality.  In this role you will be involved from inception, right through to completion. This will include budget control, procurement of sub-contractors, arranging valuation reports, and providing support to the commercial and site teams. You will be dedicated to building excellence through efficient and value-based procurement programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for producing, managing and forecasting build costs for our developments as well as ensuring adherence to company policies and procedures.  In particular, you will have responsibility for sub-contract procurement, payments & valuations.
• Awareness of new materials and methods of construction along with a sound knowledge of the latest regulations, codes of practice and NHBC and LABC requirements is important.
• You will be expected to contribute to design concepts to ensure designs fall within budget, and to complete accurate costing for each aspect of site development.
• Responsible for liaising with relevant departments in order to prepare/compile the Site Start budget in readiness for the commencement of construction and marketing of the site.
• Preparation of tenders, and procurement of subcontract trades is a key part of the role.   You will also be responsible for managing the payment process for subcontractors, supporting members of the payments team in ensuring payments are made in accordance with agreed payment terms.
• In conjunction with the site management team, you will be required to attend subcontract performance review meetings with subcontractors as and when required.
• You will be responsible for maintaining budget control throughout the development, managing cost overruns within contingency levels.  When evaluating and agreeing variations and instructions, you must always be aware of budgetary constraints, ensuring that approval is obtained prior to agreement of variations that are in excess of respective allowances.
• Preparation, analysis and presentation of reports on a weekly/monthly/quarterly basis is an integral part of the role, as is attendance at management team/department meetings, which may be held at various locations outside of the workplace.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor within the housebuilding industry preferred.
• In-depth knowledge and experience of all aspects of quantity surveying and contractual procedures ideally within the housebuilding industry.
• Familiarity with material procurement and/or cost estimation for new developments would be advantageous.
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail, able to compile, interpret and present data for the preparation of budgets and valuations.
• Articulate and calm under pressure.
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively as part of a team or in isolation and manage external working relationships.
• Able to contribute to the resolution of disputes.
• Organised and self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of projects.
• Strong IT skills, including working knowledge of computer systems within the commercial environment.
• The ability to work on own initiative.
• Professional and pleasant manner in dealing with internal and external customers.
• The ability to embrace and role model our company values – Trust, Teamwork, Kindness, Passion and Performance.
• A full driving licence.

This list is not exhaustive.

The benefit package for this role includes:

• Competitive salary.
• Discretionary Bonus Scheme.
• Car allowance (with option to join the company salary sacrifice car scheme).
• 25 days holiday (extending to 27 days holiday after two years of continuous service).
• Pension Scheme.
• Group Life Assurance.
• Group Income Protection Scheme.
• Smart Health Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opt in - Simply Health Cash Plan.
• Allison Homes House purchase discount scheme.

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Allison Homes, please do not hesitate to apply.