Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job Summary

You will be responsible for the full commercial management of several housing projects from conception through to completion. This includes providing key information for land purchase assessments, ensuring accurate material and labour costing, and managing the flow of Health & Safety information. You will monitor and report build costs, identifying savings or overspends, and fulfil all Commercial responsibilities under CDM regulations.

Primary Responsibilities

Commercial Management

• Manage all commercial aspects of housing projects from start to finish.

• Calculate and report all prime costs for developments, including house pricing, labour, site operations and remediation work.

• Maintain and reconcile whole-site infrastructure budgets, including phased developments.

• Prepare detailed cost budgets and share with Site Managers at the appropriate stages.

• Implement value engineering solutions to improve profit and efficiency.

• Maintain and price schedules of quantities for prime cost budgets.

• Prepare site budgets for authorisation by senior management.

• Manage adoption processes for public works.

• Support finalising and managing Housing Association contracts and valuations.

• Oversee closed contract provisions and orders.

• Support Customer Services with commercial solutions for defects and cost recovery.

• Ensure consistent processes, documentation and procedures across the surveying team.

• Price and manage subcontractor elements for the customer options system.

Land Purchase Support

• Assess geographical and site-specific issues for potential developments.

• Prepare estimates of prime costs including subcontractor and material elements.

• Produce feasibility studies using relevant systems and databases.

Cost Monitoring & Reporting

• Apportion prime costs to individual plots and prepare profit analysis.

• Monitor and explain subcontractor cost changes.

• Procure subcontractors, manage payments, variations, day works and final accounts.

• Conduct monthly valuations and assess work in progress.

• Report savings and overspends to senior management.

• Forecast final accounts accurately.

General Duties

• Maintain knowledge of relevant codes of practice, including Building Regulations, NHBC standards and HSE requirements.

• Reconcile and recharge shared costs with internal or external partners.

• Attend project, tender, pre-start and specification meetings as required.

• Maintain data within all relevant systems and databases.

• Carry out regular site visits to support commercial functions and ensure efficient project delivery.