Senior Quantity Surveyor

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Durham Division, located in Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton-Le-Spring, is looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Division’s Commercial department, supporting developments across County Durham and Teesside.

The Role

As the Senior Quantity Surveyor you will report directly to the Commercial Director where you will be responsible for managing the commercial aspects of our developments across County Durham and Teeside. You will manage the costs for those allocated sites and ensure that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations.

Principal accountabilities of the role include

• Producing draft budgets and site start budgets for each allocated site.
• Producing quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises.
• Producing sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
• Producing sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
• Completing on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attending and contributing to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
• Managing all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
• Maintaining trade specifications.
• Pricing customer extras and liaising with the sales department as necessary.
• Managing Professional Fees Budget.
• Assisting with material buying when required.
• Assisting with take-off’s for land appraisals when required.

Experience, Qualifications and Skill

Experience

• Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house builder.
• Knowledge of cost control systems and valuation reporting.
• Ideally experience of managing Housing Association contracts.
• Experience of COINS would be desirable.

Qualifications and Training

• HND/HNC Building Studies.
• GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths.
• Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable.
• RICS Professional Membership is desirable.
• BSc in Quantity Surveying desirable.

Skills and Aptitude

• Strong communication and listening skills, with good negotiation skills.
• Highly motivated to deliver quality developments.
• Ability to work on own as well as part of a team.
• Excellent attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet deadlines.
• IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems.
• Good administration skills.
• Committed to diversity and inclusion.

The Role and Working Conditions

• Willing to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours worked.
• Office based role, with travel within the Divisional area.
• Ability to travel to development sites as and when required.
• Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment checks.

In return we can offer you

• Competitive salary.
• Competitive car allowance.
• Optional salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Competitive annual bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays.
• Access to discounts and benefits portal.
• ShareSave Scheme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Earn and Learn Opportunities.