Quantity Surveyor

Overview

Estimate, tender, measure and manage contracts for commercial painting projects.

Key Responsibilities

• weekly reporting
• cost estimates
• value reconciliation
• labour targets
• risk analysis
• client relations

Tasks

-Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety) -Build strong client, supplier, and subcontractor relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual, commercially viable solutions are sought, always. -Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation for these. -Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset. -Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible.

Requirements

• estimating
• surveying
• £2m
• painting
• entrepreneurial
• teamwork

What You Bring

-Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role. Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account. Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous. -Experience of successfully managing commercially, a total value of works up to £2 million annually. -Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains. You will describe yourself as commercial, analytical, and accurate in your approach. -You will be inquisitive, organised, and honest as well as being a genuine ‘people person’ who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues. You will enjoy being part of a genuine team environment.

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Benefits

-Private mileage scheme and a fuel card -Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme. -Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay. -Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year. -Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers -Annual pay reviews -Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice. -Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance -Training and development opportunities -Be part of the company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)

About Ian Williams Ltd

-Began with painting and expanded into full property services. -Offers planned maintenance, responsive repairs, M&E, and refurbishments. -Projects include school refurbishments, housing improvements, loss recovery, and asset reinvestment. -Runs its own Ian Williams Academy for specialized training.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-criminal records check required (dbs)