Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the Role

Job Summary: Full commercial management of a number of housing projects from conception to completion, providing information for land purchase exercises, managing the flow of Health and Safety information, and monitoring and reporting build costs, savings and excesses. • Manage full commercial lifecycle of housing projects from conception to completion. • Calculate and monitor prime costs (house pricing, labour, site work, remediation) and report movements. • Reconcile site infrastructure budgets against phased developments. • Provide detailed cost budgets to Site Managers and prepare authorisation budgets. • Implement value‑engineering solutions to optimise profit and efficiency. • Maintain and price schedules of quantities using the Bill of Quantities database. • Manage public works adoption process and Housing Association contracts and valuations. • Oversee closed contract provisions, orders, and subcontractor pricing for customer options. • Supply cost information for land purchase exercises, including feasibility studies via COINS. • Apportion prime costs to individual plots and produce profit analyses for the Director. • Monitor subcontractor cost movements and manage procurement, payments, variations, and final accounts. • Conduct monthly production valuations and forecast final accounts. • Report savings and excesses against budgets to the Director. • Ensure compliance with Building Regulations, NHBC, HSE and other relevant codes of practice. • Reconcile and recharge shared costs across group businesses. • Attend project, concept, pre‑tender, pre‑start, specification and other relevant meetings. • Maintain computer‑based databases and regularly attend sites to support commercial functions.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸commercial management
• ▸cost budgets
• ▸value engineering
• ▸boq pricing
• ▸coins system
• ▸final accounts

What You Bring

• Extensive experience in house‑building commercial management. • Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, NHBC and Health & Safety requirements. • Relevant industry qualification; CIOB or RICS membership preferred. • Strong managerial and negotiation skills with internal and external clients. • Working knowledge of contract law. • IT literate; COINS system experience preferred.

Requirements

• ▸commercial management
• ▸building regulations
• ▸health & safety
• ▸ciob
• ▸contract law
• ▸coins

Benefits

Make a Home at Taylor Wimpey. At Taylor Wimpey we don’t just build houses; we build futures for our customers and our people. By bringing our collective skills together we create amazing outcomes for ourselves, each other and the communities we serve, offering incredible opportunities on your doorstep. With 22 regional offices across the UK and operations in Spain, we provide the tools to develop your skills and the freedom to explore new avenues. Share your ideas, experience a no‑blame culture, and shape your work around your life. What we offer at Taylor Wimpey includes excellent retail discounts, company‑funded life insurance and private healthcare, a quality pension scheme with contributions, discounted house purchase, car leasing, share plans, and flexible benefits such as extra annual leave or dependent cover. We create a home for your future by providing industry‑leading professional training and development, supporting you to unlock your potential, fulfil career and personal goals, and grow in the areas you are most interested in. As a proud Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce, collaborating with individuals who have disabilities or long‑term health conditions and guaranteeing an interview for qualified applicants who declare a disability.

Work Environment

Onsite