Quantity Surveyor 

A national leading consultancy in Milton Keynes has an opening for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team.

Working on a range of industry-leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, retail and residential. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector

Lots of benefits:

• £45-60,000
• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• 6% pension
• All expenses covered for work purposes
• Hybrid working – 2-3 days office & home
• 8.30 to 5 – again flexible – you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer
• Private health insurance and can add your family
• Open plan office
• Informal working environment
• Trust people – manage your own workload
• Casual dress
• Regular social events
• Plenty of room to progress
• RICS support

The role - Quantity Surveyor 

You will be joining a team of 25 and will enjoy working in a collaborative working environment in a modern, open-plan office.

You will focus on works for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit-out works ranging from £2-15m, and alongside this, you will be looking after fit-out and refurbishment works for veterinary practices with values up to £1.8m 

Office/ home based, out seeing clients roughly once a week.

Job Objectives:

• Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and be an extension of their team
• Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow and ensuring that applications are made correctly and promptly.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.

The right person. Quantity Surveyor  

You will either be an experienced Cost Manager, or a Quantity Surveyor.

Main contractor or consultancy experience

Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors, M & E)