Quantity Surveyor

Job title:

Quantity Surveyor

Company

Ian Williams

Job description

We, at Ian Williams, are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our thriving and established Painting business based in Plymouth, Devon.

You may be open to relocating to Devon and Cornwall. If so, we offer a comprehensive relocation package to support your move. Please enquire, and liaise with our Recruitment team for more information.

Benefits:

• Be part of the company profit share scheme
• Car Allowance of £6500 OR Company car option with a private mileage scheme. Both options include a fuel card
• Relocation Package, offering financial support with your move, where relevant
• Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme
• Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Buy and Sell options for your annual leave
• Annual pay reviews
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay

The Quantity Surveyor role:

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite therefore, you are fully involved from tendering and estimating through to final accounts, with the ability to have a real impact on our profitability and our commercial success.

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any risks
• Manage the pricing of tenders to maximise business wins and profitability
• Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning
• Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives and sub-contractor management
• Build strong client relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed

What will you bring as a Quantity Surveyor?

• You may be an experienced Quantity Surveyor, or Assistant Surveyor, looking for you’re the next chapter in your career
• The ability to demonstrate ownership of contracts, including estimating/ tendering, cost control, CVR management through to final accounts.

You will be analytical, organised, and honest as well as being a genuine ‘people person’ who relishes in communicating effectively with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues fostering a real ‘working together’ environment.

Additional benefits include:

• Annual pay reviews
• Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
• Training and development opportunities
• Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
• Specsavers vouchers
• Access to an employee assistance program to support employee’s health and wellbeing, and offering free financial and legal advice
• For information on all other additional benefits we do, to enhance your work/life balance please visit our website

About Ian Williams Ltd:

Discover more, not just from our website but through our Facebook, LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor pages.

We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date based on application volumes.

Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.

Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.

Expected salary

Location

Plymouth

Job date

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 06:41:45 GMT

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