Senior Quantity Surveyor – Letchworth, Hertfordshire – Up to £85,000 Plus Package
Salary: Up to £85,000, depending on experience
Location: Letchworth, Hertfordshire, with weekly travel to West and South West London
Working pattern: Four days based at the Letchworth office and one day visiting live projects
Working hours: 8.30 am–5.30 pm
Package: Car allowance and pension
This is an opportunity to join a mid-sized, family-owned main contractor with more than 40 years’ experience delivering new build, design and build, refurbishment and fit-out projects. The business works across commercial, community and leisure, healthcare, hospitality, retail and other public and private sector schemes, typically valued between £1m and £15m.
You will join an experienced commercial team of six, with low staff turnover and high morale. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly, the workload is strong, and the company has continued to grow while keeping a hands-on, approachable feel. You will work from modern, light offices in a central Hertfordshire location with plenty of parking.
You will manage a couple of schemes at the same time, including a £7m office fit-out for a public-sector client that is currently halfway through construction, alongside a £2m refurbishment and fit-out of an existing laboratory and office building for a government client. The role is mainly based at the company’s Letchworth office, with one day a week spent visiting projects around Teddington, Twickenham and South West London.
This is a senior, hands-on role where you will take commercial responsibility for projects from lead-in through to final account. You will be trusted to run your own workload, make commercial decisions, manage risk and provide clear commercial guidance to the wider project and management teams. There is also flexibility for a degree of hybrid working.
Key Responsibilities
- Take full commercial responsibility for a couple of live construction schemes at the same time.
- Manage procurement, subcontractor packages and tender enquiries.
- Prepare valuations, variations, cost reports and cash-flow forecasts.
- Monitor project costs, programme implications and commercial risk.
- Manage subcontractor accounts through to agreement of final accounts.
- Work closely with project teams to keep schemes commercially controlled and on budget.
- Provide clear commercial reporting, advice and updates to senior management.
About You
- Proven experience working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a main contractor.
- Main Contractor refurbishment experience.
- A construction-related qualification such as an HNC, HND, degree or equivalent.
- Confident managing more than one scheme at a time.
- Able to work independently and take full ownership of projects.
- Strong commercial awareness and a practical understanding of construction contracts.
- Organised, reliable and comfortable dealing with site teams, subcontractors and clients.
Benefits
- Salary of up to £85,000, depending on experience.
- Car allowance.
- Company pension.
- Annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Flexibility/autonomy
- Long-term opportunity within an established and supportive commercial team.