Quantity Surveyor

Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor who enjoys getting into the detail, challenging costs and making sure every pound delivers value?

We’re looking for a commercially minded Quantity Surveyor to join our Cost Management Team within Homes Operations.

This is an opportunity to play an important role in strengthening commercial and cost control across our property services. Working closely with operational colleagues, Procurement and our external partners, you’ll provide the insight, challenge and expertise needed to ensure expenditure is accurate, contractually compliant and delivers genuine value for money.

You’ll take commercial and cost management responsibility across a range of contracts and work streams, with a particular focus on high-volume responsive repairs, empty homes, gas and electrical works.

Day to day, you’ll:

• Review and challenge contractor costs at job and line-item level.

• Scrutinise Schedule of Rates pricing, variations, applications and supporting evidence.

• Monitor expenditure and identify cost trends, risks, inefficiencies and opportunities for savings.

• Lead and support cost benchmarking, value engineering and commercial reviews.

• Provide commercial advice and constructive challenge to operational and procurement colleagues.

• Assess contract variations, claims and other commercial matters.

• Support contract negotiations and new commercial arrangements.

• Identify and manage contractual and financial risks.

• Build effective relationships with contractors while maintaining strong commercial challenge.

• Use data and commercial insight to influence improvements to services and contractual arrangements.

• Look for smarter, more innovative ways of working and strengthening commercial control.

Ultimately, your commercial expertise will help us deliver efficient, high-quality services and positive outcomes for our customers.

We’re looking for someone with strong Quantity Surveying and commercial experience who can confidently analyse costs, challenge suppliers and turn detailed information into clear commercial decisions.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Significant Quantity Surveying experience within a large or complex organisation, with social housing experience particularly welcomed.

• Strong knowledge of the NHF Schedule of Rates (SOR).

• Experience of reviewing contractor costs across high-volume repairs and maintenance work streams.

• A track record of delivering measurable savings, efficiencies and performance improvements.

• Strong financial management, budgeting and costing experience.

• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to use data to inform decisions.

• Strong Excel capability, including Pivot Tables, lookup formulas and graphs.

• Excellent influencing, negotiation and communication skills.

• The ability to challenge constructively, resolve conflict and build effective long-term partnerships.

• An HND, relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience within construction, housing, property or Quantity Surveying.

• A full UK driving licence and the ability to drive when required for the role.

Knowledge of building and contract law, building regulations and health and safety legislation would also be advantageous.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (if applicable), satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

This role may require specific qualifications, skills, knowledge, and behaviours to meet the Competence and Conduct Standard for Social Housing. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Stonewater is one of the UK’s largest social housing providers, driven by our purpose that everyone has a…