Estimator​/Quantity Surveyor

Managing Director

Working together as the Bristol Together management team

Bristol – hybrid working

Dedicated desk at our site office, regular site attendance and some remote working

Clear pathway to Commercial Director, with regular salary reviews

Support towards professional qualifications

22 days holiday entitlement plus public and bank holidays

The idea behind the Bristol Together model is simple: we are a social enterprise which creates full-time jobs for people with lived experience of the prison system through building contract work on live building sites, providing training, skills and vital work experience to help get their foot in the door of the construction industry.

We are achieving this through a commercially sustainable business model involving:

• Commercial contracting work through established partnerships with third sector organisations, housing providers and local authorities. This work spans from light touch residential refurbishments through to large scale commercial property fit outs of cafés to nursery schools.
• Specialist Accommodation refurbishment projects working alongside Bristol City Council and care providers to provide much needed homes for residents with disabilities or additional needs.

The profits from the commercial contracting business are re‑invested in the company to support the training and supervision of people with lived experience of the prison system, who will generally be working in construction, or sometimes any industry, for the first time.

Our belief is that meaningful employment is key to rehabilitation and recovery: ultimately, recognising their future potential, not their past, is paramount to helping these individuals regain control over their lives.

Our work has had significant social impact in Bristol since 2011. We've seen over 120 people with lived experience of the prison system transform their lives, and our re-offending rate throughout this time has remained below 10% which is significantly below the national average of 46%. Furthermore, we do not choose 'easy' cases - 86% of our workers have been imprisoned for serious offences.

We are growing. With an annual turnover of £2–3 million, a strong pipeline of public sector, housing association and commercial work, and a clear ambition to scale our social impact, we are building the team that will take Bristol Together to its next stage.

We are looking for more than a Quantity Surveyor. You will work directly with our Managing Director, and together the two of you will form the management team of Bristol Together. This is a rare chance to shape the future direction of a growing social enterprise, and for the right person it is a pathway to Commercial Director.

Leading the estimating and commercial management of every Bristol Together project, from tender to final account. Alongside this, you will work with the Managing Director on strategy, winning new work and building the systems a growing business needs.

• Work directly with the Managing Director as one half of a two-person management team
• A real voice in where we go next: the work we bid for, how we grow and how we measure our social impact
• Responsibility from day one on live projects ranging from £100,000 to over £1 million
• Mentoring from the Managing Director and access to experienced advisers through our investor network
• Support towards professional qualifications, and a clear route to Commercial Director as the business grows
• Work with genuine purpose: every project you win helps create jobs and second chances for people with lived experience of the prison system

• Pricing tenders from drawings,…