Quantity Surveyor

Our client, a leading Property Services company based in Plymouth, is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to join their long‑standing painting team. This role requires a driven, people‑focused and entrepreneurial professional to work within their commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and planned refurbishment works across the South West.

Salary: £60,630 plus a car allowance (£6,700), a fuel card, profit share (last year 9.33%), private health, pension, life insurance and other benefits.

As a Quantity Surveyor in Plymouth, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite. You will work across a variety of projects, including established frameworks and core contracts with prestigious housing clients in the public and residential sectors, and other property services covering defence, commercial and education sectors.

• Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation.
• Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset.
• Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible.
• Build strong client, supplier and subcontractor relationships, to discuss variations and progress and to seek mutually commercial and viable solutions.
• Complete and analyse weekly site reporting, ensuring it includes adequate cost information (labour rates, performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality and safety).

• Proven experience in a surveying role, with the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account.
• Experience managing projects with a total value of up to £2 million annually.
• Experience with painting, brickwork, plastering, roofing or civil/new‑build projects preferred, but not essential.
• Experience dealing and working with direct labour teams, timesheets and subcontractors.
• Schedule of Rates (SORs) experience.
• An entrepreneurial, analytical and accurate approach, with a keen eye for business opportunities and negotiation.
• Inquisitive, organised, honest and a genuine people person who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and colleagues.

• Profit share scheme (9.33% of base salary last year).
• Private mileage scheme and a fuel card.
• Enhanced employer pension contribution up to 7% or a savings scheme.
• Life, medical and permanent health insurance.
• Annual leave with the option to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
• Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity for health and wellbeing support.
• Annual pay reviews.
• Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Trade discounts from preferred suppliers, including Specsavers vouchers.

For further information and to apply, please contact the hiring team directly.