Quantity Surveyor

We’re working with an established independent construction and property consultancy in Stockport that is looking to add a Quantity Surveyor to its growing team. This is a particularly good opportunity for a QS with around 3+ years experience who is ready for more ownership, more direct client exposure and the chance to become an important part of a major long-term account.

The consultancy has a really varied background, working across commercial, retail, hospitality, residential, industrial, education, healthcare and leisure, with projects ranging from individual developments and refurbishments through to repeat national programmes. You’ll initially have a clear focus on one of the business’s major accounts, but longer term there’s plenty of opportunity to broaden your experience across the wider portfolio.

You’ll become part of the team supporting a major national operator with an ongoing development and investment programme across the UK.

There’s a strong pipeline of work, including new-build developments across the North West alongside an ongoing programme of fit-out and refurbishment projects across the North and Midlands.

The projects are relatively fast-moving, so you’ll get to see schemes through their full lifecycle rather than spending years working on one stage of a single development.

The account gives you exposure to:

• Ground-up new-build developments
• Fit-out and refurbishment programmes
• Existing estate upgrades and improvement works
• Multi-site roll-out programmes
• Projects in live operational environments
• Repeat projects delivered for an established national client

It’s a good account to develop on because you’ll get to properly understand how the client operates - their standards, commercial priorities and approach to delivery - while still having variety across individual projects and locations.

As your experience develops, there is also scope to become more involved across the consultancy’s wider portfolio.

Beyond this particular account, the business has experience across a genuinely broad mix of property and construction.

The wider portfolio includes large residential developments and apartment schemes, commercial property, education facilities, healthcare environments, industrial and manufacturing projects, leisure destinations, hospitality developments and nationwide retail programmes.

That can include everything from new-build development and major refurbishment through to commercial fit-out, operational estate improvements and complex projects delivered around existing occupiers.

For someone still relatively early in their QS career, that breadth is useful. You can build strong experience on a major account while still being part of a consultancy where your career doesn’t have to remain focused on one sector forever.

You’ll work across projects from early cost planning and procurement through construction and final account.

As you get to know the client and programme, you’ll be given increasing responsibility for managing projects yourself rather than permanently sitting underneath a more senior QS.

Your role will include:

• Preparing cost plans, estimates and project budgets
• Supporting projects through pre- and post-contract stages
• Preparing tender and contract documentation
• Managing tender processes and reviewing contractor submissions
• Producing regular cost reports and monitoring expenditure
• Managing valuations, variations and change
• Working directly with contractors, consultants and client teams
• Attending project, site and client meetings
• Supporting value engineering and commercial decision-making
• Managing final accounts and project close-out

The client-facing side of the position is important. As you develop, you’ll increasingly…