Quantity Surveyor

**Location** Epsom offices
- **Employment** Permanent
- **Competitive Salary** plus Car + benefits package pension, health, life, profit share etc

My client have a great opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to support their expanding South London painting division, ( _Please do not be discouraged if you do not have painting experience this is a 'nice to have’ and we welcome any transferrable sector background to apply)_
- Typically though you will be out at customers and prospective customers 3 days a week and the other 2 days can be either work from home or in office so very much hybrid.

They are one of the UK’s largest privately-owned property services companies with offices UK wide. A leader and pioneer in its field, they are at the forefront of delivering innovative planned and responsive services to the built environment.

**Utilising your commercial acumen and ability to build strong client relationships, you will manage the successful delivery of their painting contracts, ensuring customer satisfaction, whilst controlling costs and profit for the business.**

**They now operate in a hybrid working environment, and will consider flexible working patterns, offering you the opportunity to take accountability for your delivery, while maintaining a work/ life balance that hopefully, suits you.**Therefore you have the autonomy and responsibility to manage your time effectively, between site based, home and office based environments..

**Benefits**:

- Be part of their company profit share scheme
- Company car and outstanding private mileage scheme
- Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7%
- 23 days annual leave but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
- Flexible working patterns can be considered for this role, including condensed working hours.
- Access to an employee assistance program to support employee’s health and wellbeing

They passionately believe that their success will be maintained if they continue to offer their employees a great place to work; providing you with the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

**The Quantity Surveyor role**:
As a **Quantity Surveyor**, you will have the opportunity to work on projects (including painting as well as minor building refurbishments works), across a variety of environments/sectors across the South London and some of central London areas,whilst supported by an established and successful, operational, and commercial team.

Key duties will include:

- Measuring and preparing cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any risks
- Managing the pricing of tenders to maximise business wins and profitability
- Preparing cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning
- Working closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives
- Building strong client relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed
- Completing and analysing weekly reporting from site has adequate cost information
- Supporting the Business Manager and Business Development with sales and marketing activities; meetings with customers and developing tender specific method statements

**What will you bring as Quantity Surveyor?**
- Proven experience in a similar estimating and surveying role with estimating/ tendering experience. Please do not be discouraged if you do not have painting experience this is a 'nice to have’ and we welcome any transferrable sector background to apply.
- Experience of successfully managing a volume of projects and contracts collectively you to a annual value of c£3 million
- **Enterprising spirit,**with key eye for identifying business opportunities and developing key existing relationships.
- You will be**analytical, organised, and honest**as well as being a genuine**'people person’ who relishes in communicating effectively**with their clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues fostering a real 'working together’ environment.

**Additional Benefits include**:

- Annual pay reviews
- Medical and life insurance
- Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay
- Training and development opportunities
- Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family
- Specsavers vouchers