Planner
Sub Division: Defence
Location: Bromsgrove
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours - Monday to Friday
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Purpose of Role
Vinci Facilities is seeking a highly motivated and skilled Quantity Surveyor to join our Defence sector team, supporting a wide portfolio of refurbishment and new-build projects across the MOD Estate
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key commercial role within a secure, mission-critical environment, delivering high-quality facilities solutions that directly support UK Defence infrastructure.
Responsibilities
1. Provide full commercial support across refurbishment, maintenance, and new-build projects.
2. Prepare cost plans, estimates, valuations, and cost reports in line with contract requirements.
3. Manage subcontract procurement, contract administration, and payments.
4. Monitor project budgets, forecasts, and financial performance, ensuring cost control throughout the project lifecycle.
5. Identify and manage commercial risks and opportunities.
6. Work closely with project managers, site teams, clients, and MOD stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
7. Ensure compliance with contract terms, governance, and Defence-sector protocols.
8. Support final account preparation and negotiation.
Essential Qualifications/Skills
9. Proven experience as a Quantity Surveyor within construction, refurbishment, or facilities management.
10. Experience working within Defence, secure environments, or public sector frameworks (desirable).
11. Strong commercial acumen with excellent analytical and negotiation skills.
12. Ability to manage multiple projects across geographically dispersed sites.
13. Excellent communication skills and a collaborative approach.
14. A degree in Quantity Surveying or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
15. Professional membership (RICS or working toward it) is an advantage.
16. Eligibility for Security Clearance (SC) – essential.
In return for your hard work we offer additional training and development, 26 days holiday (+ bank holidays), generous pension contribution, life assurance and much more.
We are VINCI Facilities – experts in the built environment. VINCI Facilities is a Facilities Management and Building Solutions provider, delivering cost-effective and sustainable bespoke solutions to customers in the public and private sectors. We are committed to working towards a lower carbon society, focusing on sustainable and innovative methods to exceed our partners' goals and add value for all stakeholders – and we were named the top-ranked FM service provider in the Sustainable FM Index for 2020. We put our people first. Always working as a team and collaborating from start to finish. We are the trusted expert in the built environment because we listen to our team and create a workplace that maximises their potential.
Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) at VINCI Facilities is about recognising and celebrating each other’s differences and what they bring to the team. Harnessing this diversity and applying the experiences, abilities and unique qualities of individuals will enhance our business; therefore, we commit to equity of opportunity and fair treatment of all current and potential employees and encourage job applications from all.
Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.
VINCI recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles which include working from home to enable employees to balance their working life with other priorities.