The Vacancy
We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team on a new build housing scheme in Eastleigh. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious commercial professional who is passionate about construction, motivated to challenge the norm, and keen to progress within a supportive and high performing team.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will take commercial ownership of a project or defined package of works, leading the commercial team and ensuring robust pre‑and post‑contract delivery. You will work closely with internal teams, clients and supply chain partners to maximise value, maintain compliance and protect commercial viability.
As a Senior Quantity Surveyor You Will
* Manage the project commercial team ensuring all Wates Main Contract obligations are met and process obligations are complete with particular reference to Procurement, Sub‑contract orders, Managing Supply Chain, Measurements and Valuations, Contractual Notices and Valuing Change
* Complete and submit Monthly Cost Reports, Procurement Strategy Updates and Internal/External Progress Reports alongside developing and implementing internal and external tender stage and delivery strategies.
* Agree external valuations upstream/downstream to maintain a positive project cashflow and produce and agree main and subcontract final accounts.
What We Offer
* Competitive salary & profit share scheme
* Flexible working
* Car Allowance / Company Car
* Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)
* Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…
* One of the best learning and development programmes which is customizable to support your career progression goals. (c.7000 training sessions delivered year to date across the WATES Group)
* Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity.
Work for Wates
Wates is one of the UK’s leading family‑owned development, building and property maintenance companies. Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.
We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:
Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in, and treated with care.
We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer. We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.
Wates Group is one of the largest, and most successful family‑owned private construction, development, and property services companies in the UK. We are building a place to work where everyone belongs, by one small act of inclusion at a time. We celebrate difference and welcome diversity.
As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.
The Wates Group are committed to three ambitious environmental targets for 2025: Zero Waste, and Zero Carbon, from our operations and Positive Nature Enhancement. Wates are pushing to take a leading role in reducing our industry’s environmental impact.
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