Quantity Surveyor - Intermediate or Senior Level - refurbishment / fit-out Milton Keynes A leading national consultancy in Milton Keynes has openings for a Quantity Surveyor or a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team Working on a range of industry-leading schemes, they operate within a range of sectors, including education, healthcare, leisure, and retail. The majority of their workload is refurbishment, and they are most prominent in the retail sector Lots of benefits: * 27 days' holiday plus bank holidays. * 6% pension * All expenses covered for work purposes * Hybrid working – 2-3 days office & home * 8.30 to 5 – again flexible – you can start earlier/ finish earlier if you prefer * Private health insurance and can add your family * Open plan office * Informal working environment * Trust people – manage your workload * Casual dress * Regular social events * Plenty of room to progress * RICS support The role Quantity Surveyor You will be joining an established team and will enjoy working in a collaborative environment in a modern, open-plan office. You will focus on work for 1 large client undertaking refurbishment and fit out works, and alongside this, could be looking after improvement works on education schemes, such as re-roofing works, fire upgrades, etc. Office/home-based in the main, out seeing clients roughly once a week. Job Objectives: * Establishing friendly, professional relationships with clients and being an extension of their team * Subcontractor tendering and reviewing costs. * Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with the budget. * Proactively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and promptly. * Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering. * Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed. The right person You will either have experience working as a Cost Manager or a Quantity Surveyor. Main contractor or consultancy experience Refurbishment experience is key (walls, ceilings, floors, M & E) You will be used to working at pace on fast turnaround projects Cost Manager / Cost Management / Quantity Surveyor