The Vacancy
📍 Site Surveyor – Retrofit Works (WPS)
🗺️ Locations: Basingstoke, Islington, Newbury
🏗️ Division: WPS – Retrofit Projects
🕒 Full-Time ¦ Permanent
Are you a commercially savvy Site Surveyor with a passion for delivering excellence in Retrofit works? 💡 We’re looking for a proactive and driven individual to join our WPS team, covering key sites across Basingstoke, Islington, and Newbury.
🔧 Your Role
Take full accountability for the development and implementation of all pre- and post-contract strategies, commercial functions, and contract reporting across delegated projects and work packages.
🛠️ What You’ll Be Doing
1. 🦺 Health & Safety: Promote and ensure compliance with group SHE policies, conduct site safety samples, and review subcontractor safety performance.
2. 👥 People & Leadership: Support team development through PDRs and training, seek growth opportunities beyond surveying, and drive performance through regular reviews.
3. 🤝 Customer Relations: Build strong relationships with clients and consultants, understand their drivers, and enhance Wates’ service offering.
4. 💰 Commercial Management: Manage subcontract packages, contribute to procurement strategies, issue tender enquiries, and ensure contractual obligations are met.
5. 📈 Process & Performance: Make sound commercial decisions, maximise value recovery, and maintain high standards of quality and compliance.
📋 Reporting Line
You’ll report to the Project Surveyor and/or Surveying Manager.
🎯 What You’ll Bring
📚 Knowledge:
6. Construction methods and technology
7. Measurement and valuation
8. Contract administration
9. Subcontract/materials orders and buying
10. Claims, loss and expense
11. Wates contractual obligations
🧠 Skills:
12. Strong commercial acumen and cost control
13. Effective relationship-building with PQS, design teams, and supply chain
14. Confident in financial reporting and final accounts
15. Excellent interpersonal and team collaboration skills
🎓 Qualifications:
16. MSc or BA Hons in Quantity Surveying or similar
Ready to make a meaningful impact in Retrofit delivery and thrive in a dynamic, multi-site environment? 🌍
This is your chance to grow your career in a supportive, forward-thinking environment. You’ll be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement—while working on meaningful projects that contribute to safer and greener communities.
Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks.
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.
Awards
BEST PROJECT
Inside Housing Development Awards
WINNER
2022 Construction News Awards Winner
GOLD AWARD
Investors in People 2022
GOLD AWARD
Considerate Constructors Schemes (CCS) National Site Awards
TOP 50 EMPLOYERS
2022 Top 50 Employers for Women
WINNER
2022 Working Families Best Practice Awards