Our client, a leading Property Services company based in Plymouth, is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to join their long‑standing painting team. This role requires a driven, people‑focused and entrepreneurial professional to work within their commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and planned refurbishment works across the South West.
Salary: £60,630 plus a car allowance (£6,700), a fuel card, profit share (last year 9.33%), private health, pension, life insurance and other benefits.
The Quantity Surveyor role
As a Quantity Surveyor in Plymouth, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite. You will work across a variety of projects, including established frameworks and core contracts with prestigious housing clients in the public and residential sectors, and other property services covering defence, commercial and education sectors.
Responsibilities
* Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation.
* Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset.
* Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible.
* Build strong client, supplier and subcontractor relationships, to discuss variations and progress and to seek mutually commercial and viable solutions.
* Complete and analyse weekly site reporting, ensuring it includes adequate cost information (labour rates, performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality and safety).
Qualifications & Experience
* Proven experience in a surveying role, with the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account.
* Experience managing projects with a total value of up to £2 million annually.
* Experience with painting, brickwork, plastering, roofing or civil/new‑build projects preferred, but not essential.
* Experience dealing and working with direct labour teams, timesheets and subcontractors.
* Schedule of Rates (SORs) experience.
* An entrepreneurial, analytical and accurate approach, with a keen eye for business opportunities and negotiation.
* Inquisitive, organised, honest and a genuine people person who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and colleagues.
Benefits
* Profit share scheme (9.33% of base salary last year).
* Private mileage scheme and a fuel card.
* Enhanced employer pension contribution up to 7% or a savings scheme.
* Life, medical and permanent health insurance.
* Annual leave with the option to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
* Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity for health and wellbeing support.
* Annual pay reviews.
* Enhanced maternity/paternity pay.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Trade discounts from preferred suppliers, including Specsavers vouchers.
For further information and to apply, please contact the hiring team directly.
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