Senior Quantity Surveyor

Overview

In this role you will oversee subcontractor engagement and financial control for housing projects. You will coordinate tender lists, negotiate prices with subcontractors, and ensure bids reflect all specifications and drawings. You’ll manage site meetings, health & safety paperwork, and payment processing to keep projects on track. You will contribute to budget development, value reporting, and final accounts as part of a cross-functional team driving project success.

Responsibilities

• Compile subcontract tender lists for new sites
• Negotiate with the most competitive tender
• Ensure price reflects specification, trade spec and drawings
• Conduct pre-start meeting with subcontractor
• Review Health & Safety policies and ensure paperwork is in place
• Obtain and sign subcontractor price approvals
• Issue orders to subcontractors
• Set up price breakdowns for orders
• Process subcontract and service payments to accounts
• Meet subcontractors on site to negotiate extras
• Attend monthly development meetings with departments
• Attend monthly meetings with Housing Associations to agree valuations
• Compile site budget with inputs from Construction Director, Sales Director, Technical Director, Engineer, Buyer, and others
• Carry out quarterly site valuations and report losses or savings
• Discuss valuations with MD, FD and Commercial Manager and amend as needed
• Finalize accounts with groundwork and other trades at project end

Key requirements

• communication
• negotiation
• team collaboration
• tendering
• budgeting
• cost control

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