Quantity Surveyor

At Bellway we recognise that people are the key to our success, and we are committed to building an inclusive culture that values and respects difference combined with creating a safe and inclusive working environment for all colleagues. This means we are positive about making adjustments as well as providing flexible working and we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you.

There is an exciting opportunity to join Bellway, one of the UK’s largest house builders. Our Scotland East Division, located in Livingston is looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Division’s Commercial department

.
This role of Quantity Surveyor is responsible for managing the commercial aspects of each development. This includes managing the costs for each site and ensuring that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations. Surveyors are typically allocated sites that are more complex by nature, whether this is due to the type of construction, the speed of construction, or whether it is a multi-phase site or a consortium site (shared infrastructure with another developer

).
The Quantity Surveyor reports to the Commercial Manag

er.
Principal accountabilities of the role incl

• ude:Produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Quantity Surve
• yor.Produce quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises for each site the Quantity Surveyor is responsible
• for.Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these
• off.Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Pol
• icy.Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contract
• ors.Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contract
• ors.Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when requi
• red.Maintain trade specificati
• ons.Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necess
• ary.Manage Professional Fees Bud
• get.Assist with material buying when requi
• red.Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-off’s for land appraisals when requi

red.
Experi

• ence:Experience of working as a Quantity Surveyor or Surveyor with a residential house bui
• lder.Knowledge of cost control systems and valuation repor
• ting.Ideally experience of managing Housing Association contr

acts.
Qualifications and Tr

• ainingHND/HNC Building St
• udies.GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and
• Maths.Current CSCS card or equivalent is desi
• rable.RICS Professional Membership is desi
• rable.BSc in Quantity Surveying desi

rable.
Skills and A

• ptitudeStrong communication and listening skills, with good negotiation
• skills.Highly motivated to deliver quality develo
• pments.Ability to work on own as well as part of
• a team.Excellent attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet dea
• dlines.IT literate and the ability to adapt to new s
• ystems.Good administration
• skills.Committed to diversity and inc

lusion.
The Role and Working Co

• nditionsWilling to be flexible in respect to day to day duties and hours
• worked.Office based role, with travel within the Division
• al area.Ability to travel to development sites as and when r
• equired.Please note this role is subject to a basic DBS and financial pre-employment

checks.
In return we can o

• ffer you:Competitiv
• e salary.Competitive car a
• llowance.Optional salary sacrifice ca
• r scheme.Competitive annu
• al bonus.Contributory pensio
• n scheme.25 days holiday, plus bank
• holidays.Access to discounts and benefit
• s portal.ShareSav
• e Scheme.Cycle to Wor
• k Scheme.Life a
• ssurance.Holiday Purchas
• e Scheme.Earn and Learn Oppor