Ian Williams Ltd
Quantity Surveyor
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Quantity Surveyor
About Ian Williams Ltd
Ian Williams started life as a Painting Contractor in 1946 and are proud to have grown significantly, and organically, to continue to deliver this valued service eight decades on.
Specifically in North London (office based in Watford) our committed commercial and operational team have secured further long-term value within our core cyclical Painting contracts and are looking to invite a Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team.
The Quantity Surveyor Role
A driven, people-focused and entrepreneurial Quantity Surveyor, you'll join the dedicated commercial and operational team, which specialises in painting, decorating and associated planned refurbishment works in the North London areas. You'll be working for clients across a variety of sectors including commercial property development, education and social housing.
You will:
- Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks and mitigation for these.
- 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 relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual, commercially viable solutions are sought, always.
- Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety)
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What will you bring as Quantity Surveyor?
You will be inquisitive, organised, and honest as well as being a genuine ‘people person’ who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues. You will enjoy being part of a genuine team environment.
- Proven experience in a similar estimating and commercially focused surveying role. Experience of the commercial ownership of projects and contracts from tender and estimation stages through to final account. Experience of working for a painting or refurbishment contractor would be very advantageous.
- Experience of successfully managing commercially, a total value of works up to £2 million annually.
- Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains. You will describe yourself as commercial, analytical, and accurate in your approach.
Benefits
Salary - £62,830 plus £6,700 car allowance
At Ian Williams, we value our employees and offer an exceptional benefits package:
- Be part of the company profit share scheme (over 9% of base salary achieved last year)
- Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
- Let us help you prepare for your future with an enhanced employer pension contribution of up to 7% OR a savings scheme.
- Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Annual leave, but you may want longer or less, so buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year.
- Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice.
- Annual pay reviews
- Enhanced maternity/ paternity pay.
- Training and development opportunities
- Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers for you and your friends and family, and Specsavers vouchers
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About Ian Williams Ltd
Discover more about us by reviewing our website, and also through our social media platforms, along with LinkedIn, Indeed and Glassdoor.
Application Process
The successful applicant will be required to complete a criminal records check. As an organisation assessing applicants’ suitability for positions which are included in the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order using criminal record checks processed through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), we comply fully with the code of practice and undertake to treat all applicants for positions fairly.
Ian Williams is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity is more than a commitment at Ian Williams—it is the foundation of what we do. We are fully focused on equality and believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and all other characteristics that make us different.
We reserve the right to shortlist prior to the closing date.
Ian Williams Ltd will use applicants’ details for recruitment purposes only. For more information, please read our Candidate Privacy Notice located at our website.
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