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Quantity Surveyor - Retrofit
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Area: Southern and Northern Home Counties
Package: Competitive salary + car allowance + fuel card for business and personal use + up to 25% bonus
Sector: Social Housing, Refurbishment, Planned Works, Retrofit, Property Services
Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Surveyor or Refurbishment Quantity Surveyor with a background in retrofit, planned works, social housing, refurbishment or property services?
This is a rare opportunity to join a national property services and retrofit company delivering long-term, high-quality contracts across the UK.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary
- Car allowance
- Fuel card for business and personal use
- Bonus potential of up to 25%
- Long-term retrofit, refurbishment and planned works contracts
- Opportunity to join a respected national property services and retrofit business
- Commercially important role with real influence across live projects
- Strong pipeline of meaningful property improvement programmes
The Role
As Quantity Surveyor, you will take commercial ownership of refurbishment, retrofit and planned works projects across the Southern Home Counties.
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You will manage costs from tender stage through to final account, working closely with operational teams, clients and subcontractors to protect margins, control costs, manage variations and ensure accurate commercial reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare cost estimates, tenders and contract documentation
- Manage project costs, budgets and procurement activity
- Prepare valuations, variations, applications for payment and final accounts
- Review subcontractor quotations, appointments and payments
- Monitor commercial performance from tender through to final account
- Support cost forecasting, cash collection and margin protection
- Identify commercial risks, cost pressures and value recovery opportunities
- Produce accurate commercial reports for internal and client review
- Work closely with site and operations teams to support project delivery
About You
This role may suit someone currently working as a Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Intermediate Quantity Surveyor, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Commercial Surveyor, Commercial Manager, Retrofit Quantity Surveyor or Refurbishment Quantity Surveyor.
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You will need experience in construction, property services, refurbishment, retrofit, planned works or social housing.
You will also bring:
- Strong cost control, valuation and variation experience
- Experience managing subcontractor procurement, payments and commercial documentation
- Knowledge of JCT and/or NEC contracts
- Strong commercial awareness and margin protection skills
- Confidence working with operational teams, clients and subcontractors
- Strong organisation, reporting skills and attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple projects or work packages at the same time
- Full UK driving licence
Highly Relevant Experience
Experience across retrofit projects, decarbonisation works, social housing refurbishment, planned maintenance, EWI, fabric upgrades, roofing, windows, doors, insulation, kitchens, bathrooms, voids or disrepair works would be highly relevant.
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This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor looking for a commercially important role with real influence across live refurbishment and retrofit projects.
Apply today for immediate consideration.
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