Bellway Careers

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 Durham Division, located in Rainton Bridge Business Park, Houghton-Le-Spring, is looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Division’s Commercial department, supporting developments across County Durham and Teesside.

The Role

As the Senior Quantity Surveyor you will report directly to the Commercial Director where you will be responsible for managing the commercial aspects of our developments across County Durham and Teesside. You will manage the costs for those allocated sites and ensure that targets are met by managing and controlling the budgets and valuations.

Principal Accountabilities

• Producing draft budgets and site start budgets for each allocated site.
• Producing quarterly valuations and complete material ‘cost to complete’ exercises.
• Producing sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
• Producing sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised, together with all necessary documentation to comply with Group Commercial Policy.
• Completing on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
• Attending and contributing to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
• Managing all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
• Maintaining trade specifications.
• Pricing customer extras and liaising with the sales department as necessary.
• Managing Professional Fees Budget.
• Assisting with material buying when required.
• Assisting with take-off’s for land appraisals when required.