Location: Midlands, to cover national sites with 1 day per fortnight in Wiltshire

Working hours: Monday to Friday 08:00-16:30

Our client, a well-known FM and building services contractor, are looking for a qualified Quantity Surveyor to join their Midlands business unit on a portfolio of Defence and Government contracts.

This role will see you work on a variety of projects ranging in value up to £ 10 million across the Construction and Facilities Management teams.

As Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for helping to estimate costs, quantities and project timelines and providing business support to the Projects Team. This will include facilitating the working relationship between the team and internal and external customers, ensuring the completion of project reports and documentation, building controls and milestones into plans and programmes, identifying business priorities and opportunities for improvements and providing cost advice and support to the Billable Works Team.

In addition to this, you will liaise with the Senior Leadership Team to report on the progress of projects, attend risk meetings, ensure compliance across health and safety, sustainability, quality and other statutory requirements, as well as support change initiatives and identify alternative solutions.

The ideal candidate for this role will have (as a minimum) a HND/Foundation Degree level qualification in Quantity Surveying and appropriate experience within the Construction and/or Commercial Property Maintenance industry.

In addition to this, you should have experience of developing cost models, risk analysis and management, preparation of proposals and tenders and dispute resolution.

Excellent communication, negotiation and organisational skills are essential, as well as the ability to build positive working relationships at all levels.