Quantity Surveyor

The Vacancy

Are you passionate about the commercial aspects of construction? Do you thrive on tackling high-profile, technically complex projects? If so, we want you on our team. Wates is looking for an innovative Quantity Surveyor to join our dynamic construction team in the Leicestershire region.

Why Wates?

• Challenge the Norm: Bring your fresh ideas and elevate yourself within the industry.
• Career Growth: Progress your career with a talented, diverse, and supportive team.
• Make an Impact: Help us shape the future of construction by working on impactful projects across multiple sectors.

Your Role: As a Quantity Surveyor at Wates, you’ll play a crucial role in our business. You’ll take charge of developing and implementing all pre and post-contract strategies, commercial functions, and contract reporting. You will have full accountability for your projects, working collaboratively with customers and industry specialists to add value, ensure compliance, and uphold best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and own project commercial strategies, managing your subcontract packages effectively.
• Maximize project cash flow through strategic management of subcontract packages.
• Contribute to project procurement strategies, including issuing tender enquiries, reconciling packages, and producing subcontract orders.
• Collaborate with the Commercial Lead to finalize main and subcontract accounts.

If you’re ready to bring your expertise and drive to Wates, join us in creating tomorrow together. Apply now to be part of our innovative journey!

WHAT WE OFFER

· Competitive salary & profit share scheme

· Flexible working

· Car Allowance / Company Car (subject to Role/Grade)

· Travel covered to any of our sites (subject to HMRC advisory rates)

· Extensive corporate benefits including, Private Medical, Pension 8% employers’ contribution, Health and Wellness programme, 26 days holidays + bank holidays and much more…

· Excellent range of learning and development activity to support your career progression.

· Industry leading family leave benefits to included 26 weeks fully paid maternity, 12 weeks fully paid paternity. To find out more about LIFE AT WATES please click on the following link https://www.wates.co.uk/careers/

We are always looking for a variety of new talent to join our teams, to help us grow and innovate as a business. Although you may not have all of the skills listed, many of them may be transferable to other roles within the WATES Group.

If you would like clarity on any of our vacancies, discuss career opportunities in strict confidence or need anything to make our recruitment process easier, please contact our In-House Recruitment Team directly or via recruitment@wates.co.uk and one of us will get in touch as soon as possible.

As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to equality and are proud to have been recognised for this through a range of accolades including gold accreditation with Investors in People, we are also a Disability Confident employer. Being a family owned, business means we understand and value long term relationships.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

• Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
• Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
• Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.