Quantity Surveyor

Job Title: Quantity Surveyor

Location: Malmesbury, SN16

Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Quantity Surveyor and step into a role where your success is celebrated, your growth supported, and your work truly matters.

Why Persimmon Homes?

At Persimmon, we don’t just build homes — we build careers. When you join us as a Quantity Surveyor, you’ll benefit from:

• Competitive salary
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• Life Cover & Contributory Pension
• Employee Benefits Platform – giving you access to high-street discounts, wellbeing support, and more
• Committed to diversity, inclusion, and empowering your development

What is the role?

The purpose of the role is to manage all commercial and financial aspects of assigned projects and contracts to ensure completion is on time, within budget and to legal and quality assurance requirements and regulations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Contribute to the management of a range of legal and contractual issues to ensure the construction project remains profitable while complying with Group guidelines.
• Conduct various studies in a timely manner to estimate materials, time and labour costs, to ensure costs are established and controlled and projects complete on time and within budget.
• Appoint and retain subcontractors, including sourcing and negotiation of contracts, to ensure resources are available to achieve build and quality targets.
• Manage subcontractor performance against Group/ Operating Company guidelines, to ensure costs are controlled and projects complete on time, to the desired quality standards and within budget.
• Work cohesively with other departments across the Operating Company to ensure achievement of targets.
• Produce accurate and timely valuation reports and management information to enable the Commercial management team to make informed business decisions.
• Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy while ensuring compliance throughout the team to ensure health and safety standards are met.

What experience do I need?

• Experience within the house building industry is essential
• Understanding of HSE building regulations and legal guidelines
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Fully conversant with Microsoft Package, including Excel and Word
• Familiar with balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and business plans

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