Quantity Surveyor in Winchester

Your opportunity

If you are a Quantity Surveyor looking for the next step in your career, we need someone to join our team in the Winchester office. As a discipline we deliver significant projects ranging from £1m to +£100m across a wide variety of sectors, namely Education, Defence, Health and Residential

What you need to do to be effective in this role

• Assist on all aspects of cost management from inception to completion.
• Assist on large scale and/or multiple projects with key clients.
• Contribute to business development activities.
• Supporting Clients and other stakeholders in their decision making.
• Working with digital tools for quantitative outtake and cost estimating.
• Produce high level feasibility studies, cost estimates, cost plans throughout all stages of the design stage.
• Evaluate the cost of building designs and alternative proposals to maintain project budgets.
• Prepare and issue tender documents.
• Manage the tender process, review and analyse tender returns and prepare recommendations to the client as well as advice on procurement routes.
• Advise on building contract terms.
• Attend meetings, prepare financial reports and monitor on the status of projects.
• Provide robust post contract cost control measures, establishing the effect of variations and evaluating and negotiating final account settlements.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients and consultants.
• Maintain the highest standards of professional competence.

The skills and experience you need to have for this role

• Relevant degree in a quantity surveying, or similar, RICS accredited course.
• Working towards MRICS preferred but not essential.
• Understanding of construction methodologies and building elements.
• Interest in digitisation, AI, BIM, Proficient using CostX or equivalent.
• Commercially aware with excellent negotiation and organisational skills.
• Sound knowledge of JCT & NEC Suite of Contracts.
• Previous or current security clearance would be advantageous.
• Critical thinking; be able to analyse project costs, contracts, and risks objectively to make informed decisions.
• Be up to date with changes in construction laws, new software, and cost estimation techniques.

About us

We are Ridge, a Built Environment Consultancy. We help our clients transform the quality and sustainability of the built environment.

Our 1,400+ people bring a vast range of skills, delivering a professional mindset, gritty discipline and a genuine passion to every one of the thousands of projects they undertake each year. They're the foundation of our success - they drive our vision, embody our values and separate us from the competition.

Come and join us if you're hungry to be part of an exceptional team - if you put quality first - if you're motivated by ingenuity and if you're always aspiring to be the very best.