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Location: Bathgate, EH48

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Job Title: Chief Quantity Surveyor

Location: Bathgate, EH48

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

Why Persimmon Homes?

We're one of the UK's largest and most established housebuilders — FTSE 100 listed, with 29 regional offices and thousands of quality homes built every year.

At Persimmon, We Don't Just Build Homes — We Build Careers. When You Join Us As a Chief Quantity Surveyor, You'll Benefit From

• Competitive salary
• Bonus
• Car Allowance or Company Car
• Hybrid Working
• 5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
• ***Healthcare
• 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
  
  

• Manage and advise on 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 controlled and projects complete on time and within budget.
• Oversee subcontractor appointments and 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.
• Manage the team effectively, including setting clear objectives, conducting professional development reviews, coaching and training to ensure employees achieve both their full potential and company 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.
  
  

• Experience within the housebuilding industry is essential
• Understanding of HSE building regulations and legal guidelines
• Experience of people management
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Experience of using COINS is advantageous
• Familiar with balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and business plans
• Academic Requirements- Relevant Apprenticeship/Undergraduate/Postgraduate or equivalent qualifications, including HNC/HND
• Full UK Driving Licence is required
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction

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