Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor

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Job Title: Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Glasgow, G33
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as a Quantity Surveyor/Senior 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/Senior Quantity Surveyor, you'll benefit from:
Competitive salary
Bonus
Company Car or Car Allowance
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?

We are now looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor/Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the Commercial Team. This role typically reports to Commercial Director.
The purpose of the role is to be responsible for the financial management of sites within the region through effective and efficient controls, producing reports to allow senior management to establish site status.
Primary Responsibilities
To primarily be responsible for up to 2 or 3 sites of varying complexity whilst setting up budgets, producing bi-monthly valuations, appointing subcontractors and making subcontractor payments to maintain close cost control and enable management decisions
Ensure weekly and monthly payments are processed efficiently, any disputed items are resolved, allowing site works to proceed unhindered and give an accurate picture of site financial status
Produce site valuations on a bi-monthly basis and present to the Board of Directors to indicate any variation from budgeted figures
Undertake negotiations to obtain the optimum rates for sub-contract appointments to maximise margins
Utilise the Persimmon Group COINS system to set up new sites and establish budget, predicting site profitability for financial planning verification
Liaison with other departments on time to ensure sites run efficiently (Construction, Sales, Customer Care, Accounts)
Comply with responsibilities as defined in the Group's Health, Safety & Environment Policy and ensure compliance with the same throughout the team to promote safety in the way we build projects
What experience do I need?
Minimum of HND/HNC in Quantity Surveying
Previous experience in the UK residential house building sector
COINs experience preferrable
Fully conversant with Microsoft Word and Excel
Full UK driving licence
Ability to oversee a number of different projects at different stages of development, whilst having exceptional project management and time management skills.

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Location:
Stepps
Salary:
not provided
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Construction

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