Quantity Surveyor

Location: Midlands- Nottingham, Solihull, Coventry. Involving regular nationwide travel when required.

We are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our Green Funding Solutions team. Green Funding Solutions works with local authorities and housing associations to tackle fuel poverty, delivering large-scale retrofit programmes for social housing. Using government funding schemes, the team makes homes warmer and more energy-efficient, and has established itself as a market leader, recognised with multiple regional and national awards.

Key responsibilities

• Produce initial cost plans, detailed estimates, and ongoing budget control.

• Track costs against budgets, analyse cost performance, and compile monthly P&L and progress reports.

• Conduct cost analysis, value engineering, and risk/mitigation assessments.

• Prepare tender documents (BoQs, specifications), evaluate bids, and support contractor selection.

• Draft, administer, and manage contracts (JCT, NEC), including variations, claims, notices, quotations, and dispute handling.

• Negotiate with suppliers/contractors and ensure procurement aligns with E.ON’s standards.

• Assess progress, certify interim payments, raise applications for payment, and agree final accounts.

• Manage subcontractor applications/invoices and process payments via internal systems (e.g., SAP).

• Prepare CQR documentation, identify best-value options, and support insurance claim assessments.

• Liaise with clients, contractors, consultants, and internal teams, providing commercial advice and updates.

• Visit contractor/supplier offices and sites to undertake valuations, verify progress, and identify variations or delays.

• Support resourcing discussions and customer complaint resolution in line with company procedures.

• Manage large contracts through SAP, including requisitions and payment releases.

• Monitor overall project commercial performance and maintain accurate financial and contractual documentation.

• Degree or equivalent qualification in quantity surveying or a related commercial discipline.

• Experience across Construction, M&E, and Civil Engineering sectors with strong knowledge of construction law.

• Proven financial, commercial, and departmental management capability.

• Skilled in tender assessment, negotiation, specification writing, and contract negotiation.

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management abilities.

• Excellent analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills with a strategic approach to supply chain management.

• Able to work to tight deadlines with a proactive, adaptable mindset.

• Proficient in IT systems and quick to learn new tools.

• Full UK driving licence.