Quantity Surveyor - Sussex

Are you a Quantity Surveyor looking for your next step in residential housebuilding, with the opportunity to develop towards a Senior Quantity Surveyor role? At Places for People, we don't just procure homes. We design, build and deliver them ourselves, creating thriving communities across the UK. This is your chance to join our Developments team and play an important role in delivering high-quality residential projects across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

As the UK's leading social enterprise, we combine commercial expertise with a commitment to social value. Through our end-to-end Developments business, we deliver homes that balance economic, social and environmental outcomes, making a real difference. This is a great opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor who wants to continue developing their commercial experience and build a clear pathway towards becoming a Senior Quantity Surveyor.

You'll gain exposure across the full project lifecycle, take on increasing responsibility and work alongside an experienced commercial team who can support your development. The role will be based from our King's Cross office in London for two days per week, alongside travel to our development sites across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

More about your role

As a Quantity Surveyor, you'll play a key role in the commercial management of our residential development sites, supporting projects from initial budgets through to final accounts. You'll be involved across the full commercial lifecycle, including tendering, subcontractor appointments, monthly valuations, cost reporting and financial updates, while working closely with our Technical, Construction and wider project teams to maintain strong cost control and support the successful delivery of our developments. You'll also build strong relationships with suppliers and subcontractors, helping us achieve best value and maintain effective supply chain performance throughout the build process.

As you develop within the role, there will be opportunities to take on greater ownership and responsibility, giving you the experience and exposure to progress towards a Senior Quantity Surveyor position.

More about you

You'll have hands-on Quantity Surveying experience within the construction industry, with experience working for a housebuilder or main contractor essential. You'll bring experience across areas such as:

• Cost control and commercial management
• Tendering and subcontractor packages
• Valuations, reporting and cost forecasting
• Residential construction and build programmes
• Working collaboratively with site, technical and commercial teams

An understanding of infrastructure and groundworks would be beneficial, as would exposure to early-stage cost planning and setting budgets for new schemes. You'll be comfortable managing competing priorities and working as part of a close-knit commercial team. Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills will be important, particularly when working with subcontractors, suppliers and internal stakeholders. An MRICS qualification or progress towards it would be advantageous, but isn't essential.

Just as important as your technical experience is your attitude and approach. We're looking for someone who is organised, collaborative and keen to learn, with the ambition to continue developing their commercial capability and ultimately progress into a Senior Quantity Surveyor role.

The benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. Our comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Competitive salary, with a yearly salary review
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• 35 days annual leave, including bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs, with savings of up to £500 per year
• Bonus scheme
• Training and development
• Company car/car allowance
• Extra perks, including discounts and offers across shops, cinemas and much more

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application.

We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk.

We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.