Chief Quantity Surveyor

Job Title: Chief Quantity Surveyor
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Location: Bathgate, EH48
Looking for a career where your ambition meets real opportunity? Join Persimmon Homes as 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 Chief Quantity Surveyor you'll benefit from:
Competitive salary
Company Car/Car Allowance
5* housebuilder - Be part of a company that consistently delivers quality homes and outstanding customer satisfaction
Life Cover & Contributory Pension
Healthcare
Bonus
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?
This is an exciting opportunity for a Chief Quantity Surveyor to join the Commercial Team. This role typically reports to the Commercial Director.
The purpose of the role is to oversee the construction projects and contracts, ensuring that they are completed on time, within budget and to legal and quality assurance requirements and regulations.
What you'll do as a Chief Quantity Surveyor
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. xwwtmva
Advocate the Group Health, Safety and Environment Policy while ensuring compliance throughout the team to ensure health and safety standards are met.
What experience do I need?
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

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