Details:
- Salary: £40,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Wiltshire
- Date: 2 days ago
Description:
Quantity Surveyor – Small Works
Location: Devizes, Wiltshire
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 + Package
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Alpinefox Recruitment is working with an established Wiltshire-based contractor looking to appoint a Quantity Surveyor to support its growing workload across social housing, repairs, maintenance and small works.
This isn't a major-project QS position. We're looking for somebody who understands the commercial realities of responsive repairs, voids, planned maintenance and smaller-value works — and, crucially, has experience working with the NHF Schedule of Rates.
You could already be working as a Quantity Surveyor or Assistant QS, or perhaps in an estimating/commercial role within social housing. What's most important is your knowledge of the sector and your ability to price and commercially manage works accurately.
The Role
Working closely with the wider operational and commercial team, you'll be involved across the lifecycle of housing maintenance and small works, including:
Pricing works using the NHF Schedule of Rates
Preparing estimates and quotations
Reviewing specifications and scopes of work
Managing variations and additional works
Valuations and applications for payment
Monitoring project costs and commercial performance
Working with subcontractors, suppliers and operational teams
Supporting the commercial delivery of responsive repairs, voids, planned maintenance and small works
Ensuring works provide value while remaining commercially viable
About You
The key requirement is straightforward: you'll need genuine experience working with NHF Schedule of Rates.
We're particularly interested in speaking with people who have worked within social housing repairs and maintenance, whether for a contractor, housing association or local authority.
You don't necessarily need to be the finished article. This could suit an experienced Assistant QS ready for greater responsibility or somebody with strong NHF/estimating experience looking to develop further commercially.
Ideally, you'll bring experience of:
NHF Schedule of Rates
Social housing / housing maintenance
Responsive repairs, voids, planned works or small works
Estimating and producing quotations
Variations and commercial cost control
Working with operational teams and subcontractors
What's on Offer
You'll be joining a well-established local business where you'll have genuine exposure to the wider commercial operation rather than being one person in a large QS department.
The package includes a salary of £35,000–£45,000, depending on experience, with additional benefits and the opportunity for continued professional development.
If you're currently working with NHF Schedule of Rates and would be interested in hearing about a local opportunity — even if you're not actively job hunting — we'd be very happy to have a confidential conversation