Job Title: Quantity Surveyor / Employer’s Agent
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £22,000 – £35,000 per annum, dependant on experience
Job Type: Full-time – Permanent
Working Hours: 37.5 per week
Oxbury is a professional practice of Chartered Surveyors. We operate from our offices in Norwich, Cambridge and Chelmsford and act for Clients throughout the East, East Midlands and South East of England, providing the full range of Quantity Surveying, Development Management, Cost Management, Employer’s Agent and Project Management services for a wide spectrum of public, private and commercial clients. We are involved in multiple sectors including housing, commercial offices, industrial, infrastructure, education and leisure. Contracts range in size from £50k to over £100m in value.
We’re a small firm with a friendly, professional working environment and regular social events. We value the diverse interests and experience of all our staff and hold the RICS Inclusive Employer Charter Mark. We encourage personal and professional development and have supported many staff to achieve their APC.
The Role:
We currently have a vacancy for a Quantity Surveyor / Employer’s Agent to be based at our Cambridge Office (Stow cum Quy). You may be a recent graduate looking for your first role; or have a few years’ experience and want to develop new skills and knowledge or take on more responsibility. The role will include providing services on a range of exciting and innovative projects including zero carbon, Passivhaus and modular construction residential and commercial schemes. Starting salary is flexible and will be commensurate with skills and experience.
You will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day management of several projects, working with both the residential and commercial teams. This includes responsibility for project delivery, achieving targets, resolving issues with clients and invoicing. You’ll work as part of a Director-led team with appropriate administrative and technical support.
About you:
You must have completed a Degree or Masters in Quantity Surveying, or other relevant RICS / CIOB accredited degree and you’ll ideally have some relevant work experience. You will be part way through or ready to commence the RICS APC to become a Chartered Surveyor.
Essential requirements:
- Quantity Surveying Degree or post-graduate qualification, or other relevant RICS/CIOB accredited degree.
- Some experience in the role of a Quantity Surveyor and / or Employer’s Agent.
- An understanding of residential and commercial property development.
- Capable of working autonomously and managing own time to meet deadlines and targets.
- Client focused with a professional demeanor.
- Confident verbal communication and diplomacy in a variety of situations.
- Capable of moving around a construction site (eg rough / muddy ground, climbing ladders, etc)
- Valid UK driving licence
- Committed to ongoing professional training and development.
Desirable requirements:
- Experience in the role of Project Manager
- Current CSCS card holder
- Actively involved in local property related events and continuous professional development.
Benefits:
- Financial and practical support to achieve MRICS status.
- Non-contributory pension scheme.
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
- Flexible working patterns
- Enhanced sick / maternity / paternity pay
- Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (Oxbury holds the RICS Inclusive Employer charter mark
Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Project QS, QS Consultant, Estimator, Project Estimator may also be considered for this role.
