Assistant Quantity Surveyor

✨ Assistant Quantity Surveyor ✨
📍 Hammersmith, London
🏘️ Social Housing Repairs & Maintenance

🔹 Ready to build your QS career in social housing?
We're looking for a proactive Assistant Quantity Surveyor to support the commercial management of responsive repair and maintenance contracts. You'll work closely with experienced surveyors to help deliver cost‑effective, compliant, and high‑quality services for social housing clients.

🛠️ The Role

You'll assist with the accurate measurement, pricing, and valuation of works using NHF Schedule of Rates, while supporting the wider commercial team to ensure contracts are well managed and financially controlled.

✅ Key Responsibilities

📐 NHF SOR Application

• Measure completed repairs and maintenance works
• Apply correct NHF SOR codes to maximise revenue and ensure contract compliance

💷 Valuations & Variations

• Support interim and final monthly valuations
• Process variations and additional works in line with contract approval procedures

🔧 Subcontractor Management

• Review subcontractor payment applications
• Validate progress against SOR rates and site activity

📊 Performance Monitoring

• Track productivity, labour costs, and material usage
• Help ensure jobs are well-resourced and profitable

📈 Reporting & Commercial Support

• Assist with CVRs, forecasting, and commercial analysis
• Support the senior commercial team with accurate reporting

🎯 What We're Looking For

👷 Experience

• Previous experience in a Quantity Surveying role
• Social housing or maintenance background preferred

📚 SOR Knowledge

• Strong understanding of NHF SOR (v7, v8, or similar)

💻 Technical Skills

• Confident Microsoft Excel user

🌟 Personal Attributes

• High attention to detail
• Proactive and eager to learn
• Excellent communication skills

🚀 Why Apply?

• Develop your career within a supportive commercial team
• Gain hands-on experience on social housing contracts
• Be based in well-connected Hammersmith

📩 Interested? Apply now or get in touch to find out more!

Given the nature of this position, you will need to undergo a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS) at offer stage. Applicants with criminal convictions will be assessed individually, and we assure you that we do not discriminate based on an applicant's criminal record or the details of any disclosed offenses. Additionally, certain roles may be subject to additional pre-employment checks. 

To learn more about the checks included in this process, please click on the following link: National Security Vetting 

Our commitments:  

WPS is proud to be an employer where anyone can thrive, and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.  We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every requirement, as we value transferable skills and assess all applications fairly.

We don't discriminate based on a criminal record; all applications are reviewed on an individual basis against the requirements of the role. Some roles may require additional checks, due to the nature of the work.  As a Disability Confident Leader, we offer an interview to applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role and opt in to the Disability Confident scheme.  Reasonable adjustments are available, please contact us at wpsrecruitment@wates.co.uk