Project Surveyor

Location: Leicester

Job Type: Commercial

Contract: Full Time/Flexible Working

Application Deadline: 06 Jan 2025

The Vacancy

We have an opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor to join our Planned team in the East Midlands area. Reporting into the Commercial Manager, you will be expected to take accountability for the development, implementation of all pre and post contract strategies, commercial functions and contract reporting.

Working closely with one of our social housing partners on a planned elemental replacement framework project so ideally, we are looking for people with experience of this.

Key Accountabilities include:

  • Contribute to project commercial strategies and take ownership for own subcontract packages

  • Conduct site visits, take measurements of works required and price up scoping documents with the schedule of rates as agreed with the client

  • Work with the commercial and operations teams to procure the works packages in a timely manner including producing a procurement programme

  • Make good quality decisions and understand the importance of making profit and maximising opportunities


To be successful in this role you will be a qualified and experienced surveyor with a good work ethic and a confident communicator, able to demonstrate the ability to form and develop relationships with all stakeholders. Ideally you will have experience within social housing/ working within a main contractor however this is not a must. Ideally you will have experience of working on planned elemental replacement frameworks.

Work for Wates

Wates is one of the UK’s leading family-owned development, building and property maintenance companies.  Founded over 125 years ago, we have a proud legacy in the built environment.

We are driven by our purpose, ‘reimagining places for people to thrive’ and our three promises:

  • Thriving places – working with customers, partners and communities to create places that are more sustainable, inclusive, and full of opportunity.
  • Thriving planet – protecting nature and taking action on climate change by collaborating and innovating with our partners.
  • Thriving people – creating opportunities and relationships so that everyone who works for and with us feels included, invested in and treated with care.

We are proud to be recognised as Gold Investors in People and as a Disability Confident employer.  We also ensure that our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably due to an offending background.