Quantity Surveyor

Are you a chartered Quantity Surveyor with a real passion for offering expert advice on construction costs? If so, we have a fantastic hybrid opportunity for a highly skilled professional looking to further develop their career and experience in the hospitality industry!

Why not join us at Mitchells & Butlers, the heart of hospitality. With over 1,600 sites we’re the home of some of the nation’s favourite restaurants, bustling bars, cosy country pubs and the local you didn’t know we owned! This is a great opportunity for a QS with a passion for people, to align their work to a wide variety of building types, styles, locations and ages, no building is the same!

Our much-loved pubs and restaurants stretch across the UK, with our main Head Office in Birmingham City Centre, the UK’s second city. This role offers hybrid working with a combination of office, sites and home working, so you will need to be comfortable with working with this pattern style.

You’ll be well rewarded…

• A company car or the option to receive an annual car supplement.
• Annual bonus scheme worth up to 30% of your salary. We’re all about rewarding hard work!
• Flexible working available to fit work around your personal commitments.
• A pension that pays, where we’ll more than match your contributions (x1.5 of your contributions, up to a maximum of 5% of your salary)
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, plus option to buy up to 2 weeks extra holiday – life is for living after all!

Sitting within our Property function, as Building Cost Manager/In-house CQS you will be a professional subject matter expert, ideally with Line Management experience.

The Opportunity – As Building Cost Manager / In-house CQS, you will:

• Lead, train, and develop the Building Services Account Control function.
• Successfully manage project cost for your area of responsibility.
• Lead and manage third party Quantity Surveying Companies, holding monthly reviews, and ensuring that work is executed and managed in line with contract and expectations.
• Build, develop, and maintain excellent working relationships with our internal Building Development teams as you will manage project cost and budget control processes and reporting within the group covering c.£90m of project expenditure.
• Lead on procurement and tendering exercises within your remit and utilise your proven background to effectively deliver in partnership with supply chain.
• Ensure health, safety considerations are paramount in all decisions and activities.  Provide period reporting in respect of H&S management.
• Ensure the companies liquor and associated licenses are not endangered at any time.
• Maintain database of tender activity and advise on Contractors and Suppliers for further tenders based on previous cost exercises.
• Audit projects both before start and after completion, produce reports identifying issues and trends.

What you’ll need to bring to this role …

• At least 3 years Quantity Surveying experience preferably with experience and knowledge of fit out or retail works.
• RICS Accredited
• High degree of maturity, excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills, high degree of self-motivation
• Previous Line Management experience is highly desirable but not essential if you are passionate about managing and developing others
• Degree in a Construction related discipline, preferably Quantity Surveying.

What makes Mitchells & Butlers a great place to work?

To us, a career isn’t just about ‘clocking in’. We really care about our colleagues, and we’re an employer that keeps a promise. In fact, as one of the largest employers in the country, with over 44,000 people working for us, we have the responsibility of valuing every contribution from a diverse workforce that are representative of our guests, and who make us stronger. We continue to build a culture that values our differences and embraces them as strengths, and we recognise that there is always work to be done.