Assistant Quantity Surveyor – Homes Built with Purpose

£47,000 per annum + benefits | Mulberry Park, Bath | Hybrid (3 days office-based)

Permanent | 37 hours per week

Build homes that matter. Without trading your weekends for it.

If the late nights and constant pressure are starting to wear thin, this role might be for you.

You want to own your work. See the schemes you cost get built. Finish at a reasonable hour without it being a problem. And you want the work to mean something.

This is that role.

As our Assistant Quantity Surveyor, you’ll take full commercial responsibility for at least one live development across the South West, while also supporting senior colleagues on theirs. You’ll be part of a small and experienced team that’s close to the product. The pace is demanding but not relentless. And with around 1,000 new homes in our pipeline over the next five years, there’s enough here to build a career on.

We’re Curo Enterprise — the award-winning commercial housebuilding division of Curo, a profit-for-purpose housing association. All our profits go back into Homes for Good: social housing and affordable homes that help communities and people.

What you’ll be doing

• Taking full commercial responsibility for at least one live development scheme, from start on site, to final account

• Processing subcontractor orders, payments, variations and dayworks, and preparing works valuations

• Assessing and agreeing variations, ensuring value for money

• Monitoring costs, explaining movements within the site CVR, and reporting on savings and variances against budget

• Helping prepare tender and contract documents, running subcontract tender analysis, and supporting negotiations

• Attending and contributing to live scheme project meetings

• Contributing to cashflow forecasts, CVR reports and value engineering

• Working closely with Technical, Buying and Construction colleagues to manage Cost to Complete effectively

• Preparing subcontractor final accounts and contributing to lessons learnt reviews

What you’ll get in return

Beyond a salary of £47,000 and the chance to build homes that matter, you’ll get:

• A bonus scheme

• Support for your professional development

• 26 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) rising to 29 days after 3 years

• Your birthday off as an extra holiday

• Up to 10% matched pension contribution, with 6x salary life assurance

• Hybrid working (3 days office, 2 days home or site)

• An employee benefits platform including a Health Cash Plan, cycle to work, gym membership, holiday trading and retail discounts

More about you

You’ve been building your Quantity Surveyor skills for a few years. On paper things look fine — live schemes, steady salary, decent progression. But the day-to-day is grinding. The patch is too big, the hours too long, and you’re doing the work without any real say in how. You’re good at the job. You just want to do it somewhere that lets you.

Essential:

• Commercial experience in construction or housebuilding

• Working towards, or holding, a relevant qualification such as a Quantity Surveying degree, HNC/HND or equivalent

• Confident with numbers and analytical work, including Excel and commercial software used day-to-day in a QS role

• Clear communicator, comfortable working on your own when the job calls for it and alongside others when it doesn’t

• Full UK driving licence and access to your own transport for site visits

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of masonry and timber frame housebuilding

• Understanding of JCT contracts

• Experience using COINS

• Experience taking off quantities from drawings

• A CSCS card (this can be obtained after starting)

About Curo Enterprise

We’re the commercial housebuilding division of Curo, a profit-for-purpose housing association. All our profits go back into Homes for Good — social housing and affordable homes that help communities and people. We’re a small, experienced team delivering developments within an hour’s travel of Bath, with a culture built around the quality of what we deliver.

About Curo

We’re a leading South West housing association with social purpose at our heart. We provide affordable homes and create positive futures in our communities. We’re proud to be among the UK’s top 100 companies to work for, and the 5th best housing association nationwide.

We actively welcome applications from candidates who identify as disabled, LGBTQ+, from ethnic minority backgrounds, and from our Curo customers. We’re committed to making our recruitment process accessible to everyone — if you need any adjustments to help you apply or interview, please contact our recruitment team at recruitment@curo-group.co.uk