Quantity Surveyor

About us…

Ingleton Wood is a value-led, people focussed practice providing clients with inspirational and practical design solutions; we exist to improve the communities in which we all live and work.

Originally established in 1935, we are a dynamic multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy, providing a wide range of services across many industry sectors, including commercial, education, defence, residential and more.

We develop long term relationships with clients, adding value at every stage of development. We are one of a few medium-sized consultancies offering integrated design and technical expertise. 

We have a nationwide presence with offices located across the UK. We plan to open further sites in the future to develop our national service.

Life At Ingleton Wood…

is busy but great fun, we work hard, and we play hard. There is a huge emphasis on teams and working collaboratively both professionally and socially. 

We bring people together to improve the quality and sustainability of the built environment through our expert knowledge in delivering local solutions for global issues. A sentiment underpinned by our shared vision of solving global challenges one building at a time, and supported through our values;

✅ We are progressive 

✅ We collaborate

✅ We support

✅ We take ownership

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You can expect…

• Opportunities for flexible and remote working – we understand a work life balance helps us all.


• Holiday entitlement of 25 days plus bank holidays with long service recognition and festive shutdown.


• Opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment including in-house coaching and mentoring.


• Competitive salaries with regular review and benchmarking to ensure fair pay. We are a real living wage employer.


• Competitive Company Pension Scheme.


• Health cash plan scheme.


• Professional membership support


• Family policies


• Great office team building events and fully expensed seasonal social events.


• Cycle to work Scheme.


• On-site parking facilities (excluding London office)


• Season Ticket Loan (if applicable)


• Death in service benefit.


• Early Finish incentives when the Practice targets are hit.


• Additional leave allocated for volunteering (up to 2 days).

• Health & Mental Wellness Programs.


• Employee Referral Scheme.


• Employee working groups

The role...

We are currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Colchester office team working across the Practice.

The role will involve providing Surveying services across a range of sectors including; defense, bluelight, education, healthcare, and commercial clients with projects ranging from £500k to £15m in size.

The selected candidate will be engaged to manage the cost control of projects from initial budget advice, cost planning, procurement and contract selection, tender action and analysis, preparation of contracts, financial control through construction, settlement of final accounts and release of retentions. The candidate will either be chartered or, if required, will work alongside like-minded surveyors and work to complete the pathway to MRICS chartership with the benefit of APC support from an experienced team of Counsellors.

Please Note: This role may be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service, Baseline Personnel Security Standard, Counter Terrorist Check, Security Check, or Developed Vetting clearance.

The selected candidate will…

• Accept instructions from clients where appropriate and to provide services for their needs.


• Help produce outline cost plan and budgets adapted to suit client requirements, produce preliminaries and contract documents to enable projects to be tendered.


• Work with other design team members to help inform the design from a cost perspective; prepare an updated monthly project cash flow if required.


• Assess tenders and make recommendations to clients by providing a tender analysis.


• Act as a support to the Project Manager where required on projects by attending site for Pre-Start and Project Meetings to advise on costings. To understand and clearly define clients’ expectations to provide advice, keep them informed of progress on projects and make them aware of technical and financial implications.


• When appropriate inspect works on site ensuring that the quantum of work and costs performance has been achieved and authorise payments to contractors accordingly.


• Help to ensure expenditure is controlled and that schemes are completed within budget and on time.


• Agree final accounts with Contractors and Clients.


• Assist in the appointment and supervision of specialist contractors when necessary.


• Ensure that time spent on projects is recorded.


• Endeavour to promote the Practice to obtain new projects and new clients.

Essential skills, experience, and attributes…

• Degree in Quantity Surveying with 2 years + experience.


• Full Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) or willingness to obtain full Chartered status if not already achieved (working towards APC for MRICS)


• Knowledge/understanding of both traditional and modern construction techniques and materials.


• Knowledge/understanding of Building Regulations, Approved Documents and allied legislation.

We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

To discover more about life at Ingleton Wood, please visit our website 🌐 https://www.ingletonwood.co.uk/