Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire (office-based, with travel to sites nationwide)
Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 DOE + benefits
Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Optio Resourcing is working with a well-established commercial shopfitting and interiors contractor to recruit a QS / Estimator for their Huddersfield head office.
About the Business
Our client is a nationwide commercial shopfitter delivering high-end interior fit-outs for well-known high street brands. They work across the restaurant, hospitality, retail and leisure sectors. Their portfolio includes restaurant groups, bars, pubs, fast-casual dining chains and luxury hospitality venues. They focus on creating on-brand, design-led environments for their clients' customers. They are SafeContractor approved and have been trading for 20 years.
The Role
This is a dual commercial role covering both estimating and quantity surveying for shopfitting and interior fit-out projects:
* Pricing tenders for restaurant, bar, hospitality and retail fit-outs from drawings, specifications and design packs
* Producing accurate estimates, including joinery, bespoke shopfitting, finishes, M&E and specialist packages
* Getting subcontractor and supplier quotations, and running comparisons
* Preparing cost plans, value engineering options and tender submissions
* Handing over won projects and managing them commercially through to final account
* Managing valuations, applications for payment, variations and cost reports
* Placing and managing subcontract orders and supplier packages
* Working closely with the Directors, Project Managers and the design team
About You
* A proven QS and/or Estimator background within commercial shopfitting or interior fit-out. This is essential.
* Experience pricing and running restaurant, hospitality, bar, leisure or retail fit-out projects. This is essential.
* A strong understanding of bespoke joinery, shopfitting packages and high-end interior finishes
* Experience on fast-track, design-led projects for branded clients
* Confident taking projects from tender through to final account
* Strong Excel skills. Estimating or measurement software is an advantage.
* A full UK driving licence, as there is occasional travel to sites nationwide
* A degree or HNC in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline is desirable but not essential with the right experience
What's on Offer
* £50,000 – £60,000, depending on experience
* High-profile hospitality and retail projects for leading UK brands
* A key commercial role in an established, close-knit business
Apply
To find out more, apply now or contact Liv at Optio Resourcing on (phone number removed).
Optio Resourcing is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy
Salary description
£50000.00 - £60000.00 per year