Graduate Quantity Surveyor – Residential Development

Summary

An ambitious graduate quantity surveyor with three years of experience embedded within a national housebuilder's commercial team, covering cost planning, subcontractor procurement, and interim valuations across large-scale residential schemes. Strong grounding in NRM cost planning, CVR reporting, and subcontract administration. Working towards AssocRICS, with a clear goal of achieving full chartership within the next two years. Highly analytical with a growing reputation for accurate cost forecasting.

Experience areas

1. Graduate Quantity Surveyor

   2022 – Present
   • Managed subcontract packages worth £3.2 million across a 220-plot residential scheme, achieving savings of £180,000 against the original procurement budget through competitive tender analysis
   • Prepared monthly CVR reports for two live sites with combined contract values of £28 million, consistently forecasting final outturn costs within 1.5% of actuals
   • Identified a measurement discrepancy in a groundworks subcontract that avoided a potential £95,000 overvaluation, which was recognised by the commercial director

2. Commercial Assistant (Placement Year)

   2021 – 2022
   • Supported the commercial team in processing over 300 subcontractor payment applications across a regional housebuilder's live project portfolio
   • Produced detailed material take-offs for three schemes at feasibility stage, feeding directly into pre-acquisition cost plans

Skills

Certifications

• CIOB Student Member
• CostX Certified User – Estimating Software