Quantity Surveyor

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will provide the commercial leadership that underpins project delivery, cost certainty and business performance. Working within our flexible hybrid model, you will balance office-and homebased commercial management with regular site engagement across Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, collaborating closely with Construction, Development, Land, Planning and Design teams to maximise value across every development. Your expertise will ensure robust financial control, accurate forecasting, effective procurement and proactive risk management throughout the development lifecycle. Through strong commercial influence, you will help shape smarter decisions, optimise build costs and support the successful delivery of high-quality developments. Why You Will Enjoy Working With Us

• Real Impact: Your commercial expertise directly influences project profitability, performance and delivery success.
• Strategic Involvement: Play a key role in procurement, value engineering, design development and business decision-making.
• Variety Every Day: Balance commercial management, site engagement, stakeholder collaboration and negotiation.
• Collaborative Environment: Work closely with Development, Construction, Design, Land and Planning teams across a national business.
• Career Progression: Develop your commercial leadership capability within a growing and ambitious organisation.
  
  Deliver commercial certainty. Drive value. Shape successful developments.
We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to provide commercial leadership across the development lifecycle, driving cost certainty, value creation and successful project outcomes. This is a commercially focused role for a surveying professional who combines strong cost management expertise with strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement to influence performance from procurement through to final account. You are an accomplished Quantity Surveyor with experience in residential development, housebuilding, contracting or consultancy environments. You have a proven track record of managing project costs, procurement and subcontractor relationships across complex developments, ideally within design and build settings. You understand how design decisions, procurement strategies and construction methodologies impact programme delivery, project viability and profitability. Experience working with Housing Associations, affordable housing schemes and Joint Venture partnerships would be advantageous, enabling you to effectively balance diverse stakeholder priorities while maintaining commercial focus. You are confident leading tender processes, negotiating subcontract agreements and developing strong supply chain partnerships. You have experience producing accurate budgets and forecasts, managing risk, challenging costs and variations, and identifying value engineering opportunities that improve commercial performance. A credible and collaborative communicator, you build effective relationships across project teams, consultants, subcontractors and external partners. Highly organised and detail-oriented, you thrive in a fast-paced environment where sound commercial decisions directly contribute to business success.

As the UK's leading developer and manager of retirement communities, we provide high quality homes to exacting specifications. As of January 2025, McCarthy Stone operates over 545 developments across the UK for more than 24,200 people. We believe in championing the role, wellbeing, and happiness of older people in society. We help our customers have a better later life, so they feel more connected, recognised, and valued than ever. In late 2020 we launched the McCarthy Stone Charitable Foundation to support local causes that help older people in need across Britain. We are proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work 2025 as well as making the Great Place to Work Wellbeing list! Our Customers The Benefits 24 days annual leave Pension plan Life assurance Employee assistance helpline Health screening Eyecare voucher scheme Long service award Testimonials "I enjoy working for McCarthy and Stone as a House Manager because I am very well supported in my Role by my manager. I am able to make the day to day decisions but always have immediate support on the rare times I need help. It's a breath of Fresh Air working for a focused dynamic company who know what they are trying to achieve as a team." Linda Diamond - House Manager "Only at McCarthy Stone can you start in the middle of a pandemic and feel at home within a couple of weeks … it's all about our great people and how welcome they make you feel … even if it was through a screen!" Andrea Waldron - Senior HR Business Partner "From my first week I felt like part of the team, everyone is helpful and pro-active, which is crucial in a fast paced environment. I've had the opportunity to work on some exciting projects, it's a very 'hands-on' approach here with plenty of opportunity to be involved and play a part in delivering developments." Emily Bishop - Principal Planning Associate "Working for McCarthy Stone is a very fulfilling experience. The staff here are all empathetic and professional. Guiding people in purchasing an apartment, watching them settle in and make friends, and then watching them lead a happy and carefree retirement is very rewarding." Caroline Craig-cordel - Sales Consultant "I found it inspiring how working in McCarthy Stone gives you a chance to make so many people happier, every day. And what we do is so important to our homeowners! In my marketing career before I couldn't dream about customers sharing their thoughts about my campaigns, but here it happens all the time." Stan Smolyar - Head of Brand


• Competitive salary + discretionary annual bonus
• Company Car Allowance or Choice of Car
• Company Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• Professional Subscriptions paid for
Lifestyle/Health & Wellbeing:
• 24 days holiday (rising to 28 days) plus Bank Holidays
• 2 fully paid volunteering days per year (supported by the McCarthy Stone Foundation)
• Health benefits such as Remote GP, 24/7 access to EAP Services (including counsellors and legal advisors) and eyecare voucher
• Colleagues Benefit Booklet with a range of store offers discounts and promotions
• Family Friendly Policies
• Excellent development opportunities