“You only live twice.” Which is handy…Because every QS dies a little inside when they hear: “it’s just a small change”
Ever feel like being a QS is just firefighting… but in a suit?
You start the day reviewing costs.
By lunch, there’s a variation for something that wasn’t on the drawings.
By 3pm, someone’s telling you “it’s only a small change”… it’s not.
Welcome to super-prime.
We’re hiring for a £20m, James Bond-style super-prime residential fit-out near Weybridge – the kind of project where the finishes are exceptional, the details are relentless, and the budget needs constant defending.
The role (QS reality edition):
- Keeping costs under control while the design evolves in real time
- Managing subcontractors who are very confident in their numbers
- Handling valuations, variations, and final accounts without losing your head
- Translating site chaos into commercial clarity
- Overseeing a Project QS and showing them how it’s really done
- Current project: Weybridge
- Future work across the Basingstoke → Oxford corridor
- Ideally based somewhere that makes both workable
- Proven experience as a Senior QS
- Background in super-prime / high-end residential – time-spent elsewhere would be good
- Commercially sharp, detail-focused, and able to push back when needed
- Someone who can lead, not just report
- You’ll be joining a reputable main contractor with a long-standing presence in the super-prime sector – known for delivering some of the UK’s best high-end residential projects.
But you’ll also deliver something exceptional.
Message me if you want more info or a confidential chat.
Spencer Wade
07920 489522
spencer @ borneltd. com