What's the role about?

We are investing £1bn in the physical estate over the next 5 years, to transform John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners into being the leading retailers in their respective sectors. This enables the best of both brands to co-exist and complement each other wherever possible, ensuring the continued growth and success of the Partnership. 

What you will be doing as a Quantity Surveyor:

You will assist in establishing project requirements and help undertake feasibility studies to ensure the proposals work. You will assist with the preparation and analysis of project benchmarks, cost models and lessons learnt to inform project evolution. 

You will also help manage a small team to deliver fast paced refurbishments projects. Your remit will be to prepare cost estimates, tender documents and contract documentation. You will assist in performing risk, value management and cost control during the entire project delivery to the final account.  

You'll assist in identifying, analysing and developing team responses to commercial risks and prepare information on contractual claims and disputes.

Why our Quantity Surveyors love working with us:

"The ability to work for two amazing retail brands, on such a wide diversity of projects, is fairly unique, and despite the circumstances we’re investing heavily in our people and assets for the future"

What you’ll already have:

• Degree qualified in Quantity Surveying / Construction (or equivalent)

• Ideally at least 4-5 years of industry experience

• Qualified or working towards MRICS / MCIOB

• Both pre and post contract experience

• Ideally experienced in retail construction projects/programmes, and/or refurbishment projects.

• Value engineering capability

• Good knowledge of construction methodologies, the development process and the built environment.

• Good commercial and value management skills including ability to help develop business cases and use effective value judgement to recommend changes to project scope / direction.

• Knowledge in construction and engineering services project procurement and execution

• Good competency in risk management and communication at all levels

• Ability to work both independently with minimal supervision and cohesively as part of a team

• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders across the organisation

What else could you bring? 

• We’re looking for a new and fresh entrepreneurial approach to help dramatically enhance the way we do things, and deliver more cost and time effective project work

Additional Information

• ​The role will be based in London Victoria, with an element of blended working.

• Travel between various Partnership locations is expected

• Full job outline details can be found at the PDF below. Please save or print a copy for future reference.

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early