Preconstruction Surveyor

Due to continued company growth, we are looking to recruit a Preconstruction Measurement Surveyor to join our vibrant team at Willmott Dixon Construction, in Cardiff. With the vast majority of our projects being negotiated and gained through frameworks, we can offer you a rewarding work environment where you can see the results of your hard work. With a diverse range of people in our team, who have enjoyed career development and success, Willmott Dixon is a supportive place to be. You'll enjoy a hybrid working arrangement with your time split between the Cardiff office and at home.

Upon successfully joining Willmott Dixon, you will deliver both Early-Stage Cost Plan Quantities and Stage 4 Bills of Quantities, on time, and to the highest quality.

Our range of projects cover but are not limited to education, healthcare, defence, commercial, leisure and blue light sector work, with construction costs typically between 10m and 100m.

Responsibilities and Experience

• Undertaking project take-offs accurately and efficiently to produce cost plans and bills of quantities with a high degree of commercial and technical knowledge in accordance with the bid timescales.
• Measuring in accordance with the Standard Method of Measurement 7th Edition (SMM7).
• Using Microsoft Excel.
• Using measurement software such as Bluebeam.
• Using Conquest estimating software.
• Proven ability of reading and accurately interpreting drawings and technical specifications.

Personal Qualities

Delivering Objectives

You will be able to:

• Prioritise and plan to deliver agreed objectives.
• Recognise changes in circumstances promptly and adjust plans and activities accordingly.

Relationship Focused

You will be able to:

• Share, and encourage others to share, information and knowledge.
• Identify your customers' needs and expectations and strive to deliver them.

Self-Awareness

You will be able to:

• Reflect regularly on your own experiences and performance and constantly seek to improve.
• Respond positively and with resilience to setbacks.

Additional Information

Willmott Dixon embraces diversity in the workplace and will consider flexible and agile working.

We are a disability confident employer.

In return we reward our people generously with a competitive package that gives you flexible benefits to fit your lifestyle and priorities. This includes but is not limited to, an enhanced pension scheme, full private medical, life assurance, incentive bonus and a car scheme which will make us a market leader in sustainable company travel. Applicable roles will benefit from a motoring expenditure allowance (MEA) and everyone can access a new generation of low carbon and electric cars via the Willmott Dixon run car leasing scheme.

About Us

With over 170 years of rich history, Willmott Dixon's purpose is beyond profit; delivering brilliant buildings, transforming lives, strengthening communities and enhancing the environment so our world is fit for future generations.

Ensuring that we add lasting value to the neighbourhoods we work in; our values, people, innovation, partnerships and focus on sustainability has allowed us to build a successful and solid privately owned business where our people can thrive.

Willmott Dixon was recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 10 "Big" Companies to Work For in 2025, named among the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality in 2024, and ranked in the Top Five of Europe's 1,000 best workplaces by the Financial Times in 2025. Willmott Dixon is also the first major contractor and developer to win a King's Award for Enterprise in the category of sustainable development.