Quantity Surveyor -Asset-4

Competitive salary plus benefits.

We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.

Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.

We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.

The Quantity Surveyor (QS) plays a key role within the Asda Property Construction team, providing robust commercial management across asset and trading projects. The QS ensures projects are delivered with strong cost governance, value for money, and effective risk management while supporting Asda’s strategic property priorities.

You will collaborate and build strong day to day relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders including Property, Finance, Construction Managers, Project Managers / PMO’s, contractors, suppliers and consultants to ensure projects are delivered within agreed commercial frameworks.

You will be part of a large cross functional team, so you will have a strong, collaborative work ethic and enjoy developing and building working relationships. This role provides many opportunities to further develop your behavioural capabilities, providing plenty of exposure within the business and with our key stakeholders.

• Prepare accurate cost plans, feasibility estimates, and budgets from feasibility through to detailed design.

• Benchmark costs across project types and regions to ensure consistent pricing and best value.

• Prior experience of Schedule of Rates, rate agreements or frameworks would be advantageous.

• Play a key role in identifying the procurement requirements for your workstreams, and supporting in the tender process.

• Manage cost control throughout project delivery, tracking actuals against budget and forecasting final costs.

• Review and authorise valuations, variations, change requests, and interim payments.

• Maintain accurate commercial reporting dashboards for internal stakeholders and governance boards.

• Ensure commercial risks are identified early and mitigation plans are in place.

• Work closely with the Commercial Manager lead, supporting on key Asda Property workstreams.

• Work closely with Project Managers, Construction Managers, Designers, Facilities teams, and Finance partners.

• Provide commercial advice to support strategic decision‑making and ensure cost implications are understood before key approvals.

• Build strong relationships with contractors, consultants, and suppliers to drive performance and value.

• Ensure adherence to Asda commercial governance processes, audit requirements, and financial controls.

• Drive continuous improvement in cost management, benchmarking, and reporting tools.

• Promote sustainability, cost-efficiency, and long-term value in all project decisions.

“Let's find out about you.”

• You will have a Quantity Surveying background from within practice, client side and / or a retail background is preferred.

• You must have demonstrable ability to manage and deliver against challenging cost targets and projects

• You will be proactive with excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• You will have proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders

• Ability to manage significant change and challenges, finding creative ways to overcome barriers.

• Computer literate – with good experience of Excel.

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• We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus

• Company pension up to 7% matched

• 15% colleague discount in store and online

• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves