We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading construction company in Northampton, covering sites across Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, as per business needs.
You will be managing a new build care home scheme in Bedfordshire.
You will be responsible for managing all costs relating to their projects. Your focus is to minimise the costs of a project and enhance margin and value for money, whilst still achieving the required standards and quality. This will also include procurement, subcontract management inclusive of administration of the contract, monthly payments, and final account settlement.
What youll get in return
- Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
- Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private Healthcare
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance 4 x your annual salary
- Share incentive schemes
- Employee rewards portal with many more benefits
- Progression - plan to expand this role overseeing 2 further care home schemes coming up in Buckinghamshire.
The ideal person:
- Residential or main contracting experience
- Knowledge of groundworks, roads, and sewers.
- Strong team player, with the entrepreneurial ability to operate and excel in a changing on- site environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- You will be able to effectively manage your own workload to meet set deadlines.
- You will have a thorough understanding of Surveying and Estimating, with a specific and in-depth knowledge of preparing realistic construction budgets.
- You will have a good understanding of strategic objectives and targeting financial return, with the ability to understand and manipulate complex financial models.
- You will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, with the use of Microsoft Excel at a proficient level an essential requirement.