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Managing Quantity Surveyor

Sphere Solutions
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 17 days
Location

Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF24 0TB, Wales

Salary

£80,000 - £85,000 per annum

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan
Life Insurance

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  • Our client, a well-established Tier 1 Building Contractor, is seeking to recruit a Managing Quantity Surveyor on a permanent basis due to ongoing growth and a strong pipeline of work for 2025.
  • The role requires the candidate to have at least 5 years of experience in quantity surveying and involves preparing cost estimates, managing project surveyors, and ensuring compliance with company procedures.
  • Key responsibilities include submitting payment applications, providing monthly financial reports, and collaborating with the Commercial Director on project strategies.
  • The position offers a competitive salary along with generous company benefits, including 26 days of annual leave, increasing to 30 days, and additional perks such as life insurance and private medical insurance.
  • Interested candidates are encouraged to apply online for further details about this key role within the organization.

Our client is a large and well established Tier 1 Building Contractor with regional offices in Cardiff and Bristol. They are a very successful business having been settled locally for the last 20 years. They continue to be very busy with a strong pipeline of work for 2025.

Due to this ongoing growth, they have approached us with the requirement to recruit aManaging Quantity Surveyoron a permanent basis.

Roles and Responsibilities will include:

Prepare a cost estimate based on the initial findings of consultants and in house technical team.

Update the estimate into a detailed cost budget as more information becomes available.

Ability to prepare accurate quantities from drawings.

Work with the project lead to prepare Contractors Proposals as part of any settlement agreement.

Management of existing project surveyors.

Ensure that consultants/subcontractors are procured by the team in accordance with company procedures, and the resulting documents provide a robust contractual agreement which ring fences overall liability.

Financial and contractual management of consultants and subcontractors in accordance with their appointments/subcontracts.

Ensure that applications for payment are submitted in accordance with the agreed time scales and with sufficient information to allow the timely issue of recommendations for payment.

Provide accurate financial reports each month in accordance with BYUK rules of reporting and time scales.

Ensure that records are maintained and stored during the works on site to ensure they are sufficient to support any recovery actions.

Ensure that supply chain applications for payment are correctly and accurately administered in accordance with their appointments.

In collaboration with the Commercial Director,maximisesuccess of the project mitigation and recovery strategy including any recovery action.

Provide support to the project lead including attending site meetings and contributing to both internal and external monthly reports.

Review with technical manager third party claims and provide detailed assessments including Scott Schedules.

This is a key role for the business and as such our client can offer the following:

competitive basic salaries coupled with generous company benefits including:

26 days annual leave, increasing to 30 days

2 paid volunteering days a year

pension scheme

life insurance

private medical insurance

Please apply on line for further details

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