Role overview – Senior Quantity Surveyor

My client is a privately owned, multi award winning construction and integrated support services business with 50 years’ experience. Building for generations and working with select clients nationally, the company offers a holistic range of services; acquire, design, build, operate and maintain. They require each employee to embody our EPIC values to ensure the following:

Excellence | Passion | Innovation | Collaboration

Their contracts are primarily for the Group’s asset backed operating businesses in the care, residential and education sectors; New Care and Back to the Garden Childcare, as well as supporting revered clients with their nationwide rollout programmes in the health care and food retail arenas.

With accolades including The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work for and Investors in People Gold, this is an exciting time to join them.

Due to sustained growth, they are now looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor based at our Eastry development.

APPLCANT MUST BE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE TO SITE – Eastry, Kent

Role Responsibilities

Client valuations including thorough measurement as work progresses, through to final account
Cash flow forecasts and monitoring against programme
Accurate valuation, forecasting and monitoring of site Preliminaries
Ensure full recovery and valuation of variations/instructions
Provision of timely and accurate documentation, warranties and the like, both internally and externally
Ensuring that the procurement of subcontractors is undertaken in a timely and cost effective manner
Administration of subcontractor contracts and accounts
Ensuring that payments/notices are issued in accordance with the Subcontract and Construction Act
Timely production of subcontract final accounts, including re-measurement and valuation of all variations as necessary to facilitate the optimum result
Keep the Managing Surveyor informed of the progress of both client and subcontractor accounts through to their finalisation, including the release of retentions
Compile monthly Cost/Value reconciliations and forecasts, including future risks and opportunities, and present to the senior management team
Ensure any commercial threats to projects are identified swiftly and communicated to the Managing Surveyor and all contractual notices are issued correctly and on time
Attend meetings and ensure that surveying information and cost advice is provided in an accurate, timely and proficient manner.

Requirements

Surveying Degree or equivalent qualification/experience
Experience of working for a Main Contractor
Design and build experience
Excellent communication skills
Experienced in commercially managing large scale projects

Benefits

6% Employer Workplace Pension
25 days’ holiday + Statutory
Holiday ‘Buy Back’ scheme + bonus birthday holiday
Healthcare Scheme
1 days paid ‘Change the World’ volunteering day