Quantity Surveyor Construction

Job Description: Quantity Surveyor

We are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join our exciting and dynamic team reporting to a Senior Surveyor and working with our Procurement Manager, other Surveyors and Apprentice Surveyors, to share our vision to help drive forward our commercial department.

As a Quantity Surveyor the role involves managing and overseeing all Quantity Surveyor aspects of our projects which will be across sectors such as commercial, residential, healthcare and education. Uniquely, we work in these sectors as both a contractor and developer, which means as a team we will work for both external and internal clients. We welcome applications from Quantity Surveyor with relevant experience

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting with winning future contracts by assisting with enquiries, take-offs, quotation evaluations and general estimating when required
• Generally Increasing supplier and subcontract approved list whilst maintaining and improving current working relationships.
• Preparing package tender and contract documents including bills of quantities and liaising with the architect and or in-house client, tender adjudication
• Assisting in establishing the in-house clients requirements and undertaking feasibility studies
• Writing reports and preparing documents accurately and to timescales (plans, contracts, budgets)
• Carrying out risk management, value management and cost control through the whole life of projects
• Costing and control of preliminaries
• Controlling budgets and undertaking internal valuations and agreeing sub-contractor valuations
• Placing work packages
• Managing disputes from investigating issues through to dispute resolution
• Maintaining knowledge of current projects and providing detailed update reports
• Financial reporting. Providing monthly cost and valuation reports
• Production and agreement of final accounts and additional cost claims
• Procuring materials and negotiating with sub-contractors
• Managing sub-contractors
• Final account settlement

Qualifications:

• College or post graduate degree in Quantity Surveying, Commercial Management or Construction Finance
• Experience of working within a construction costs management role
• Willing to or working towards RICS accreditation (not essential)

What we offer you:

• Full time, permanent employment
• Competitive remuneration
• Pension
• Car Allowance
• 24 days Annual Leave
• Work mobile and Surface (tablet)
• A good mix of office and on site working.