Quantity Surveyor

Latitude Recruitment

Posted 2 months ago, valid for 21 days

Waterlooville, Hampshire PO77SB, England

£50,000 per annum

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

A Quantity Surveyor position is available with a construction firm in Hampshire, focusing on minimizing costs and enhancing value for construction projects.
Key responsibilities include preparing cost estimates, tracking contract variations, and reporting on profitability throughout all project stages.
The role involves client engagement, valuation agreements, subcontractor procurement, and management of payments and final accounts.
Ideal candidates should possess strong communication, numerical analysis, and problem-solving skills, along with an understanding of construction regulations.
The position requires a minimum of 3 years of experience and offers a salary range of £40,000 to £50,000.

Our construction clients based in Hampshire have an exciting opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team.

The main duties of the Quantity Surveyor will be as follows:

Seek to minimise the cost and risk of a construction project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required legal standards and quality.
Prepare forecasts, estimates and costs of the work when the project is in progress, keep track of variations to the contract that may affect costs/time and create reports to show profitability.
Be involved in every stage of the project from preconstruction to final account from a commercial aspect.
Client engagement, attend meetings, produce and agree valuations and cash flows when required. Identify and price variations and agree with client QS.
Procure subcontractors, negotiate price, produce order, management of SC from first contact to final account including payments and variations, production and agreement of final account

Ideal skills & Experience:

Ideal experience working with end users
Verbal and written communication, including ability to listen to determine client needs, communicating them to the construction crew and preparing reports
Numerical and data analysis skills
Customer service for client satisfaction
Analytical thinking and problem solving
Understanding of engineering science, construction and technology
Understanding of current building, health and safety regulations

Working hours:Mon Thurs 08:00am 5:00pm Friday 08:00 4:00pm

Working hours will depend on if you are out visiting site, or office based. Travel to site will be required.

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