Senior Quantity Surveyor

Description

• Ensure the surveying team are run using consistently processes, documents & procedures
• Prepare estimates of all prime costs including subcontract and materials.
• Attend site regularly to complete Commercial functions and support the site teams to running an efficient development
• Manage Housing Association valuations and attend meetings on site.
• Use COINS systems to present feasibility study of the site incorporating all development costs.
• Maintain and fully reconcile whole site infrastructure budgets and reconcile against phased developments.
• Monitor, reconcile and recharge any costs, which relate to shared cost items with either other businesses within the Group or external Companies.
• Preparation of Site Budgets for authorisation by the Business Unit Management Team at the appropriate time.
• Forecast final accounts.
• Assist Customer Services in assessing the best commercial outcome for dealing with defects (incl cost recovery within Contract Agreements).
• Provide a detailed cost budget and share with the Site Manager at the appropriate time.
• Maintain schedules of quantities (Bill of Quant's site database) and price them individually for prime cost budget.
• Manage the adoption process of public works.
• Attend relevant project, concept, pre-tender, pre-start, specification and any other relevant meeting as required
• Input and maintain any computer-based databases or systems.
• Complete the apportionment of total prime costs to individual plots and produce a profit analysis for the Director.
• Report on savings and excesses against budget costs to the Director.
• Responsible for procurement of subcontractors including payments, variation orders and day works and settlement of final accounts.
• Implement wherever possible value engineering solutions & strategies to optimise profit and efficiency for the business.
• Be aware of all codes of practice that impact on estimating e.g. Building Regulations, NHBC requirements, HSE etc.
• Once land opportunities are identified, familiarise the geographical area and consider site issues.
• Monitor and explain subcontractor cost movements.
• Calculate all the prime costs on developments within the business, reporting any movements in the costs since the preparation of the land purchase exercise. Prime costs to include but not restricted to house pricing, labour costs, site work operations and remediation work.
• Manage Closed Contracts provisions and orders.
• Responsible for the pricing and management of subcontractors for the Customer Options system
• Assist in finalising/agreeing Housing Association contracts.
• Undertake valuations of production at budgeted cost on a monthly basis and split the cost of profit completions and potential future profit to estimate a value for work in progress.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of contract law.
• Preferably member of CIOB or RICS
• Wide experience in the discipline within the house building industry.
• IT literate (Although COINS system preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Building Regulations, NHBC and Health and Safety requirements.
• Strong managerial and negotiation skills with internal and external clients
• Industry related business qualification.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance