Senior Quantity Surveyor

Description

• Prepare internal cost/value reports for upper management and other departments.
• Look for opportunities to maximize revenue and reduce cost and identify and investigate losses.
• Check project costs are correct and raise/resolve queries where necessary.
• Negotiate and agree subcontractors.
• Attend monthly management meeting, report on commercial issues, and offer opinion on matters arising.
• Prepare and review monthly cost reports.
• Assist in the identification of commercial risks and opportunities and carry out value engineering exercises as required.
• Review of supplier requisitions and accounts.
• Look for opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce cost and identify and investigate losses.
• Advise and support with project correspondence.
• Variations: Negotiate with client, quantity surveyor and subcontractor.
• Advise on contractual matters - general and project level.
• Carry out reconciliation of cost and value to date/forecast to keep the management team informed of project performance.
• Encourage and develop a culture of contractual awareness and ensure that contracts are fulfilled by rigidly maintaining records, contractual notifications, change control, etc.
• Negotiating subcontract and suppliers' prices and terms.
• Prepare subcontract and suppliers documents.
• Ensure final accounts are closed in a timely manner.
• Prepare and manage material procurement schedules.
• Manage project costs to ensure over all budgets are maintained.
• Preparation of Cost Reports and reviewing of project cost reports.
• Subcontractor procurement and account reviews during project.
• Assist in the guidance and development of junior surveyors.
• Negotiating subcontractors and suppliers final accounts.
• Process contractual claims and all associated records.
• Measure, price, negotiate and agree budgets and costs for variations to project scope.
• Review of subcontractor documents and updating of templates, including appointment documents, payment certificates.
• Assess subcontractor payment entitlement and process payments.
• Daily liaison with accounts department.
• Assist with project cash management.
• Management of commercial and contractual aspects of relationships with customers, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Ensure timely drafting of commercial/contractual correspondence.
• Ensure risk registers, variation trackers and extension of time tracker sheets are reviewed and updated monthly and included within monthly reports.

Requirements

• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management or equivalent is essential.
• Confident, motivated, can work independently, be a team player as well as manage a team.
• Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to find the best solutions to challenges.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite essential.
• Civils, drainage, or utilities (water & electricity) experience essential.
• Full clean driver's license.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Minimum 10+ years' experience in a Quantity Surveying role within the construction or utilities sector.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines, whilst keeping a close attention to detail.
• A strategic mind-set with time management abilities to meet targets, monitor progress and budgets, and report on performance.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance