Quantity Surveyor

Job Requirements: The successful candidate will have extensive commercial drylining experience, including strong commercial management and cost control skills.

Job Purpose:

Commercially responsible for the project they are assigned to, working with the Project Manager to make sure that the Project is delivered on programme and to budget, and to report where this is not the case. Completes site visits when required.

Main Duties & Responsibilities:

• Issues the CVR each month in line with the reporting schedule and attends CVR meetings
• Advises of any positive or negative differences in anticipated labour costs
• Agrees a valuation schedule with the main contractor if one had not already been agreed
• Attends estimating and handover meeting, participating in setting start and target margins.
• Re-calculates profit margins
• Carries out monthly cost to complete
• Takes responsibility for the Risk Register.
• Notifies the Operations Director of any valuations for which payment is not received; obtains payment status from Finance
• Keeps on top of our sub-contractor contra-charges and issues notices and final account statements plus and retention releases.
• Takes off quantities from drawing.
• Produces and submit Applications for Payment on time each month.
• Checks sub-contractors Applications.
• Reports at internal site progress meeting.
• Ensures all variations are correctly entered by the Labour Entry Clerk into Applications for Payment.
• Prices and submits variations.
• Checks materials are in line with estimate
• Prepares cost budgets and monitors cost spend against these
• Monitors the prelim schedule and report and variances at the CVR meeting and proposes solutions.
• Agrees labour rates with the Commercial Director and implements
• Walks site with PM weekly for progress variations/problems
• Agrees the planned prelims with the Project Manager at the start of the project.
• Agrees the value of variations with the Principle Contractor.
• Monitors NCRs and makes sure these are signed off.
• Makes sure that the contract is being correctly administered from a commercial point of view.
• Chases and agrees certifications, responds if required. Advises the Regional Commercial Manager if these are below expected.
• Notifies Regional Commercial Manager of any certifications not received in accordance with the payment schedule.
• Formal Delay letters / notices.
• Trains and mentors less experienced staff so that they can carry out their duties effectively, develop core capabilities to enhance their value to the organization and develop their careers.
• Ensures the Company values form the basis of the behaviour of direct reports.

Qualifications & Experience:

Qualifications: NVQ Level 4 or Construction Management/Surveying Degree - or currently working towards

Experience:

• A minimum of 2 years working as a Project Quantity Surveyor or Senior Quantity Surveyor within a sub-contracting environment or principle contracting environment.
• Should have been commercially responsibly for projects or packages, preferably for a finishing trade and have been responsible for reporting on the project status in terms of progress / cost / value / risk.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £55,000.00-£60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Referral programme

Experience:

• QS experience working within a sub-contracting environment: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Surveying degree (required)

Work Location: In person