Senior Quantity Surveyor

Why join Ogilvie Construction?

Ogilvie Construction, part of the family-owned Ogilvie Group founded in 1946 has grown into one of Scotland’s leading privately owned construction companies. With a diverse project portfolio across multiple sectors such as community, education, health, residential, sports and student accommodation, we are a multi-skilled organisation that provides a rewarding and challenging working environment for all employees.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team in North Scotland covering one of our projects in Elgin.

The role:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Reviewing and reporting on tender information including pricing, sub-contractors quotes, preliminaries and contract conditions.
• Reviewing internal contract preliminary requirements and preparing spend budgets/cost forecasts.
• Preparation of cash flow reports.
• Advising on contract requirements and managing project risks in conjunction with the project team.
• Early involvement on Design & Build projects in reviewing schedules of services, appointment and novation agreements and design responsibility matrices.
• Manage evaluation of the tender/contract sum, subcontractors and internally costed elements.
• Managing procurement of sub-contractor packages, placing formal orders and agreement of sub-contract terms and conditions.
• Responsible for arranging and recording sub-contractor pre-start meetings and minutes.
• Responsible for managing issue of budgets and target prices for internal trades
• Managing assistant quantity surveyor operations.
• Responsible for reparation of, submission and agreement of main contract interim valuations.
• Provide support and advice to administration/accounts staff on any monies due, the dates when monies become due, and provide support in collection of monies as and when required.
• Managing re-measurement of the works, for main contract, sub-contractor valuations and in-house operations.
• Managing the process of sub-contractor payment applications, payments, payment and withholding notices in line with protocols.
• Providing contract advice to the site team, advising on obligations of main contract and issuing any/all formal notices as required/agreed with the team.
• Managing project financial control, including preparation of prelims budgets and cost projections, managing cash flow and preparing end projection forecasts.
• Preparation of financial and written reports for monthly internal cost report (CPR) meetings, and recording minutes.
• Managing change control. Coordinating pricing of contract instructions, provisional sums, pending instructions and preparation of a change control monthly tracker.
• • Responsibility for coordinating and checking requirement for and provision of bonds, collateral warranties, project insurances including 6.5.1 cover if required.
• Responsible for preparation, evaluation and agreement of contractual claims, to the client, sub-contractors and consultants.
• Managing agreement of final accounts with sub-contractors.
• Responsibility for preparation of, and agreement of the main contract final account with the employer/employers quantity surveyor.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree qualified in an appropriate discipline.
• Membership of relevant professional institution
• Sound knowledge of construction processes
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work with, support and advise a team.
• Ability to work on own initiative, be assertive and confident and to prioritise to meet deadlines.

Benefits:

• Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm
• Early finish Friday (3:30pm)
• 32 days annual holiday entitlement
• Company Car
• Access to Well-being Champions and Mental Health First Aiders
• Generous contributory personal Pension Scheme
• Salary exchange pension with employer NI savings included
• Profit share scheme
• Commitment to skills development
• Excellent death in service cover
• Employee Assistance Programme including 5 counselling sessions