Quantity Surveyor

Ref: 223-JH

Role: Quantity Surveyor

Salary: Up To £60,000 Per Annum DOE (Plus £4,000 Car Allowance)

Location: Barnsley

Benefits:

• Car allowance and business mileage scheme
• Annual bonus scheme
• 26 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Workplace pension
• Health cash plan
• Company mobile phone
• Professional development and career progression opportunities.

The role:

Our client is looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join their growing civil engineering and construction business.

You’ll take responsibility for the commercial management of multiple projects from award through to completion and final account, working closely with clients, contractors, subcontractors and internal teams to ensure projects are delivered successfully and commercially.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing multiple projects from award through to completion and final account
• Preparing and submitting monthly valuations
• Managing contract variations, remeasures and additional works
• Producing and maintaining project cash-flow forecasts
• Monitoring project cost and value and preparing cost value reconciliation reports
• Identifying and managing commercial risks and opportunities
• Managing supply chain enquiries and obtaining competitive quotations
• Preparing and awarding subcontract packages
• Reviewing subcontractor applications for payment
• Producing Pay Less Notices and Payment Certificates where required
• Undertaking site visits and surveys
• Building strong relationships with clients, consultants, designers and subcontractors
• Attending commercial, production, client and site meetings
• Supporting value engineering and identifying commercially effective solutions

The successful candidate:

• HNC in Construction or equivalent relevant qualification
• Proven Quantity Surveying experience within civil engineering and construction
• Experience preparing and reviewing Bills of Quantities
• Experience with design and build projects and framework contracts
• Strong understanding of different forms and conditions of contract
• Excellent technical knowledge of civil engineering, groundworks and general construction
• Strong understanding of project costs and financial management
• Experience using estimating or surveying software such as ConQuest would be advantageous
• Experience within electrical transmission and distribution would be beneficial
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Excellent commercial awareness and negotiation skills
• Confident communicating with clients, contractors, subcontractors and internal teams
• Strong organisation and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple projects
• Proactive, commercially focused and comfortable working independently
• Willing to travel to sites as required