Senior Quantity Surveyor
Posted 4 hours ago by Sphere Solutions
Senior Quantity Surveyor
Coalville
£52k - £80k plus company car
An excellent opportunity for Quantity Surveyors to gain invaluable experience and to progress their career with a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment. We are looking for a senior quantity surveyor to join our office in Coalville.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Understand the implications of health and safety regulations to the Company sites.
- Understand the principles of safety on site and ensure that any concerns are addressed immediately with the support of the safety team and/ or Directors as appropriate.
- Prepare and/ or review tenders with estimators assisting with understanding the client's requirements and offering value engineering.
- Value completed work and ensure timely payment.
- Understand construction issues, offer advice on drawings and works and ensure project has all current drawings/ up to date information to work from.
- Identify commercial risks and provide appropriate solution/ response.
- Undertake costs analysis working with Company buyers. Advise on procurement/ cost control.
Learn the Company procurement function and it’s interaction with site and impact on overall job cost and performance.
- Allocate work to sub-contractors including assistance with procurement when required Learn how to value completed work and arrange payments.
- Knowledge of various construction contracts.
- Assist with training and development of trainee Quantity Surveyors.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 A-Levels at Grade B and above or equivalent BTEC.
- Minimum 3 years relevant and a background working with sub-contractors in residential groundworks.
- Proficient computer skills particularly in excel.
- General knowledge of contracts/ contractual terms.
- General reasoning ability and ability to take on new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Good negotiation and management skills.
- Extremely high level of confidentiality and discretion.
- Understand the importance of establishing and maintaining positive client relationships.
Package:
- Company Car
- Discretional bonus scheme (this is based on Personal, Company and Regional Performance)
- Pension scheme
- 23 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with the length of service (we also offer the opportunity to buy extra annual leave)
- Group Life Insurance / Death in Service
- We have a Learning and Development department to support any professional development
- Progression opportunities (most of our Director’s started out as Trainee’s / QS’s)
- Employee Assistance Programme (employees get access to discounts, can get remote GP appointments ect)
If you are interested, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- Immediate
- Contract Length:
- Permanent
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- Job Reference:
- SQS/CB/2024
- Job ID:
- 222558108
- Applications:
- Be first to apply
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