Quantity Surveyor

Company Description\\n\\nUnited Living Group is a collection of four businesses dedicated to creating a connected, sustainable future:\\n\\nUnited Living Property Services: Revitalizing homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces.\\nUnited Living Infrastructure Services: Delivering resilient infrastructure for a stable and functional future.\\nUnited Living New Homes: Providing build-to-rent and affordable housing solutions to address community housing challenges.\\nUnited Living Connected: Connecting people through fixed-line and mobile infrastructure, enabling seamless communication in today's digital age.\\n\\nJob Description\\n\\nTo manage the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by the Company, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms to the Company.\\n\\nEnsure that United Living’s SHEQ standards, operating processes and company policies are understood and adhered to at all times and that, as far as is reasonably practicable, legislative requirements are complied with\\nLearn and understand the United Way of working ensuring that the processes are complied with and adopted into your daily disciplines.\\nAct in a professional manner in everything you do such that the Company’s reputation is enhanced. \\n\\nUnder supervision of your line manager:\\n\\nPre-contract\\n\\nAssist in the preparation of tenders as directed including checking of quantities for major elements\\nAnalyse tender quotations for exclusions and conditions and report to estimatorProject delivery\\n\\nEnsure that you have full understanding of all bid allowances and that a detailed handover has been completed with the estimating team and you have clarity over the bid strategy and profit plan areas\\nCo-operate and work in partnership with the project team to ensure consistent delivery of successful projects in order to support the achievement of business unit objectives and to deliver target margins.\\nSupport the Operations Manager to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed, notices issued, records kept and documents stored by the team to protect the company’s position, seeking advice from the Commercial Manager where necessary\\nProvide advice to the management team on contractual, valuation and measurement matters.Procurement\\n\\nPrepare and implement the project procurement strategy with Operations Manager\\nSupport the Group Procurement Department buying deals by ensuring they are communicated to subcontractors at tender stage and applied at order stage\\nChair subcontract interview meetings in association with Operations team\\nPrepare subcontract enquiries including taking off quantities from drawings and formulating the tender list in consultation with the wider management team along with subsequent analysis and assessment of subcontract quotations.\\nNegotiate sub-contract packages to deliver the most favourable outcome for the company.\\nDraft and place sub-contract orders as and when authorised and ensure no subcontractors commence on site without a subcontract order fully completed.Main Contract\\n\\nSupport the Operations Manager in providing monthly reports to the customer, ensuring that such reports contain accurate forecasts of our rolling draft final account, full information concerning variations and record contractual notices\\nDevelop & maintain close relationships with customers, consultants & subcontractors to continuously improve customer experience, improve our Company position and obtain repeat & negotiated business\\nEvaluate submit and agree the price of C.V.I's and contract Instructions provisional sums, VE etc\\nPrepare and agree monthly valuations with the clients representative and ensure same are invoiced, paid, in full and on time\\nEnsure that any agreement with client representatives is documented\\nEnsure that adequate records are kept in respect of any future claims\\nPrepare and submit alternative proposals for material and specifications to the client for approval\\nPrepare and agree the final account with the clients representative\\nPrepare and once approved by line manager submit all necessary contractual claims \\n\\nSubcontract\\n\\nPrepare and negotiate interim valuations and final accounts including all necessary measurement as well as making sure that any agreement of variations with supply chain is documented.\\nMeasure, value, negotiate and check as necessary all subcontract interim and final account applications and process all associated payments in accordance with the Construction Act and/or other prevailing legislation\\nInform the Commercial Manager of any possible claims by subcontractors and prepare and/or seek direction in preparing any necessary documentation/correspondence to protect the Company’s interests.\\nPrepare response to any claim for loss and expense, after liaison with their line managerFinancial\\n\\nHaving full project(s) profit and loss accountability\\nCompetent use of company cost system\\nManage the CVR process, in conjunction with the Operations Manager, understanding and accurately forecasting project values, costs & margins against the target margin and profit plan, and agreeing changes and solutions with the Contracts / Project Manager prior to implementation\\nForecast cash on an accurate and timely basis, ensuring that the cash position of the project is maximised without compromising our contractual arrangements and relationships with either customers or subcontractors & suppliers\\nEnsure profit plans are understood for each scheme/project and monitor and deliver on agreed areas and work on identifying further areas for recovery.\\nRaise alarm signals to the Commercial Manager when the contract is straying outside the cost and profit parameters. Use best endeavours and seek to maximise margins  in co-operation with the Operations Manager.\\nMonitor preliminaries / site management costs and advise the Operations Manager on action to be taken to remedy over-expenditure.\\nPrepare and present commercial elements at the site Monthly Contract Review MeetingLegal / Dispute\\n\\nAssist in the preparation of ‘claims’ or other means of dispute management to correct an imbalance of cost and value. To include drafting and sending contractual letters.\\nStudy contract documents and advise on onerous conditions therein including the preparation of briefing notes for Operations Manager.\\nUpon receipt of contract, ensure that comparison of contract documents with tender documents is carried out and advise on any anomalies as well as ensuring that terms are in line with House Rules.\\n\\nQualifications\\n\\n3 – 7 Years’ experience\\nBSc in Quantity Surveying or similar commercial related course\\nProfessional qualification MRICS or MCIOB desirable\\nGood data interrogation skills\\nLine Management experience\\nCommercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge and experience\\nExperience of Management accounts\\nProficient  in Microsoft office particularly Excel, Access and keen to extend knowledge on software packages\\nCommercial contracting experience\\nRe-measurement skills\\nPrevious experience in construction or similar sector\\nValid driving licence\\nCSCS card at appropriate level\\nTake responsibility for own development