MEP Quantity Surveyor All Levels

My client is a young, dynamic, London-based leading Main Contractor who has been operating for over 20 years. As a Main Contractor, they construct new buildings, alter, refurbish and remodel existing buildings, and fit out interior spaces. With a Company Turnover of circa £160 million, they employ around 160 staff across the business. Due to growth, they are now seeking an MEP Quantity Surveyor to join their team on a permanent basis at either an Intermediate or Senior level.

THE JOB – Senior or Intermediate MEP Quantity Surveyor

Monday – Friday / 8am – 5pm

Based in their Central London Office, you will be working in a team of 3 M&E Quantity Surveyors. You will be tendering the MEP packages on new projects and assisting in managing sub-contractor variation accounts. Most projects are based in central London and across multiple sectors including CAT A and B office fit-out, high-end residential, schools, hotel and leisure sector along with private clients. Projects are procured on a single stage, two stage or negotiated basis, and are a mix of traditional design and design and build projects. Combined MEP package contract values typically range from circa £3 million to £10 million in value.

The candidate will demonstrate competence/experience in the following key areas:

• Experience in tendering MEP packages on a single stage and two stage basis.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of the tender information that needs to be provided to sub-contractors at tender stage to ensure robust tender returns.
• Demonstrate ability to work to a procurement tender event schedule to achieve key procurement programme dates.
• Ability to formulate detailed project specific pricing schedules based on design documentation, programme and logistical requirements of project.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of the key risks inherent in a project including design risk, CDP requirements, spatial coordination, acoustic requirements, fire strategy, requirements.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of project requirements and compliances with specific BREEAM, WELL, Wired Score and Security Needs Assessment targets.
• Understanding and identification of potential design information deficiencies within consultant design packages and process for raising these to the design team for clarification.
• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the interfaces of MEPH packages with other associated trade packages and the impact of changes and/or interfaces with these packages.
• Demonstrate a good knowledge of tender analysis process to ensure robust interrogation of sub-contractor tender returns, to identify and rectify errors in tender returns, ensuring full compliance with tender requirements, including chairing of mid and post tender meetings and issue of detailed minutes.
• Ability to format detailed recommendation reports for sub-contractor appointment.
• Good knowledge of programme and sequencing requirements and the impact of this on sub-contract tenders and subsequent variation accounts.
• Experience in managing sub-contractor variation accounts and applications including valuation and accurate reporting of costs including chairing account meetings and issuing detailed minutes.
• Experience in managing upstream change order process including accurate cost reporting on cost/value basis.
• Experience in reviewing initial client cost plans against historical and current cost plan models and identifying accuracy of, or shortfalls within the cost plans that need to be addressed.
• Experience in undertaking and driving value engineering exercises and ability to advise on potential MEPH alternatives for design team consideration.

SALARY & PACKAGE

Intermediate - £45,000 - £60,000 / Senior - £65,000 - £80,000

Car Allowance (£7,500)

23 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (Rises to a maximum of 26) + Xmas & New Year Off + Free Half Day for Wellness

Healthcare

London Doctors Clinic

Death in Service

Pension Scheme

Sociable days (Golf Day etc)

PLEASE CONTACT SEAN HITCHMAN ON / SHITCHMAN @ RGB.CO .UK