Senior Surveyor in Thatcham

Job Description Senior Surveyor\n \nWhen registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed.\n Become a Senior Surveyor at Bloor Homes and you'll become part of something truly special. Using your previous house building QS experience, excellent communication and negotiation skills, you'll drive cost efficiencies on-site, facilitating the continued development of quality affordable homes. No two days will be the same with a diverse range of tasks including collating tender information, preparing cost breakdowns, managing payments and drafting budget estimate summaries. But what could be better than that? We'll also support you with great benefits, training and career progression. Start your bright future with us today and the opportunities are endless. \n We are recruiting for an experienced Senior Surveyor to join our Southern Region, based in Newbury, RG14 . Our Surveyor's play a vital role within with our ambitious yet friendly, family-owned company. At Bloor Homes you'll be given the autonomy to oversee the full spectrum of costs on a development because just like us, we know you bring an uncompromising commitment to excellence to all that you do. Our ability to deliver quality homes at an affordable price is closely linked to tight budget controls on-site, making your role central to the success of the business and the reputation of the brand. \n MAIN DUTIES \n \n Preparing sub-contract/supplier enquiry lists for approval. \n Preparing full enquiry packs and collating all tender information, ensuring fully compliant tender packs are issued, return tenders are analysed and compliant bids received. \n Preparing tender comparison sheets, including making recommendations for placing sub-contract orders and negotiation with sub-contractors to ensure full compliance with specification and best practice. \n Liaising with the Design & Technical Department to prepare full enquiry packs for the tendering of utilities to ensure the most cost effective solution for the site. \n Overseeing Surveyors in producing groundwork and roads and sewers tenders and tender analysis to ensure full compliance with drawings and specification. \n Preparing detailed breakdowns of build costs including infrastructure costings and include within New Site Start Appraisal (NSSA). \n Ensuring new sub-contractors are on the SMAS database and that the certification is up to date. \n Carrying out drawing take-offs and producing labour only rates in liaison with the Commercial Manager and Construction Department including maintaining the database and distributing information. \n Liaising with the Design & Technical and Construction Departments to ensure correct materials are procured in the required time frames that are both cost effective and aesthetically correct. \n Preparing Material Schedules as required ensuring regional targets for production are maintained. \n Updating/producing SWMP and Carriers Matrix including updating Licence Numbers and expiry dates and issue to site as necessary. \n Registering sites for Hazardous Waste Premise Code and CLAIR as necessary and liaise with Commercial Manager/Director and Construction Department. \n Ensuring sub-contractor weekly and monthly applications for payment are analysed, checked and interim payments are prepared for approval in line with Authorisation Levels and Commercial Procedures, including keeping payment record sheets up to date, highlighting any claims for additional works outside of the budget estimate summary and settling all final accounts expediently after works are complete. \n Issuing variation instructions and contra charges as appropriate. \n Pricing up non-standard client extras as required and liaising with the Commercial Manager/Construction Department to ensure costings are correct. \n Updating Cost of Sales in Viability Manager for client extras, after re-budgets and valuations. \n Carrying out monthly progress checklists for all sites and inputting on to the valuation system including MOS. \n Carrying out monthly valuation including production of Cost Value Reconciliation (CVR) and Cost to Complete Sheet (CTC) and attending the Valuation Meeting. \n Liaising with the Housing Association, including producing invoices and H & S pack as required and attending all necessary site meetings. \n Liaising with the Design & Technical Department over specification for Code for Sustainable Homes and producing schedules and back up information as required. \n Carrying out Land Viability Analysis and liaising with the Commercial Manager/Director/Design & Technical Department as required. \n Producing the Group Rebate Form. \n Assisting the Commercial Manager as required in updating regional cost database. \n Liaising with the Design & Technical and Construction Departments on the invoicing of BT rebates. \n Liais