Quantity Surveyor in London

Key responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the commercial activities for the project.
• Run a project or a complex section of a large project.
• Procurement of the project in accordance with approved strategy, ensuring that orders are fully scoped, bought at best value and correctly contracted in accordance with limits of authority.
• Liaise and communicate with the Client team in accordance with the contract.
• Manage supply chain relationships to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach to procurement.
• Implement and manage commercial, legal, insurance and risk controls of the Project.
• Accurate commercial reporting and contract administration, including interim payments, management of change accounts, cashflows, final accounting and contract administration.
• Ensure that the project is delivered in a safe, timely, efficient and sustainable manner, whilst achieving project targets, meeting client expectations and enhancing the reputation of the business.

Essential Credentials:

• Maintain CSCS card for the role.
• Professional Construction Qualifications relevant to the role or qualified by appropriate level of experience.

Desirable Credentials:

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or other construction related degree.
• Have a related Chartership such as MRICS.

Essential Skills:

• Written and verbal communication to influence and build relationships.
• Ability to influence and lead teams.
• Demonstrates skills in the avoidance and defence of claims.
• Tendering subcontract works packages of medium to high value.
• Able to prepare subcontract documentation ready for engrossment by external parties.
• Advanced word-processing, Excel spreadsheet packages and cost management software.
• Ability to read drawings and construction design information.
• Valuing interim applications.
• Measurement and valuation techniques.
• Management of claims including assessment of entitlement for prolongation, loss and expense including inflation.

Essential Knowledge:

• Knowledge of current construction laws, legislations, and regulations, standards and procedures.
• Commercial and financial understanding in the above context.
• Understand and apply commercial & financial procedures and reporting systems.
• Maintains detailed prelim forecasts and actual costs and intervenes where negative trends identified.
• Management of bonds, PCGs, warranty insurances and associated risks.
• Management of cost, value and profit.
• Reports accurately to the monthly forecast final account.
• Manages cash flow to the benefit of the project and business.
• Good understanding of building technology / construction methods.
• Full knowledge and understanding of JCT, NEC, Construction Management and Management Contracting Contracts.

Essential Experience:

• Pre-construction experience.
• Background with a main contractor on projects above £30m in value.
• Proven track record of delivering successful construction projects safely.
• Experience of managing field construction activities on major/complex projects.
• Demonstrable experience in construction, including a sound knowledge of construction methodology, process and sequence.
• Procurement of work packages in line with the Project Procurement Strategy.
• Conversion of the project from preconstruction to construction.
• Communicating and liaising with the Client team in accordance with the contract.
• Production of Tender Recommendation Reports and Contract Sum Analysis.
• Preparation of Subcontracts for execution in line with limits of authority.
• Procures robust packages with an understanding of package interfaces.
• Manages the change process in accordance with the contract.
• Prepares bid documentation to ensure a fully defined tender.

Desirable Experience:

• Proven track record in construction including a sound knowledge of construction methodology, process and sequence.

Essential Behaviours:

• Flexibility and openness of approach and willingness to work as a team player.
• Must lead in the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) vision, both personal and organisational.
• Supports the project manager to manage project risk and opportunities.
• Attention to detail, ability to flex to meet business plans and drive to meet key dates.
• Ability to join up a wide range of complex issues and understand how they relate to each other.
• Uncompromising discipline and rigorous approach to follow the process and close projects out.
• Collaborates across the organisation and external teams.
• Drives a culture of safety and quality and embeds best practice to set the standard in the organisation and the industry.

We will provide:

• Car allowance.
• Up to 10% employer pension contribution.
• Private medical health benefit.
• Life assurance.
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days.
• 3 days wellbeing leave in addition to annual leave.
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives.
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme including direct access to Talking Therapies and Coaching services.
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gyms nationwide.
• Industry leading parental leave.