Quantity Surveyor £70,000 – £75,000 plus car allowance Christchurch, Dorset

Salary: £70,000 – £75,000 plus car allowance £5,226.00

Location: Christchurch

Benefits:

• 24 days holidays rising to 27 days, plus bank holidays
• Company pension
• Discretionary bonus
• Buy/sell holiday scheme
• Training and development
• Eyecare scheme
• Supplier discount scheme
• Free parking

Our housebuilder client is looking to recruit a Quantity Surveyor to their team. You must have experience working for a housebuilder.

Job Summary

In the position of Quantity Surveyor you will have the responsibility for delivering multiple construction projects in accordance with Construction Documentation and Key Information Prior to Start, including considered procurement of resources and compliance with NHBC, building regulations and health and safety requirements.

Key Result Areas and Responsibilities

Pre-Construction Phase

• You will be responsible for checking contract documentation including drawings to identify any errors and omissions, particularly where unnecessary costs may arise.
• Preparation of tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes.
• Distribution of design information packages and tender drawings, prepare tender documentation including preliminary checks on subcontractors, preparing and monitoring procurement trackers.
• Prepare construction cost analysis from tender enquiries ensuring all outstanding information is received.
• Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the contracts manager to ascertain preliminary costs and prepare the start on site budget with the support of the wider team.
• Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team.
• Prepare payment schedules.
• Working closely with other departments, including technical, sales and land & planning, carry out all necessary pre-start meetings including Health & Safety, sub-contractor requirements, to finalise a tender sum and agree payment schedules prior to placing an order.
• Attend project meetings, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings, as required.
• Appoint subcontractors, including interviews, checking references and negotiate the contract sum within budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations.

Construction Phase Responsibilities

• Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue.
• Issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between procurement and site managers.
• Provision of a full range of pricing information for purchaser’s extras.
• Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs in accordance with reporting timetables.
• This will include providing analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates within cost to complete and CVR reports.
• Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works especially with regards to programme and quality.
• Agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates.
• Responsibility for the preparation of documents for external valuation with the RSL agent (CSA, stage payment schedule, tick offs).
• Liaise with customer care on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary.
• Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required.
• Prepare cost information for customer choices and upgrades for sales team and place supply chain orders once agreed.
• Identify opportunities for value engineering to deliver best value.
• Prepare or assist with preparation of contractors reports for RSL progress meetings.
• Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager to support the wider teams, i.e. procurement tracker, recovery, CVRs and cashflows.
• Prepare and agree external valuations with funding surveyor and RSL agent.

Health & Safety

Knowledge, understanding and implementation of health & safety regulations in line with HSE and company policy including safety equipment with regular maintenance of company supplied construction tools, plant and equipment.

Equal Opportunities

Real Recruitment Solutions is committed to a policy of equal opportunities across all areas of our business and at all stages in the selection process. Acting in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 and guidelines given by the REC, we treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, age, disability, race, ethnic or national origin, religion, political beliefs or membership or non-membership of a Trade Union.

From advertising vacancies, conducting candidate searches, selecting CVs, discussing vacancies and submitting details to clients through to interview preparation and at offer stage, Real Recruitment Solutions ensure that each candidate is assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the relevant duties required by the particular vacancy.

Real Recruitment Solutions place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with this policy and consistently review regulations as laid out by the REC to ensure our policy is updated and relevant across all aspects of recruitment in order to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination.