Demolition Quantity Surveyor in Cardiff

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for managing the financial and contractual aspects of the projects that you work on. You will ensure strong cost control, drive profitability, mitigate risk, and maintain and develop excellent client relationships. This is a senior role that requires leadership and responsibility for multiple ongoing contracts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and develop client relationships.
• Work closely with Contracts Managers, Site Teams, Estimators and all other stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and company policies.
• Understand and comply with the prevailing Contract(s).
• Lead on contract administration, identify and correct any non-compliant issues, including dispute resolution.
• Attend internal and external meetings associated with projects.
• Oversee the full commercial lifecycle of projects from tender to final account.
• Undertake regular site visits.
• Prepare & submit accurate periodic valuations.
• Liaise with Client Teams to ensure that payments are received on time.
• Produce and update accurate cash flow forecasts.
• Manage, lead and agree change management on projects, including the identification of Variations / Compensation Events, preparing quotations and estimates in accordance with prevailing contract conditions.
• Ensure accurate cost control, forecasting, and budget management, ensuring appropriate procedures are followed to achieve and maintain expected project margins.
• Monitor, manage and mitigate project risks.
• Working with the project team, review programmes and progress.
• Develop target programmes and strategies to avoid project delays or create opportunities.
• Appoint and manage Subcontractors, including drafting necessary forms of Subcontract.
• Prepare and authorise subcontract payments.
• Support tender submissions and develop pricing strategies.
• Help build a scalable commercial team aligned with future business growth.
• Mentor and support junior team members.
• Build strong relationships with key suppliers and subcontractors to enhance project delivery and efficiency.

Company and Benefits

Smiths (Gloucester) Ltd is a family run business owned and run by the Smith family since 1982. Smiths has grown from a single owner-operated plant hire company to a multifaceted group with family values still firmly at the heart of each project undertaken. With depots in Avonmouth, Cardiff, Gloucester, Stonehouse and Tewkesbury we operate predominately across the South-West of England. We specialise in Construction, Waste Management, Plant Hire, Demolition and Transport operations.

• Free on-site Parking
• Corporate gym membership discount
• Annual Salary Review
• Employee discount (50% on Skip Hire, other discounts on group services)
• Overtime offered at an enhanced rate
• Boot allowance
• Paid breaks
• Progression opportunities
• 24 hour unlimited access to mental health support

Please apply if you are interested in this role and we will come back to you.

Core values

• Honesty - We believe that honesty in all matters is the best policy.
• Family values - We operate as a family unit with high moral standards, discipline and respect.
• Hardworking - We are certain that nothing is impossible if you work hard enough at it.
• Reliability - We pride ourselves on not letting people down and being true to our word.
• Environmental sustainability - We aim to minimise the impact that our company has on the environment by reducing emissions and waste, and recycling a large proportion of our waste (90% plus). We truly believe in a greener future for generations to come.