Senior Quantity Surveyor in Belfast

Company Description

At Turner & Townsend, we are passionate about making a difference. We are committed to delivering Sustainable Net Zero outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realise their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society. The world is changing, and we have a responsibility to support that change, helping drive it and be part of it. Through the commitment, capability, and care our team brings, we build trust between clients, suppliers, governments, and society, delivering better outcomes that have a positive impact on the world around us. We work smarter to face the challenges of the future, bringing the clarity that helps teams realise their full potential across the real estate, infrastructure, and natural resources sectors. It’s how we’ve made a difference for 75 years, transforming performance for a green, inclusive, and productive world.

Job Description

The SQS is responsible for cost control on behalf of the Contracting Entity, managing a team of Intermediate Quantity Surveyors in ensuring effective management and control of spend, and ensuring payments are compliant with the contracting reimbursement principles (schedules of rates, bills of quantity, materials on and off site payments, etc.), as well as monitoring the anticipated final project costs. In doing so, the SQS will provide cost management and cost advice to the Claims, Contract Management, and Project Management team, and ensure that the Contracting Entity achieves the project’s budgetary goals and objectives. The SQS will undertake or review measurement of designs and on-site works completed, develop the schedule of rates or Bill of Quantities, provide their assessment of on and off site materials, monthly payment certificates and package final accounts, as well as monitoring the anticipated final project costs and making recommendations for monthly payments or final accounts due ensuring Contractual Entitlement.

Qualifications

• 15+ years experience, acting as a Senior Quantity Surveyor working on civil engineering works or transportation projects with a construction value more than €20m excl. VAT
• Must have a clear understanding of, and ability to work with, construction contract commercial documents, drawings and specifications.
• Strong experience of delivering technically complex and high value infrastructure projects
• Experience of working in a comparable consultancy environment, or with a client or contractor organisation
• Knowledge of cost management principles, methods, techniques and tools, including the standard method of measurement
• Knowledge of policy and procedure implementation
• Be a Chartered Quantity Surveyor with a recognised Level 8 or higher degree in Quantity Surveying (Demonstrate Chartership with a recognised Professional Body).
• Demonstrate experience in estimating civil engineering works or transportation projects, including building up rates from first principle.
• Have relevant experience in the administration of GCCC

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this, we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance. Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.