Overview
As Senior Quantity Surveyor for Vision Built you will take full commercial responsibility and ownership for the project, working closely with the Contracts Manager/Project Manager and the construction team to ensure a successful project is delivered, while maintaining relationships and maximising commercial returns and managing risk.
Responsibilities
- Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit project as it develops.
- Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
- Take ownership for, administer & represent the company in commercial & contractual issues, including but not limited to:
- Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c & finalising s/c orders, financial & commercially manage to final Account completion.
- Prepare & present forecasts, targets & CV reconciliations.
- Prepare & agree valuations, including generating certificates &invoice/payments.
- Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
- Update projected Final Accounts on regular basis and prepare, submit & agree Final Account in a timely manner.
- Involvement in value engineering & design development
- Maintain & protect JSS commercial & contractual entitlement
- Site records/admin & document control
- Insurance & warranties
- Risk/opportunity
- Review & update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes
- & consider within any forecast reports
- Manage risk arising
- Manage opportunity
Experience
- 5+ years’ experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in residential/commercial construction projects
- Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally & in writing
- Manage both people & situations sensitively to commercial advantage.
- Commercially inventive & astute
- Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness
- Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal and negotiation skills
- Have experience mentoring and managing others
- Able to balance the need to be assertive and pragmatic, when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders
Qualifications
- Commercial appreciation
- Behavioural Based Safety (BBS)
- Adjudication / dispute resolution
- Leadership & delegation skills
- Introduction to management
- Legal appreciation / overview
- CPD - Legislation & Industry Trends
- CVR appreciation
- Presentation & communication skills
Additional Information
- Competitive Salary with yearly increase
- Company Car or Car Allowance
- 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more)
- Employer pension
- Competitive mileage rate
- Travel expenses
- Flexible and remote working
- Enhanced parental leave
- Professional and Educational development
Our people are at the heart of our success and our proposition to them is work with purpose, have time for life, build a career with no limits and surround yourself with great people.
Our Internal Recruitment Team fulfil all vacancies on a direct basis. Unsolicited contact by unapproved agencies (sharing speculative CVs) will not be accepted and introductory fees will not apply.
*The full job specification is available on request
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