Senior Quantity Surveyor

Key Result Areas

• Robust, accurate and timely cost and value reporting at both project and business unit level
• Accurate monthly forecasting
• Ability to challenge resources and costs
• Maintain deadlines in line with commercial calendar

Main Tasks

• Maintaining the company database / library to facilitate information and documentation tracking and look up in regard to rates, benchmarking, contracts, suppliers, etc.
• Building and maintaining an in-depth knowledge of each pending and active project
• Preparing estimates for time, cost, materials and labour
• Producing costs and quotes for Site Instructions, Variations and tendering for new work including cost analyses, early stage budgets, detailed cost plans, Bills of Quantities and Procurement Plans
• Cash flow forecasting across all contracts to project company turnover
• Liaising with client representatives and other third parties on commercial issues including claims and any additional payments
• Monitoring contract compliance against statutory requirements
• Assisting in the control of supply chain ensuring full visibility of liabilities
• Preparing weekly and monthly progress reports for each project
• Working closely with the Construction Director to ensure any changes and potential cost overspends are identified as soon as practicable, ensuring costs are recovered and future overspends avoided wherever possible
• Building and maintaining good relationships with clients, principal contractors and subcontractors
• Managing a junior QS and overseeing their training and development

Requirements & Qualifications

• BSc or MSc in Quantity Surveying or experience equivalent
• Demonstrable experience in commercial management in the built environment - landscaping projects experience would be advantageous
• Strong interpersonal skills, both internally and client-facing

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong numerical and financial management skills
• Organised - able to demonstrate sound methodical and organisational skills, combined with ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
• Results focused - focused on proactively delivering value that will directly lead to achievement of business results
• Resilient comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced environment whilst maintaining a positive can-do attitude
• Teamworker cooperative and happy working in a small team with or without supervision
• Customer focused - constantly striving for improvement to achieve the highest standards of service
• Experience with CAD software/3D modelling would be advantageous.