Senior Quantity Surveyor

5 days ago

Newcastle City Council, Australia Jackson Civil Engineering Full time

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor

Due to continued success, we are now on the lookout for a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor to join our team in our Northern Region initially working on schemes around the south of Birmingham, Gloucester and Worcester. This role will be hybrid working between working from home and site visits.

Key Responsibilities

- Support and mentoring of junior staff
- Maximise profitability on contracts
- Monitoring contract costs against budgets
- Identifying potential risks and evaluate options for control
- Preparation of estimates
- Procurement of sub-contractors, including preparation of sub contract documents
- Assessment and certification of interim and final payments to subcontractors
- Preparation and agreeing main contract variations
- Assist in the preparation of documents for resolution of disputes (adjudications / arbitrations and the like)
- Ensure all work complies with quality, safety and environmental policies and the requirements of the company procedure

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

We also place high importance on our inclusive recruitment policy and will do our very best to support those applicants who may need adjustments in order to take part in the recruitment process.

Skills Required

- Ambitious individual with great communication skills, who is confident with a flexible approach.
- Demonstrate innovative approaches to problem solving and the ability to negotiate across the various levels of any construction environment
- Handle the financial and mathematical demands of the role by possessing impressive numeracy and IT skills.
- Must have experience working on civil engineering schemes with a main contractor.
- Experience as a QS or SQS working with the NEC form of contract.

Benefits Package

- Life assurance cover (4x annual salary)
- Company pension scheme (we match up to 8%)
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (with an option of buying more holiday)
- Extensive training programmes
- Employee benefits platform
- Company social calendar
- A supportive business that genuinely wants to help you progress in your career.
- ‘The Great Escape’ – leaving early every Friday

Please send us your CV and a covering letter. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within two weeks please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

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