Quantity Surveyor (Central London)

Application Reference Number: 0017

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Preparation of reports as required
• Identifying risks and opportunities
• Understanding the approved Budget and package breakdowns
• Liaising with the technical team and design consultants so as to ensure design concepts and proposals are developed in line with the approved budgets and procurement tracker
• Monitoring changes so as to continuously identify the status of costs
• Liaising with all members of the project team, including but not limited to construction, technical, sales, finance, customer service and estate management colleagues
• To establish subcontract sources early in the programme so that they can contribute to the design in terms of value engineering and alternative solutions (early supply chain engagement)
• Ensure procurement of all subcontract elements of the development are completed in accordance with the company requirements and sustainability objectives
• Preparing scope of works and trade packages
• Preparing selected tender list for approval
• Subcontract tendering
• Holding and taking minutes of Subcontract Post-Tender and Pre-Order Meetings
• Preparing subcontract documentation
• Raising subcontractor payments and ensuring associated notices and documentation are issued in a timely manner
• Sending agreed number of copies of all Contract Drawings and any revised drawings as issued to subcontractors
• Forecasting value of design variations
• Agreeing variations with subcontractor
• Countersigning site instructions
• Producing subcontractor instruction/variation reports
• Agreeing final account with subcontractors
• Fully completing monthly cost reports for approval
• Attending Design Team Meetings as required
• Attending subcontractor progress meetings as required
• Valuing customer change variations

Technical Competencies:

• Ideally Quantity Surveying or Construction degree level educated with 2+ years industry experience
• Preferably membership of a professional body (CIOB, RICS)

Person Specification

• Proactive, self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
• Keen to deliver exceptional customer service
• An effective leader, motivator and mentor
• Flexible and reliable
• Credible, and comfortable in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Reliable, tolerant, and determined
• Team player
• Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view
• Well-presented and business like

Please note our standard working hours are 8am until 5.30pm Monday to Friday.

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