Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Salary: Competitive
Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor who excels at contract negotiation and value engineering?
Our client, who is a privately-owned, award-winning regional housebuilder is looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their Thames Valley region and be part of a successful team developing bespoke, high end properties in and around Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and North London.
The Role
As Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will:
- Place contracts for all relevant subcontractor work on their developments
- Prepare subcontract enquiries, send out for pricing and ensure that contracts are placed in line with the build programme
- Produce a detailed trade specific scope of works and qualification notes for all enquiry documentation
- Analyse subcontractor quotes and form a recommendation on who to appoint
- Ensure standard terms and conditions are agreed with all orders/contracts placed
- Manage subcontractor payments
- Process stage payments to subcontractors when due
- Ensure all contra charges are managed
- Carry out checks for UTR status of subcontractors
- Review and process variations in accordance with terms and conditions
- Work in partnership with other teams to ensure key dates for the build programme are achieved
- Check drawings to ensure the proposals are practical and commercially viable
- Regularly attend project meetings on site
- Provide cost advice for the sales team
- Produce regular reporting
- Compile full cost reports for each development, to include services, materials, sub-contract and prelim costs
Skills and Qualifications
They’re looking for someone with:
- Strong experience in a similar surveying role within a residential house builder
- Excellent numerical skills with strong attention to detail
- Great team player
- Good communication skills
- Organised and able to work well in a busy team
Benefits
- Friendly, supportive team and a welcoming culture
- Impressive, modern office space (only just renovated) providing an enjoyable space to work from
- Located in beautiful Beaconsfield Old Town, close to many cafés, restaurants and a Tesco Express
- Easy to commute to with great road connections being just off the M40 and within a 10 minutes’ walk to Beaconsfield train station
- A privately-owned business with all the benefits of a financially strong company that has stood the test of time
- Competitive salary
- Discretionary annual and long-term bonus schemes (up to 15% of annual salary)
- Annual leave starting at 25 days to a max of 30 days
- BUPA cover
- Enhanced pension scheme through salary exchange
- Free life assurance
- Many wellbeing benefits – a cycle to work scheme, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, free weekly fitness sessions
- Discount scheme with savings across a range of sectors
- Social events throughout the year.
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable company, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.
https://shanlygroup.current.jobs/job/senior-quantity-surveyor-43.aspx
