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Senior Quantity Surveyor - Omagh

John Sisk & Son

Omagh

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their dynamic team in Omagh. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the commercial aspects of construction projects, ensuring successful delivery while maximizing returns and managing risks. Your expertise will be essential in liaising with various stakeholders, preparing tenders, and maintaining contractual integrity. This position offers a competitive salary, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to work in a collaborative environment that values its people. If you are driven, articulate, and ready to make an impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

  • 5+ years as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in residential/commercial projects.
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Take full commercial responsibility for projects and manage risks.
  • Prepare tenders, valuations, and final accounts efficiently.

Skills

Commercial awareness
Negotiation skills
Time management
Interpersonal skills
Leadership skills
Communication skills
Mentoring experience

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior QS to join our commercial Team in Omagh, Northern Ireland.

As Senior Quantity Surveyor, 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 maximizing commercial returns and managing risk.

John Sisk & Son have been building excellence as a family-owned international construction company by offering trust, certainty, and value to our clients whilst being at the heart of change.

Responsibilities
  1. Integrate the commercial strategy, amending with MQS to suit the project as it develops.
  2. Liaise with & commercially influence/challenge the other members of the team and the construction process.
  3. Take ownership for, administer & represent the company in commercial & contractual issues, including but not limited to:
  4. Preparing tenders, analysing, selecting appropriate s/c & finalising s/c orders, financial & commercially manage to final Account completion.
  5. Prepare & present forecasts, targets & CV reconciliations.
  6. Prepare & agree valuations, including generating certificates & invoice/payments.
  7. Variations prepare with adequate/appropriate records, agree as works progress.
  8. Update projected Final Accounts on a regular basis and prepare, submit & agree Final Account in a timely manner.
  9. Involvement in value engineering & design development.
  10. Maintain & protect JSS commercial & contractual entitlement.
  11. Site records/admin & document control.
  12. Insurance & warranties.
  13. Risk/opportunity management.
  14. Review & update project risk/opportunity plan, monitoring for changes & consider within any forecast reports.
  15. Manage risk arising.
  16. Manage opportunity.
Experience
  1. 5+ years’ experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor in residential/commercial construction projects.
  2. Ability to communicate articulately, both verbally & in writing.
  3. Manage both people & situations sensitively to commercial advantage.
  4. Commercially inventive & astute.
  5. Demonstrate ownership and commercial awareness.
  6. Effective time management, organisational, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
  7. Have experience mentoring and managing others.
  8. Able to balance the need to be assertive and pragmatic, when dealing with a broad range of stakeholders.
Qualifications
  1. Commercial appreciation.
  2. Behavioural Based Safety (BBS).
  3. Adjudication / dispute resolution.
  4. Leadership & delegation skills.
  5. Introduction to management.
  6. Legal appreciation / overview.
  7. CPD - Legislation & Industry Trends.
  8. CVR appreciation.
  9. Presentation & communication skills.
Additional Information
  1. Competitive Salary with yearly increase.
  2. Company Car or Car Allowance.
  3. 26 days holiday (option to purchase 5 more).
  4. Employer pension.
  5. Competitive mileage rate.
  6. Travel expenses.
  7. Flexible and remote working.
  8. Enhanced parental leave.
  9. 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.

At Sisk, we are committed to attracting and hiring diverse talent into our organisation. We know the confidence gap and imposter phenomenon can get in the way of meeting remarkable candidates. We also know that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don't apply for roles if they don't feel they meet all the criteria. Give your transferable skills the chance to tell the full story. It’s not all about your technical expertise. Don’t hold back, we’d love to hear from you.

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