Senior Quantity Surveyor

ZipRecruiter; Leicester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000

Job description

Job Description

Are you a QS looking for your next role? The company you'll be working for is the UK's leading construction businesses with a £1.2b turnover, working in sectors such as but not limited to MoD, MoJ, Commercial, Residential and Education.

Ideally, you will be based in or around the East Midlands and you will have the opportunity to travel across multiple sites/projects in the region.

What you will be doing:

1. Produce subcontract documentation including negotiation of terms and conditions, prices, and programme.
2. Management of subcontract works packages including interim assessments of the amount due and subsequent change management.
3. Produce and issue all commercial notices, to both the client and subcontractors, as required by the form of contract.
4. Manage change in a timely manner in accordance with the form of contract, including the production and submission of Compensation Event Quotations.
5. Produce, submit, and agree monthly applications to the client, in accordance with the form of contract.
6. Liaise with operational and engineering staff to ensure site records are kept to the standard required.
7. Produce detailed monthly reports and CVRs as required by the business unit or project.
8. Produce and maintain a detailed 'Cost Plan', tracking and forecasting expenditure, including detailed schedules of subcontractor liabilities and use of Oracle based cost analyses.
9. Interpret and critically evaluate expenditure reports produced by internal cost systems.
10. Attend weekly progress and risk reduction meetings with the client and subcontractors.
11. Apply the principles of 'Doing the right thing' in maximising value and profit.
12. Be available to assist estimating and bid teams with contractual expertise.

About You:

1. Good appreciation of standard forms of contract.
2. Strong IT skills including Excel, Word & Contractual and Cost Management Systems (CEMAR, Oracle).
3. Strong stakeholder management and communication capabilities.
4. Solid knowledge of construction processes.
5. First class time and outcome management skills.

In return, you will be offered the opportunity for career progression, a competitive benefits package including a generous holiday entitlement and agile working. Randstad CPE values and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application. Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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