Quantity Surveyor

Quantity Surveyor
South London
£40,000 – £48,000
20 days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
Surfacing / Civil Engineering
(Highways sub-contractor)
Permanent

Package:

• £40,000 – £48,000
• 20 days Holiday + 8 Bank Holidays
• Car Allowance £400 a month
• Millage to Site 45p per mile
• Workplace pension

Overview:
My Client is a successfully family owned and managed Sub-Contractor, with their head office based in South London. Undertaking works in surfacing, civil engineering and highway maintenance for a number of local authorities and Transport for London.

Candidates background:

• Experience working on Surfacing, 278, Footway and Public Realm Schemes.
• Estimating experience is advantageous.
• 5 years experience working with NEC / civil engineering contracts.

Duties include:

• Cost planning and commercial management throughout the entire life cycle of the project from inception to post-completion.
• Value determination.
• Risk management and calculation.
• Procurement advice and assistance during the tendering procedures.
• Tender analysis and agreement of the contract sum.
• Commercial management and contract administration.
• Assistance in dispute resolution.
• Asset Capitalization.
• Interim valuations and payment assessment.
• Cost management process.
• Assessing the additional cost of design variations and providing substantiation.
• Production of company pre-qualifications questionnaire (PQQ) documentation in line with company policies.
• Support and guidance on commercial issues.
• This role will require site visitation in addition to the normal office-based work.
• Manage multiple clients and contracts.
• Good organisational skills will be required with the ability to complete tasks and meet deadlines with minimum supervision.

Recommended qualifications:

• Qualified Quantity Surveying.
• Experience within a similar role. Ideally someone that has experience working within a sub-contractor environment rather than Contractor.
• Commercially astute – working knowledge of standard forms of contract and standard methods of measurement.
• NEC3 experience.
• JCT Experience.
• Good knowledge of early warnings and CE procedures within NEC3.
• Must be flexible and able to work as part of a team and using own initiative.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to use a range of IT packages including Microsoft Office and bespoke packages.
• Literate and Numerate.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to priorities.
• Ability to work to deadlines and with minimum supervision.

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