Senior Quantity Surveyor

Job description:

Our client is a major design, engineering and project management consultancy who has been rapidly growing within various sectors. Their Manchester office is seeking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor within their Industry Business Sector. �

This business sector contains a number of blue-chip client organisations and as a result some of the projects you will work on are high profile and have a high capital value. The Candidate will be a key member of their site-based team and will be expected to manage commercial activities on site for the client. This is a fantastic opportunity for an energetic individual with an experienced background in the industry sector, ideally process, petro-chemical, pharmaceutical or nuclear, to join their team; in return our client will provide the necessary support to develop your career to the next level. �

Role Responsibilities: �

- To be based on the client site in Cheshire 4 days per week. �

- Generate estimates of varying levels of accuracy linked to available design information including Estimating/cost planning trough all project phases. �

- Use benchmarking data and/or historic cost data to develop cost estimates; adopt parametric or bottom-up principles as appropriate in view of the maturity of the project scope definition and available design information. �

- Develop work breakdown structures for cost estimating and contract placement identification. �

- Review Scope of Works on Contract packages produced by client engineers. �

- Review Conditions of Contract (including insurance provisions) on contract packages �

- Support the compilation of enquiry documentation. �

- Attendance at Pre-Tender meetings. �

- Tender Assessment and resolution of anomalies (when required). �

- Presentation of tender reports. �

- Collation of Contract Award Packages. �

- Cost Management/change management/financial reporting. �

- Valuations including valuation of' variations (Projects). �

- Management of Final Accounts (Projects). �

- Production of Reports on Contract Business. �

- Provision of pre and post contract services. �

- Formal monthly project portfolio reporting. �

- Monitoring all work executed, at all stages, to ensure that an accurate and professional service is offered. �

- Administration/Filing/Archiving.

Requirements:

- BSc in Quantity Surveying - ideally Chartered. �

- Conversant in all aspects of pre and post contract quantity surveying duties. �

- Productive supervision of subordinates including adequate planning, monitoring and control �

- Referral of potential problem areas to Team Leader. �

- Ability to work with the minimum of supervision and on own initiative. �

- Ability to communicate at all levels.