Quantity Surveyor

Andy File Associates has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our client's Sheffield Real Estate team to help guide their clients and their professional teams on a number of exciting and iconic projects across South Yorkshire.

This role is offering a salary up to £55k plus 4k car allowance, private healthcare, pension (5% matched), health and life insurance (4 x salary) and 25 days holiday.

Main Purpose of Role

You will take responsibility for projects as a client facing representative of their business from feasibility, through the cost planning process to procurement, tendering and post-contract delivery. Interfacing and building relationships with consultant and client teams will be key. You will also become a key part of their digital transformation of cost management utilizing their industry leading digital software.

You will have the opportunity to work across a range of sectors, including major City Centre developments, manufacturing, logistics and residential schemes in both the public and private sectors.

Scope of Role

Their Senior Quantity Surveyors handle commissions of varying sizes but will typically lead on projects ranging from £10-£50m with appropriate support depending on the complexity of the commission. The successful candidate will also directly support Directors in the delivery of some of the most high profile projects in the region.

Role Objective

• Pre and post-contract duties including preparation of cost estimates, procurement and tendering, contract administration, variation, final account, etc.
• Completing feasibility studies.
• Estimating and cost planning to include producing and presenting the final cost plan
• Tendering and procurement activity, including managing the pre-qualification stage, producing the tender list, preliminaries, tender analysis, tender report and compiling contract documents
• Taking responsibility for timely and accurate financial reporting and valuations
• Interfacing with their clients and other consultants, at all project stages
• Participate effectively with post contract cost variances and the change control processes
• Perform cost risk analysis and provide input into value engineering; negotiate and approve final accounts
• Contribute to the development of the wider team providing the benefit of your experience to those in junior roles.

Skills Required

• Good knowledge of construction methods and procurement routes.
• sound knowledge of various forms of contract (JCT/NEC).
• Excellent measurement and cost planning expertise including use of NRM.
• Commercially astute with demonstrable negotiation and communication skills.
• Team oriented.

Experience and Skills

• A proven track record of delivering high quality cost management / quantity surveying services across the full project lifecycle
• Ideally professionally qualified (RICS or similar)
• Degree or HNC level qualification
• Ability to successfully manage and prioritise more than one project at a time.