Quantity Surveyor - Bedford

Quantity Surveyor
Bedford – Hybrid
Monday – Friday – 09:00 – 17:00  
£55,000 - £70,000 DOE plus Car Allowance
Our reputable, client are currently seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team based in Bedford.
The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor, with demonstratable, transferable skills.
On a day-to-day basis, the candidate will be required to pro-actively manage the production of commercial information throughout the duration of their set projects. Ensuring funds are allowed in order to deliver on the project to client satisfaction while identifying and riving new opportunities for improvement in customer service, safety, quality and profitability.
Previous experience working within fit out and refurbishment of retail, offices, hotels, schools, care-homes, healthcare is preferable.  
Key Duties:

• Fully understand the terms and implications of project contracts or framework agreements and ensure that project costs reflect these.
• Produce an accurate scope and bill of quantities for each project.
• Prepare project costs using agreed Schedules of Rates, built up net costs, sub-contractors quotes and agreed mark-up for general overhead, indirect overhead, direct overhead, risk and profit.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve safety, quality, profit and customer satisfaction.
• Ensure that information is produced in line with pre-agreed timelines or to timescales that facilitate successful project delivery in the absence of these.
• Identify and highlight risk and work with the project team to eliminate / reduce this.
• Ensure that customer instructions are received to timescales that facilitate successful project delivery.
• Ensure that sub-contract and purchase orders are issued accurately, on time and to reflect that nature of the project contract.
• Maintain a full understanding of the developing project and amend costs to reflect this, ensure that variation information is issued and approved to timescales that facilitate successful project delivery.
• Attend site meetings as required.
• Prepare and agree interim valuations with the customer or their agents in a timely manner.
• Prepare accurate project Cost Value Reconciliations and report these at staged valuations and final account.
• Pro-actively monitor and negotiate sub-contract variations to agreement.
• Prepare and agree project Final Accounts
• Negotiate amendments to contract where necessary.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum requirement HND in Quantity Surveying / Construction Management
• Ideally Degree qualified, although RICS accreditation is not necessary it would be an advantage.
• A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking
• A creative and innovative approach to problem solving.
• An ability to plan their work, and that of others, to achieve deadlines.
• Strong numeracy and financial management skills and the ability to learn sophisticated design and costing IT packages.
• The ability to write clear and precise reports and to relate complex information in a simple way to a diverse range of people.
• Negotiation and teamwork skills and the ability to motivate and lead other members of the project team.
• Detailed knowledge of past and current building and construction technology, processes, materials, business and legal matters.

Please note: our client requires references prior to interview.
The Offering:

• Hybrid working opportunities (3 days minimum office based following initial training)
• £55-70k per annum depending on experience
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to work with an experienced, progressive business

If you are interested in making an application, please contact me today!
Ashleigh Winfield