Quantity Surveyor

Role: Quantity Surveyor – Refurbishment

Salary: £60k + Package

Location:  Brighton / Kent

The Role:

My client, who are a leading social housing contractor are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join the established but ever-growing team. The main purpose of this role will be to assist the Senior Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Manager manage the day-to-day commercial control, reporting and management of multiple projects from award up to final account, ensuring the Commercial Manager / Head of Commercial are appraised of all progress.

The works being delivered range from removal and replacement of combustible cladding and EWI to residential apartment blocks, external refurbishment to a prestigious museum in central London, and a roof replacement project to a school and a pipeline of housing refurbishment projects to MOD properties in the South of England.

Key Responsibilities:

• Effective commercial control of all allocated projects
• Conduct site visits and carrying out surveying duties
• Updating the Commercial Manager with the progress of all accounts, both client and sub-contract, through to finalisation.
• Having effective commercial control of all allocated projects, including the provision of timely and accurate documentation in accordance with the reporting timetable,
• More specifically, cost value reconciliations, forecasts, continuous improvement documents, cash flow forecast and the commercial register.
• Working closely with the Procurement Team, you will ensure that the procurement of subcontractors and suppliers is undertaken in a appropriate and cost effective manner and manage the production of the final accounts, including re-measurement as necessary to ensure the best result, evaluation and agreement of all variations, extensions of time, loss and expense claims.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Knowledge and protection of contractual status
• Commercial skills to increase value recovery, ensure cost control and cash management
• Knowledge and understanding of measurement and valuation.
• Knowledge and understanding of budgets and forecast management.
• Preparation and understanding of CVR’s and supplementary financial reports and final accounts.
• Knowledge and understanding of subcontract orders and buying.
• Management and development of direct reports

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