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.