Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor, Yeovil

My client is a top tier building main contractor and are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to oversee a new build D&B JCT school project based in Yeovil around £10.5m. Initially working on the two stage preconstruction and then taking the project to site early 2025.

Role and Duties:

• Co-ordinating with, reporting to and implementing the reasonable directives of the Regional Director/Manager and the Commercial Manager (functional reporting).
• Ensuring the timely submission of all relevant data required to monitor and analyse individual contract performance on a monthly and quarterly basis thereafter.
• Liaising with Contracts Managers on the day-to-day commercial administration of contracts to ensure the financial success of construction operations and to keep the Commercial Manager appraised of all material events.
• Preparing accurate draft sub-contracts and/or to approving such drafts as prepared by Commercial Team within the Region.
• Supervising, mentoring and encouraging junior staff in their personal professional development.
• Ensuring consultation with contracts management that all necessary notices and submissions required by the various forms of contract are given in an expedient manner.
• Ensuring that main contract payment applications contain all necessary admeasure/additional cost claims and that the timely submission of detailed claims and final accounts is achieved.
• Assisting Contracts Manager in the administration of sub-contractor performance so as to ensure the economic and timely completion of all sub-contractor liabilities written into the sub-contract.
• Ensuring prompt and regular submission of main contract payment applications and subsequent cash collection together with the preparation of sub-contractor payments (strictly in accordance with specified payment terms).
• Involvement in dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Responsible for managing meetings.
• Line management responsibility for members of the commercial team.

Candidate will need…

• Sound & comprehensive understanding of construction industry and the parties to it.
• Proficient knowledge of measurement and valuation.
• Proficient in reading drawings, specifications and knowledge of construction process.
• Ability to negotiate with clients/sub contractors and draft sub contracts.
• Knowledge of CIS.
• Ability to produce accurate monthly cost and value reports and outturn financial forecasts.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Awareness of dispute procedures.
• Experience of undertaking risk assessments and valuation of them in conjunction with other project team members.
• Extensive experience of working on live projects and final accounts
• Experience of value engineering.
• Exposure to resolving disputes.
• Successfully completed a number of final accounts.
• Experience of procuring major works sub contracts
• Professional membership of recognised institute e.g. RICS (desirable)
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft packages e.g. Excel, Word & PowerPoint
• Experience of managing, mentoring and developing staff.

Salary and benefits

• £60,000-£75,000 per annum
• Car allowance
• 26 days annual leave (with the opportunity to buy or sell up to 3 days holiday)
• Private medical insurance for yourself (with the option to buy family cover)
• Life Assurance
• Defined contribution pension scheme matched up to 8%
• 2 days volunteering opportunities
• Flexible and Agile working (dependent on your role)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme 
• Professional membership fees
• Flexible Benefits scheme which includes the opportunity to purchase benefits such as:
• Critical illness insurance (with option to purchase for your partner)
• Dental Insurance
• Travel insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Retail vouchers/payroll giving/activity pass for top leisure attractions