Quantity Surveyor : Wigton, Cumbria
Salary : £40,000 - £65,000k + car/allowance.
Tired of working to strict KPI’s, being stressed and having little freedom in your job? Would you like to work for a company that has great staff retention and cares about the people who work with them? Family, trust, autonomy and self-motivation are key for this company and if you are of a similar mindset this could be a great role for you.
MacArthur Recruitment is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to work on Cumbrian based projects for a family construction and engineering company. An autonomous role where you’re given the authority to make it your own. Customer, company and supply chain focussed, you’ll mix being out on site, keeping track of projects, getting up to date on changes, progress and variations as well as working in the office closely with colleagues, company directors and senior staff.
Main responsibilities for the role of Quantity Surveyor:
Working with the Estimator, directors, site staff, trades, customer and supply chain – architects or sub-contractors, to manage and deliver various projects from new build construction, engineering projects, refurbs to rebuilds.
Requirements for the role of Quantity Surveyor:
Projects vary from the £10k’s of thousands to a few £Million; run under JCT, NEC, council or through simple agreements or non-contracts. You’ll use your Quantity Surveying experience, ideally gained over a number of years and a variety of environments and contract types to take control of the role and help deliver projects with care and trust to a high quality.
Key Accountabilities for the role of Quantity Surveyor will include:
* Communicate internally and externally with stakeholders to monitor projects, variations, finances and deliverable
* Be able to work in a flexible, varied environment – there is opportunity for you to implement new processes
* Excellent communicator – client, suppliers, site and internal staff
* Work within NEC, JCT, DB and other contract frameworks
* Variations, multi-valuations, cashflows, schedules, Bill of Quantities, Materials
* Open to new ideas, learning, empathetic, trustworthy, patient, diplomatic
* Visit sites to keep up to date on progress, variations, quality
* Work closely with Estimator and other internal staff as well as trades, other site staff and directors
* Projects are for private, public, commercial, education and charity sectors, amongst others
* Work in a relaxed environment where family, trust and self-motivation are key
* Degree or qualification would be a bonus
Why work for our client as a Quantity Surveyor?
* Very good staff retention
* Caring, trusting, family oriented company with low levels of stress – or none at all!
* Flexible salary, depending on experience eg £40,000 - £65,000
* Car / allowance
* 22 days holiday + BH
* Fairly flexible working environment (not flexi-time)
* Set Hours – 8:30am – 5:00pm – or anytime set from 7:30am when office opens eg 7:30am-4:00pm
* Make the role your own - autonomy
For more information, or to apply for the position of Quantity Surveyor, please contact Ewen on, ideally with a copy of your CV, or call 01768 800260.
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