Our clients are expanding their commercial team out of their Watford office.
They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor who can share in this growth ethos. Honesty, integrity and teamwork will be at the heart of what they do.
Ideally they are looking for a Quantity Surveyor with experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people, time sheets, etc. Any background in painting, brickwork or plastering or roofing, or civils or new builds in terms of QS would work for this role along with tendering, estimating and refurbishments but dealing and working with direct teams is a big tick.
£66,538 inc car allowance (6700) plus fuel card, Profit share last year 14%, private health, pension, life etc.
Benefits
* Company profit share scheme (14% of base salary achieved last year)
* Private mileage scheme and a fuel card
* Enhanced employer pension contribution up to 7% or a savings scheme
* Life, Medical and Permanent Health Insurance
* Annual leave, with the option to buy up to 5 days or sell up to 3 days per year
* Access to the Lighthouse Construction Industry Charity to support your health and wellbeing, including free legal and financial advice
* Annual pay reviews
* Enhanced maternity/paternity pay
* Training and development opportunities
* Trade discounts from our preferred suppliers and Specsavers vouchers
Role Overview
As a Quantity Surveyor, you will actively tender, estimate and measure onsite and also liaise with direct labour at the client. We can offer a variety of works including established frameworks and core contracts with prestigious clients within the public and residential sector, as well as our services covering retirement living, commercial and education sectors too.
Responsibilities
* Measure and prepare cost estimates for contracts and tenders, highlighting any commercial risks.
* Prepare cost value reconciliations for contracts, identifying commercial risks and opportunities to ensure correct contract planning from the outset.
* Work closely with the Contracts Manager to ensure productivity labour targets are agreed and issued before contract start, including direct labour incentives where possible.
* Build strong client and supplier relations, to ensure any variations and progress of contracts are discussed and mutual solutions are sought, always.
* Complete and analyse weekly reporting from site, ensuring it has adequate cost information (including labour rates and performance expectations, budgets, value, progress, quality, and safety).
Qualifications
* Proven experience in a similar estimating and surveying role. Experience of the commercial management of projects from tender and estimation stages through to final account.
* Experience of successfully managing a value of works up to £3 million annually.
* Entrepreneurial spirit, with a key eye for identifying business opportunities, and areas for negotiation and better gains.
* Inquisitive, organised, honest and a genuine 'people person' who thrives when collaborating with clients, trade teams and immediate colleagues.
* Experience dealing and working with direct labour teams of people, time sheets, etc.
* The role is suitable for those with background in brickwork, plastering, roofing, civils, new builds in terms of QS.
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