Due to recent success with tendered projects, Procast Group requires a Graduate Quantity Surveyor to join their team.
We operate over several sectors, including residential, retail, health and commercial with both private and public-sector clients.
Procast Group is a dynamic, award-winning principal contractor renowned for delivering service excellence and outstanding commercial performance, while responding to the changing needs of clients and the markets in which they are active.
Operating across Scotland, the Group comprises Procast Building Contractors, Procast Property Services and Procast Energy Services – and all three elements of our highly successful business are able to deploy unmatched expertise to deliver internal and external building refurbishments, new-build projects and extensions, multi-trade works and energy-efficiency services.
We serve residential and public sector markets across Scotland, where we have established over the years an impressive customer base developed through our approach of “partnerships built on trust”.
Procast actively promotes a positive working environment in which teamwork, transparency and customer service are our key principles.
Position: Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Reporting to: Commercial Manager
Location: Hamilton
About the role
As Quantity Surveyor, you will seek to minimise the cost and risk of a construction project and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required legal standards and quality. This includes ensuring statutory building regulations are met.
You will prepare estimates and costs of the work and when the project is in progress, you will keep track of any variations to the contract that may affect costs and you will create reports to show profitability.
Working either in an office or on site, you will be involved in every stage of a project, including commercial, industrial and residential constructions.
Key duties and responsibilities
* Assist in establishing a client’s requirements and undertake feasibility studies to ensure their proposals will work
* Prepare and analyse project costings for tenders, such as materials, quantities, labour, and time
* Prepare tender and contract documents, including bills of quantities with the architect and/or the client
* Negotiate contracts and work schedules
* Allocate work to subcontractors and oversee their work at all stages of the construction
* Perform risk, value management and cost control during construction
* Undertake cost analysis for repair and maintenance project work
* Advise on a procurement strategy
* Identify, analyse and develop responses to commercial risks
* Provide advice on contractual claims and disputes
* Analyse outcomes and write detailed progress reports
* Value completed work, oversee bills and arrange payments
* Maintain awareness of the different building contracts in current use
* Understand the implications of health and safety regulations
Candidate requirements
Skills
* Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to draft clear reports to convey complex information in a straightforward way to a diverse range of people
* Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build and develop relationships
* Numerical and data analysis skills
* A creative and innovative approach to problem solving
* IT skills and the ability to learn sophisticated design and costing IT packages
* Teamwork skills and the ability to motivate and lead those on site
* Resilience, determination and the ability to work well under pressure
* A practical, logical and methodical approach to work
Education
* Either an undergraduate degree accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in Quantity Surveying, commercial management or a related construction subject.
* Previous employment as a Quantity Surveyor over an extended period.
TBA
How to apply
Please send copy of your CV with a short covering letter direct to with your relevant contact details.
PROCAST Building Contractors Ltd
4 Alness Street
Hamilton ML3 6RU
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