My client is a 5* medium sized housebuilder who focus on quality. Schemes tend to be between 20 - 75 units and predominantly build throught Kent & Essex. They are looking for a Senior Surveyor to join the family run business. Reporting into the Managing Director who is from a Commercial background. Responsibilities: To manage all cost relating items to the Build Project. To minimise cost of a project and enhance value for money, whilst still achieving the required standards of quality. To prepare budgets for the Region and to monitor throughout the course of projects to include monthly valuations and assessment of materials on current sites. To critically analyse and monitor preliminary and maintenance expenditure for the Region. Prepare schedules to send out to tender, analyse tenders and recommend to management the preferred suppliers. To source local suppliers and negotiate beneficial terms to enable you to suggest to group buying alternative sources within the Region and also prepare budget costs, documents and monitor through to completion of works. Example day to day acticvities: * Liaise with site agents to cater for problems/shortfalls, theft of materials on site. * Check all invoices to ensure they are in accordance with delivery tickets/orders and ensure agreed procedure is adhered to for authorisation. * Liaise closely with Head Office to ensure national agreements are utilised and to compare rates of orde...