We are recruiting on behalf of a Civil Engineering and Highways Contractor in Essex. The company is rapidly-growing and is looking to augment the commercial team with a Quantity Surveyor.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
A Quantity Surveyor serves as the go to on the financial side of the construction projects. Their expertise lies in accurately estimating costs at various stages of building development while ensuring compliance with legal and quality standards.
Key Responsibilities:
Cost Estimation: From project inception, Quantity Surveyors collaborate with clients and contractors, providing initial cost analyses.
Ongoing Cost Oversight: Throughout the project, they monitor expenses, identify cost-saving opportunities, and produce regular reports.
Expert Advice: Experienced Quantity Surveyors offer insights on life cycle costing, cost planning, procurement, tendering, contract administration, and commercial management.You will be working to both JCT and NEC forms of Contract dependant on the client, schemes ranging between £500k-£10m. NEC is a MUST.
Responsibilities will include:
Analytical Thinking & Decision Making - order information and systematically checks data.
Cost Engineering - measure, record & value work unsupervised in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures.
Estimating - measure & interpret specifications & drawings, build up estimates from first principle including net and gross estimates.
Planning - Review weekly, mon...