Job Role: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Head Office, Hughes House, Cargo Fleet Road, Middlesbrough, TS3 6AG
Package: Salary £45-50k (subject to experience) + discretionary car allowance
Company Overview:
Applebridge Construction is a highly respected civil engineering contractor situated in the North East of England and Yorkshire regions. As part of the Applebridge Family, a group of construction companies covering a wide range of construction disciplines, we offer a regional service with an expert team of specialists that brings decades of collective industry experience.
Having worked in partnership with a variety of clients across an array of industries for over a decade, we have specialist experience across Speculative housing, Social housing, Health and Social care, Education, Law and Order, Retail, Infrastructure, Water and Energy. With a strong focus on collaboration, Applebridge's approach is to engage early, offering pre-construction assistance, design advice, risk assessment, programme rationalisation and value engineering.
As part of our continued expansion, we are looking for Quantity Surveyors experienced in Civil Engineering Groundworks and/or Water Framework projects to join the team. You will be involved from project inception through to the preparation and agreement of final accounts ensuring all commercial and contractual aspects of projects are effectively managed and controlled.
Responsibilities:
* Negotiating and dealing with contract documentation
* Providing assistance, support and guidance on commercial issues and developing a culture of contractual awareness
* Administering secondary subcontractors from enquiry stage through to order placement and subsequent agreement of final accounts
* Preparing and agreeing interim valuations/applications for payment and final account submissions
* Production of variation/Compensation Event quotation and notifications, submission and subsequent negotiation of agreed value.
* Proactively managing cost control, together with preparing periodic project profit/loss and cash flow forecasts
* Monitoring of site progress including undertaking regular site visits.
Skills & Experience:
* Commercially astute with a genuine passion for delivering results.
* Experience in Groundworks and/or Water Frameworks (highly desirable).
* Knowledge and experience of working under a wide variety of contracts, including NEC 4, is preferable.
* Excellent communication skills and the ability to interact with and influence a wide range of people is essential.
* You should also possess the vision to see and work towards the bigger picture including helping to support and develop our less experienced team members.
* The ability to travel to site regularly.
A collaborative mindset is at the heart of Applebridge's success; we pride ourselves on the strong relationships we have built with both clients and staff. As a group of highly motivated professionals, we aim to be the best at what we do, and it is essential that candidates are similarly inclined – in return, we can offer an exciting opportunity to work, grow and thrive in an environment that will challenge, support, and reward you for your dedication.
No applications from agencies please.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Life insurance
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person