Job Description
1. Job Reference: RAQS280525
2. Job Title: Quantity Surveyor (Main Contractor)
3. Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 DOE + package
4. Location: Magherafelt, Northern Ireland
Quantity Surveyor
Are you looking for a Quantity Surveyor role? Interested in working for a leading Main Contractor that work on a wide range of projects across multiple sectors?
VANRATH are recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to work on various Construction projects for a leading Main Contractor based in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland.
Remuneration:
£50,000 - £60,000 DOE + package
Client
Our client is a leading, innovative Main Contractor that have been operating for over 35 years. They provide solutions across both Private and Public sectors with a project portfolio across various sectors including housing, education, healthcare and more.
The business operates across the UK with their headquarters based in Northern Ireland and regional offices in England and Scotland. They deliver award winning solutions to complex construction and engineering challenges and win a lot of repeat business due to their success.
They have an excellent opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join them on a permanent basis, based in their offices in Magherafelt, Northern Ireland. Responsibilities include:
5. Prepare activity schedules, bills of quantities in accordance with methods of measurement, presentation of tender and contract documentations, attending interviews, carrying out full tender analysis and comparisons through to preparing the recommendation report
6. Perform risk, value management and cost control
7. Prepare / agree monthly valuations with clients
8. Monitor and prepare costings for delay / EOT
9. Price / agree variations with internal team and client agreement
10. Agreement of final account with client in prompt manner
11. Allocate work to subcontractors
12. Monthly sub-contractor payment certification, agreement of variations / final accounts
13. Assessing contractor applications, along with any changes, making recommendations, raising payment certificates and preparing general correspondence to sub-contracts
14. Provide advice on contractual claims
15. Responsible for liaising with external and internal stakeholders to enable the projects to progress without delay, ensuring that all reasonable requests are met in a timely efficient manner
16. Manage current workload in order that all commissions receive the relevant allocation of own time to efficiently commercially manage them
17. Monitoring and controlling Build Costs
18. Compliance with all relevant Company policies, procedures and guidance (including for example Health & Safety, Equality, Environmental & Quality, etc.)
The Ideal Person:
19. Degree or HND Qualified
20. Extensive experience working as a Quantity Surveyor
21. Main Contractor background
22. Strong IT skills and conversant with standard software packages
23. Excellent organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines
24. Great commercial skills and awareness
25. Good level of analytical skills and attention to detail
26. Ability to work on own initiative
27. Ability to identify and resolve problems at an early stage
28. A practical and logical mind and a methodical way of thinking
29. Negotiation and team working skills and the ability to motivate