Quantity Surveyor
Salary Competitive Location Glasgow Shift Pattern Days Hours per day
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in a month at 23:59 BST.
The Vacancy
Job Purpose:
The role will actively seek to minimise the costs of a project / job and enhance value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality for our Customers.
The role will involve working on a major contract which delivers FM solutions and will be responsible to support the business to help achieve P&L targets, implementing business improvements and driving cost efficiency.
This role will support the wider Finance and Commercial teams to deliver the commercial duties required and support the management of our supply chain.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Representing the company in a professional and competent manner at all times, and develop strong working relationships with suppliers, colleagues and clients.
2. Accurate costing and control of subcontractor expenditure, reflected in the timely production of cost / supplier reports.
3. To negotiate and challenge contractors on cost queries when required to deliver excellent service.
4. Review accounts transactions processed by Cost Administrator including materials, timesheets, invoicing and ensuring supplier query resolution and accurate record keeping.
5. Valuation of maintenance, reactive and project works of the contract in accordance with agreed rates.
6. Liaising with Operations teams to ensure all variations are captured.
7. Carry out site audits when applicable
8. To quality check invoice details from all suppliers, ensuring customer gets value for money on all jobs carried out.
9. To manage the commercial aspects of subcontracts in compliance with commercial procedures. Includes obtaining quotations, evaluating tender returns, valuing subcontract works and payment, issuing and responding to relevant notices and agreeing subcontract final accounts.
10. Working with Commercial team and identifying points of concern around supplier performance.
11. Presenting/demonstrating costs upstream to the Client and dealing with all queries returned in a timely and professional manner.
12. Review of WIP and supporting management of the associated accruals.
13. Willingness to develop the role and team.
Financial Responsibility:
14. To drive cost savings and deliver against annual targets.
People Responsibility:
15. Cost Administrator
Skills & Qualifications:
16. Experience of working in a finance / commercial department.
17. Experience of working in Facilities Management / Construction background preferable.
18. Analytical Thinking & Decision Making – orders information and systematically checks data.
19. Commercial acumen.
20. Cost Engineering: Measure, record & value work in accordance with appropriate rules and procedures.
21. Estimating – To be able to measure and assess scope of works against bills of quantities and / or schedule of rates.
22. Strong interpersonal skills
23. Strong team player.
24. High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
25. Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Excel
Behaviours:
Safety
26. We keep our people and customers safe every day
27. Do the right thing and work in the City way, the safe way
28. Consider others in how we perform our roles
People
29. We put our people first, treat each other with respect and work as a team
30. Actively listens and treats others with respect
31. Be clear, concise, timely and accurate in communication
32. Respects individual and cultural differences
33. Be authentic and be yourself
Excellence
34. We make a difference and go the extra mile
35. Judges situations, considers how they can deliver excellence
36. Takes accountability for their own tasks
37. Learn from mistakes to make the difference
Service
38. We’re passionate about delivering exceptional customer service
39. Passionate about customer service
40. Endeavours to get it right the first time
41. Actively engages with customers
Integrity
42. We always act with integrity, honesty, openness and trust
43. Spending the company’s money as if it is your own
44. Trust each other to do things right the first time
45. Ask yourself is it right for us and our customer, always acting with integrity
The Company
In 1985, husband and wife Willie and Susan Haughey established City Refrigeration Holdings. The pair set out with one goal – to make a positive change in the facilities management industry.
The Haugheys founded their enterprise on the values of collaboration and transparency, replacing client/contractor relationships with long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships. Each partner receives a unique strategy, shaped by the needs of the business and implemented by a bespoke, self-delivered model.
It is this focus that has allowed the City Group to grow from its humble beginnings into one of the world’s most trusted facilities management companies. The business now employs over 12,000 people and has established divisions across Europe, Australia, North America and Asia. It has also diversified the services it offers to include maintenance and engineering, technical procurement and support, cleaning and ancillary services across retail, residential and commercial markets.
Now more than three decades into its story, City remains rooted in the core values established by the now Lord and Lady Haughey and remains passionate about sharing its unparalleled professionalism, quality, customer service and value with partners around the globe.
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