Job Description
Junior Quantity Surveyor
Purpose:
* To assist in providing quantity surveying based support and capability to Building & Facilities Management Department, to enable the UKAEA, collaborating partners and its tenants to undertake their activities in properly maintained and supported facilities.
* To assist in enabling delivery of cost effective operation and maintenance of UKAEA building services and plant, ensuring compliance with current legislation, codes of practice and good engineering principles.
* To assist in contributing to the organisational processes with the aim of delivering continuous improvements of value and project delivery in accordance with all applicable standards.
* Critical to this role is ensuring that the quantity surveying professional services are provided in a timely, cost effective manner and at an appropriate quality. It is important that due regard is paid to the requirements and priorities of the various stakeholders.
Procurement assistance
* Support tender submission and upcoming work stream for compliance with Government procurement regulations, under guidance from Procurement team
* Examine and verify baseline budgets information for projects and maintenance tasks
* Support completion and responses to queries raised by prospective contractors and suppliers
Pre-Contract estimating
* Maintain contract data base
* Maintain material suppliers database
* Assess tender documents to ensure sufficient information available to prepare tender
* Take off quantities and prepare costings
* Prepare and issue contract enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
* Prepare and issue material supply enquiries and assessment of quotations upon receipt
* Pricing of buildings and civil engineering projects and maintenance tasks
* Examine and assess tender documents / liaise with prospective contractors
* Prepare specifications and / or proposals
* Post tender negotiations
Post Contract quantity surveying
* Maintain contract documentation and advise on pre tender and post contract matters
* Preparation and issue of contractual letters to clients and / or sub-contractors
* Post contract liaison with clients
* Post contract liaison with design team
* Carry out take offs for material procurement
* Sub-contract negotiation and letting
* Preparation and submission of interim valuations
* Site measurement
* Manage and value variations
* Preparation towards agreement and certification of contractors' interim valuations and final accounts
* Preparation and submission of project works final account s
* Preparation towards agreement of final accounts in support of Contract Project Managers
Qualifications desired:
* Educated to degree level in a quantity surveying or with equivalent experience.
* A minimum of two or more years relevant experience in construction, engineering or facilities management
* Knowledge of the management of internal and external stakeholders at different levels.
* Working knowledge and understanding of construction techniques and materials