Senior Quantity Surveyor

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Location - Leeds

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a Top 10 Tier 1 Main Contractor for their Leeds office. The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be working under the West Yorkshire division on a BTR scheme up to the value of £70MIL

Senior Quantity Surveyor Benefits:-

• Salary: £60,000 - £75,000
• Car Allowance OR Company Car
• Annual leave: 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with option to purchase up to 10 additional days leave per year
• Pension scheme:
• Ongoing professional development through varying project work
• Excellent maternity / paternity leave package
• Cycle2work scheme
• Discounts from leading retailers

Senior Quantity Surveyor Role:-

• Take lead and overall responsibility of the commercial aspects of a large project delivering to an agreed profit margin and other deliverables.
• Undertake regular reviews of the commercial performance of the project to improve commercial certainty and maximise success of the projects.
• To ensure best practice and continuous improvement in commercial processes on site.
• To provide high quality management information to senior management.
• To lead and develop a commercial team to ensure a fully integrated project team.

Senior Quantity Surveyor Responsibilities:-

• To maximise the commercial position of the project whilst maintaining positive Client relationships.
• Protect the company contractual position by ensuring all obligations are discharged appropriately.
• Ensure that the company governance and procedural requirements are adhered to whilst targeting best practice.
• To take a lead role in the valuation process where applicable including ensure valuations and invoices are issued on time.
• To actively promote the company philosophy and culture on site to ensure the commercial team are fully integrated into the project team.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of element costings and costs.
• Develop initial project budget, including tender, and agree detailed cost plan with the team for agreement with the professional team.
• Ensure project insurance arrangements are adhered to.
• Advise Clients and Consultants on procurement routes available.
• Prepare and monitor Bid Package Tender Schedule.

Senior Quantity Surveyor Requirements:-

• Degree Qualified - BSc Quantity Surveying & Construction Management
• Experience as a Lead Surveyor on projects ranging between £20m to £50m
• Main contractor experience within the Construction market.
• Direct experience of different project types.
• Experience of different contracts forms which need to include one of the management forms, 2 stage, single stage and Design & Build.
• Demonstrably commercially focused with a proven track record of delivering high quality results whilst maintaining positive relationships in difficult commercial environments
• Experience in claims resolution both with the Employer and Sub-Contractor.
• Experience in establishing, managing and leading a large project team and /or multiple smaller project teams

For further information contact Amy Gough at Fusion People

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