Senior Quantity Surveyor

Your new company
Hays is excited to be working with Academy Estate Consultants who are a privately owned Building Consultancy providing comprehensive professional services exclusively for the education sector. Due to ongoing success and growth, the Academy Estate team are looking to grow the professional Surveying and Project Management team by recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to manage the financial aspects of refurbishment and new build projects. At present, projects are exclusively within the education sector and in future will likely include other sectors including healthcare, retail and hospitality.

At Academy Estate Consultants, you will join a culture focused on creating inspiring and sustainable spaces. The organisation thrives on building strong relationships by understanding their challenges their clients face, sharing their vision and helping them transform potential into reality. This is achieved with a focus on maximising efficiencies for their clients to save time and money.

Your new role
As the Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for cost management throughout the lifecycle of the project, which will include managing budgets and cost plans, through to preparing valuations, cost reports and final accounts. You will work closely with clients providing expert advice on cost-related matters, whilst ensuring client objectives are met.
APC support and mentoring is offered for all surveyors looking to become MRICS qualified. At Academy Estate Consultants, you will also receive a generous holiday entitlement, competitive salary, pension, discretionary annual bonus and staff socials.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful for this role, you will have an RICS accredited Quantity Surveying degree and have gained experience working as a Quantity Surveyor on commercial projects. Experience working with education projects is preferred. You'll be motivated with a positive attitude and enjoy working with others. Sometimes you will be based on site, sometimes from the office and always seeking to be forward-thinking. A driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential and you will be required to live within a commutable distance of Billericay.

What you need to do now
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