Quantity Surveyor

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Full time
Location: Almondsbury
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Job offered by: Avocet recruitment ltd
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Category:
Are you an Assistant Surveyor looking for your next career move? Look no further!

We have a new opportunity for a Quantity Surveyor to join our team within our Client in the Bristol Operations.

As our Quantity Surveyor, you will be responsible for managing all costs related to our projects. Your focus is to minimize the costs of a project and enhance margin and value for money, while still achieving the required standards and quality. This will also include procurement, subcontract management, including administration of the contract, monthly payments, and final account settlement.

In return, what we would like from you:

Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring, and Quality HNC in Surveying or Construction or equivalent Experience of working within the Construction industry for a residential housing developer Excellent IT, analytical, and communication skills Strong mathematical ability Ability to assess and analyze information Good business sense Good understanding of budget management Negotiating and networking skills COINs user experience Enthusiasm Flexibility Able to work within a busy team and under pressure Good team working skills Accurate with an eye for detail A methodical approach Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it

Desirable:

HND or higher qualification Professional membership of MCIOB or RICS preferable or working towards such qualification National House builder experience Different methods of construction i.e., Timber Frame

More about the Quantity Surveyor role:

Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development, and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication.

Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start, and subcontract package review meetings.

Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies, and areas where unnecessary cost may arise.

Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes.

Distribute design information packages and tender drawings while preparing all tender documentation and letters, including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors.

Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required.

Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on-site budget.

Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team.

Prepare stage payment schedules to assist in the financing of the works.

Carry out pre-order meetings including all necessary Health & Safety requirements, finalizing a tender sum, and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order.

Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalizing costs to cover all late variations.

Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors, negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser's extras.

Check all costs posted to each contract, collate, and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material orders, and preliminary/running costs. This will include providing monthly analysis of costs and identifying possible areas of over-expenditure at future dates.

Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorization for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analyzing costs to assist on future estimates.

Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client's agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs).

Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties.

Liaise with the Customer Service department on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary.

Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings, and surveying meetings as required.

Any other reasonable duties as directed by your line manager to support the wider teams.

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