Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS

Laing O'Rourke Port Talbot, Wales Apr 25, 2025

Type Contract
Pay Not listed
Work Onsite
Level Senior

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Senior QS focuses on can you reduce cost and risk but maintain great value?.

What the role involves

  • Can you reduce cost and risk but maintain great value?
  • Would you like a company to support your development and encourage further education and training?
  • We have been appointed as construction partner for National Grid's Great Grid Partnership programme, which forms part of a supply chain framework that will also support infrastruct.
  • Manage and settle subcontracts.
  • Identify and agree change and implement change control process.
  • A desire to learn the risk and opportunity process both internal and with our client.

Skills and requirements

  • Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying.

Confirmed role details

  • Assist with the establishment of the project “budget to build “from the Contract award.
  • Ensure that contract documents are properly executed prior to project commencement.
  • A good knowledge of coins, for both sub-contract and cost management.

Candidate fit

  • commercial judgement, accuracy, contract awareness, and careful cost control

Additional role context

  • All Senior Quantity Surveying duties including measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
  • Preparation and management of interim applications for payment and agreeing certifications.
  • Day to day management of any trainee, assistant quantity surveyor and/or quantity surveyor.
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