We are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join our Commercial team as a Quantity Surveyor. This is an excellent opportunity to gain invaluable experience and to progress your career with a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment.

Responsibilities

• Regular site visits and liaising with the production team.
• Preparing and reviewing tenders with estimators and assisting with understanding the client's requirements to offer value engineering.
• Providing early cost advice to clients on variations and ensuring only authorised variations are undertaken.
• Offering technical advice on drawings and ensuring each projects have the correct documentation.
• Managing the end-to-end commercial aspects of the assigned projects to maximise value and collaborating with the Finance and Procurement departments accordingly.
• Ensuring all commercial accountabilities are undertaken in a timely manner, with a high degree of accuracy and measure.
• Analysing rates & prices and agreement of variations and / or compensation events as required.
• Identification and analysis of potential debt risks and negotiating financial reconciliation with third parties to provide reasonable solutions.
• Forecasting monthly and annual profit figures ensuring figures are maintained throughout the lifetime of the project.
• Understanding the principles of safety on sites and projects.
• Supporting the safety Director and safety team in the application of safety policy and practice.
• Ensuring that any safety concerns are addressed immediately with the support of the safety team and Directors as appropriate.
• Building strong working relationships with clients including social networking.
• Allocating work to sub-contractors including assistance with procurement when required.

Qualifications

• GCSE Minimum 7 A-C / 5-9 including math?s and English.
• Minimum 3 A-Levels at Grade B and above or equivalent BTEC.
• HNC Level 4 Qualification in Construction/Building or equivalent.
• Relevant experience as a Quantity Surveyor.
• Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate an extremely high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Must be able to gather and analyse information skillfully.
• Must be highly motivated and be willing to work hard.