Quantity Surveyor
A leading national house builder have a requirement for a Quantity Surveyor to join their team based in West Yorkshire.
About the Quantity Surveyor Role
Working within the wider Commercial, Estimating and Buying team you will deliver a range of cost control and financial reporting duties covering all aspects of construction work undertaken by the Company. You will seek to improve upon individual performance in all aspects of procedures to achieve higher efficiency and profitability.
Quantity Surveyor duties:
- 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
- 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, including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors
- Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry
- 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, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule preparing all contract documentation and placing orders
- Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors and negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations
- Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue.
- Check all costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs.
- Check and arrange subcontractor payments, agree final accounts, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates
- Liaise with the Customer Service department on post-completion defects, providing cost advice where necessary
Skills and Experience required
The successful candidate must have previous experience managing budgets on multiple volume housing developments from inception through to completion. Additional skills required:
- You will have a thorough understanding of Surveying and Estimating, with a specific and indepth knowledge of preparing realistic construction budgets
- You will have a good understanding of strategic objectives and targeting financial return, with the ability to understand and manipulate complex financial models
- You will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages, with the use of Microsoft Excel at a proficient level an essential requirement
- Working with procure to pay/cost reporting and document storage systems, such as COINS or Agresso, ideally Xpedeon.
- Relevant qualification HNC/HND/Degree in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management
How to apply
If you are interested in the Quantity Surveyor role and would like to apply, please contact Deena at Fawkes & Reece on for a confidential chat or apply via the link provided