Title: Quantity Surveyor
Function: Commercial
Location: Taplow, Slough, SL6
Salary: £55,00 -£65,000
Position Type: Permanent
Job Purpose:
To be responsible for the commercial and surveying function on a development, to facilitate delivery and cost-effective completion of the scheme. Our commercial property, which includes convenience retail, high-quality food & beverage outlets, modern offices and leisure space, is closely aligned to the requirements of both our residents and the wider community.
Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Preparation of reports as required
- Identifying risks and opportunities
- Understanding the approved Budget and package breakdowns
- Liaising with the technical team and design consultants so as to ensure design concepts and proposals are developed in line with the approved budgets and procurement tracker
- Monitoring changes so as to continuously identify the status of costs
- Liaising with all members of the project team, including but not limited to construction, technical, sales, finance, customer service and estate management colleagues.
- To establish subcontract sources early in the programme so that they can contribute to the design in terms of value engineering and alternative solutions (early supply chain engagement)
- Preparing scope of works and trade packages
- Preparing selected tender list for approval
- Subcontract tendering
- Holding and taking minutes of Subcontract Post-Tender and Pre-Order Meetings
- Preparing subcontract documentation
- Raising subcontractor payments and ensuring associated notices and documentation are issued in a timely manner
- Sending agreed number of copies of all Contract Drawings and any revised drawings as issued to subcontractors
- Forecasting value of design variations
- Countersigning site instructions
- Producing subcontractor instruction/variation reports
- Fully completing monthly cost reports for approval
Person Specification:
Please note our standard working hours are 7:30am until 4.30pm Monday to Friday.
Minimum Level of Education/Qualifications and Experience:
Essential: Quantity Surveying or Construction degree level educated with 2+ years industry experience
All required training will be provided.
Other requirements:
Essential:
- Proactive, self-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook
- An effective leader, motivator and mentor
- Credible, and comfortable in dealing with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Reliable, tolerant, and determined
- Team player
- Empathic communicator, able to see things from the other person's point of view
- Well-presented and business like
If this role is suitable for you please apply and send your CV to india @ huntermasonconsutling. com