Senior Quantity Surveyor

Warrington, Cheshire
Fawkes & Reece

Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor Location: Warrington Salary: £50k – £60k + Package The Company An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a busy Commercial Department for a multi-award-winning, National Builder based in Warrington. The company are the UK’s leading developer delivering high quality design and build to a wide range of new build properties, varying from luxury homes to townhouses, cottages, and apartments. Homes built to an exceptional standard. The Role – Senior Quantity Surveyor As a Senior Quantity Surveyor working within our wider Commercial, Estimating and Buying team you will deliver a range of cost control and financial reporting on housing developments within the region. Duties and responsibilities: ” Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development ” Work closely with other departments (Land, Development and Construction) and attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication ” Attend development meetings, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings ” Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, check 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, whilst 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 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, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order ” Place subcontractor orders 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. Issue revised contract drawings; negotiate cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. ” Check costs posted to each contract, collate and reconcile all costs resulting from subcontract works, variation orders, site instructions, material order and preliminary / running costs. Provide a monthly analysis of costs and identify possible areas of over expenditure at future dates ” Check and arrange subcontractor payments. Agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates ” Responsible 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 ” Attend site meetings, project team meetings, subcontractor meetings and surveying meetings as required What’s on offer? ” Competitive basic salary and annual bonus ” Company car, car allowance or travel allowance ” 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays ” Private Healthcare ” Company contributory pension scheme ” Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary ” Sharesave scheme ” Cycle to work scheme – up to £3,000 ” Support with a professional membership Experienced required: ” Experience in quantity surveying and be knowledgeable in all areas of construction techniques and mixed-tenure schemes ” Viewpoint/4Projects (document storage and tender preparation) ” 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 If you are interested in the role and would like to have a confidential chat please contact Deena at Fawkes & Reece on or apply via the link.