Quantity Surveyor

Job Description

Overview of Business

We are delighted to be working with one of the UK's leading 5* housebuilders to recruit three experienced Quantity Surveyors to join the Building Safety Unit with Head Offices in London.

Job description

Our client are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Quantity Surveyor to join the well-established Building Safety Unit and progress the portfolio of developments requiring remediation.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager and, in partnership with the BSU technical, construction, PMO and commercial teams, you will be responsible for commercial and surveying responsibilities for multiple remediation projects across the UK.

• Effectively manage costs for the projects in conjunction with appointed consultants and contractors, and ensure targets are met by managing and controlling the budget and valuations, including monthly updating of the estimated final costs through cost and value reconciliations. 
• Compile budgets, liaising with all departments to ensure document is completed on time to allow submission of approval papers.
• Prepare tenders and procure Consultants and Main Contractors using Group & BSU Procedures.
• Responsible for managing all procedures and processes, whilst always ensuring compliance with Group Policies and Procedures. Process orders, payments and variations, using Excel and Group payment system (COINS) in line with Group policy and procedures
• Be responsible for the compilation of all weekly, monthly and quarterly reports as required. Compile and present valuations at Divisional valuation meetings
  
• Maintain budget control throughout development; and manage cost overruns within contingency levels. Evaluate and agree variations and instructions, always aware of budgetary constraints, and ensuring that approval is obtained prior to agreement of variations in excess of the respective allowances.
  
• Attend all project and team meetings as required, and present the Commercial position to the meeting
• Analyse and report on costs and cash flow using the support systems available
  
• Complete any other duties as required by the Senior/Managing Surveyor/Commercial Manager
  
• Promote and act in accordance with Group values, systems, policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with Group IT systems

Essential experience

The successful candidate will have experience working at Director and Board level within a business that operates in the residential market.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• Bonus scheme
• Health care
• Pension
• Family friendly policies

Don't meet all of the above requirements? Chandler & Neal are committed to championing inclusive and diverse recruitment, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why us? As well as championing inclusive and diverse recruitment we also give 10% of all invoices to our partner charities.  We thank both our candidates and clients for supporting us to make a difference to those impacted by these charities.

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