Quantity Surveyor

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with members of client organisations as part of project delivery teams;
• Member of the project team responsible for full or part delivery of cost consultancy services (prime and affordable residential all tenures, hotels, office, commercial, sports and leisure, retrofit, etc.) to budget, quality and time metrics through all RIBA stages including:
  • Pre-contract cost and viability advice
  • Post contract valuations, change control and cost reporting
  • Cost planning, estimating and final account negotiations
  • Procurement and contract advice
  • Claims analysis
• Undertake timely and accurate data collection, support analysis and preparation of reports;
• Work within established financial systems and clear project objectives to support the production schedules and track budgets, highlighting variances in order to manage and control project delivery targets;
• Management of any project cost risks or issues to ensure the project is not adversely impacted;
• Support analysis and review a range of data to identify key themes and trends and use the outputs to produce recommendations that support project decision-making;
• Interact effectively across the organisation, completing professional level tasks for others to ensure projects/programmes can be delivered to meet client expectations.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant business experience including cost management of projects or aspects of projects ranging from £5m to £40m+;
• Industry relevant degree or qualification (or working towards);
• MRICS (or working towards);
• Residential led development experience preferable;
• Knowledge of the JCT suite of contracts;
• Understanding of the NEC suite of contracts preferable;
• Good communication skills, including the ability to liaise with peers and senior colleagues and build and maintain relationships;
• A logical approach to co-ordinate multi-faceted aspects of projects;