Quantity Surveyor

Would you welcome the opportunity to join a privately owned and professionally run Civil Engineering Contractor based in the South West? A Quantity Surveyor is required to join one of the leading names within Civil Engineering who cover a radius of Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset.

Currently they support several of the Major civil engineering and construction contractors providing engineering pre construction support for housing developers, schools, hospitals, utility upgrades for local authorities and major highway schemes.

About the Role:

Due to repeat business, they now have an opportunity for a Project based QS to assist the Senior QS on a number of projects across the M5 Corridor.

Responsibilities:

• Provide commercial input to the management team.
• Help ensure that business targets and KPI's are exceeded.
• Preparation of monthly cost / value reports for area, together with review of results.
• Production of commercial reports together with review of results and consideration of trends with other contract team members.
• Physical measurement of works and agreement of same with client and subcontractors.
• Agreement of certification and payment of subcontractor accounts - monitoring of such accounts against forecasts.
• Ensure cash flow is maximised including ensuring payments are received on time.

Qualifications:

• QS related Degree or equivalent.
• CSCS card.

Required Skills:

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of products, especially Excel.
• Experience in providing commercial support to design and consulting and/or highways contracts (especially under NEC 3 /4 forms).
• Experience of successful main contract management.
• Experience in supply chain procurement, management and accounting.
• Experience within dispute resolution and avoidance.
• UK Driving licence.

To be considered for this role please apply or contact Laura Stephenson for more information.