Are you a Quantity Surveyor looking for your next challenge. My client, a family-owned business operating in the Launceston / Plymouth area, are seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor. As a Senior Quantity Surveyor working you will play a key role in helping their key client to achieve the mission of delivering full fibre to up to 8 million premises across the UK - building the fibre future and be part of something far bigger than just a standard job.
The role is a full time permanent position working out of their Launceston office. It is Monday to Friday and the salary is from £60,000 to £80,000 dependent on experience.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Maintaining the commercial interests of OCU at all times and throughout all activities.
Managing the quantity surveying team in daily/ weekly/ monthly tasks.
Proficient in reviewing forms of contract, notably NEC3/ NEC4 and negotiating with clients concerning contract provisions.
Ensuring contract compliance throughout the entire OCU region, and always taking steps to mitigate OCU's exposure to any commercial risk caused by poorly administered contracts.
Responsible for all business reporting requirements, to support key business targets.
Assisting the region and central functions with new contract tenders.
Ensuring that the process for submitting variations/compensation claims to clients is produced and submitted on time and covers all additional scope works. management tools are updated and monitored by all key personnel for all commercial activities.
Managing submission of all payment assessments through to prompt cash collection.
Ensuring a robust subcontractor management process is employed supported by robust governance procedures.
Promote cost saving and increased productivity through initiatives and value engineering.
Ensuring sound commercial practice is employed by commercial, and operational, teams on all works and promote business culture.
Ensuring a fluid line of communication with key client representatives.
Manage effective dispute resolution with clients and subcontractors as required.
Supporting Regional Director with monthly reporting.
Key Skills and Experience
Holder of a Full UK Drivers Licence.
Educated to Degree level, or equivalent experience.
Experience within a similar role.
Confident IT skills, proficient in the use of MS Office in particular MS Excel.
Experience of CEMAR preferable, but not essential.
Excellent Communication skills.
If this sounds like the role for you please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Smith and Reed Recruitment embraces diversity, equality and inclusion and aim to promote the benefits of diversity in all our business activities. Smith and Reed will treat everyone equally and will not discriminate on the grounds of an individual’s “protected characteristic” under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act) which are age, disability, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability, or sexual orientation. All candidates will be assessed solely on their ability to carry out the job in question based on skills, experience, and qualifications.