Anglo Technical Recruitment
Location
Surrey | United Kingdom
Job description
Our client is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering, project management and building and constructions consultancies. They have a requirement for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their growing team on a permanent basis and to help support their increasing portfolio and workload. This role is located in Surrey.
Job Description:
This is an incredible opportunity for the right candidate to build on the success of the current team and to help take forward a market-leading cost management business in the South East.
They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to:
- Lead and manage commercial aspects of commissions and/or projects including governance, fee management activities, internal job costings and resource requirements.
- Take a hands-on approach to manage the client relationship and service delivery on a project basis in conjunction with other colleagues.
- Work collaboratively with the company's project management, health & safety and building surveying teams in project delivery.
- Take the lead, set the pace and monitor all work executed at all stages to ensure that an accurate, professional and quality service is delivered to clients.
- Play a key role in generating repeat business and new business opportunities/market opportunities.
- Apply the principles of quality assurance and environmental management in compliance with the organisation's policies.
- Managing more junior colleagues, including undertaking performance and development reviews and mentoring/coaching less experienced colleagues.
Responsibilities:
- Work within a team and provide the full range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to completion.
- Supporting the client’s procurement strategies.
- Site presence as required by specific project deliverables
- Prepare Estimates/Cost Plans/Tender Documents/Tender Reports.
- Provide post contract Quantity Surveying services.
- Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management/clients.
- Assist in the mentoring and development of junior staff.
- Work collaboratively with other service teams to provide an integrated approach to client delivery.
- Managing client relationships and service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management.
Requirements
- Qualified with a BSc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying.
- Chartered member of the RICS (or equivalent).
- Hold a broad contact and knowledge base of local markets and will be able to demonstrate a track record of supporting the generation of repeat and/or new business.
- Extensive experience with public sector clients on major projects and a working knowledge of both JCT and NEC forms of contract.
- Commercially aware, work well as part of a team and demonstrate the people management skills to support and mentor where required.
- Experience across education / residential / leisure / blue light sectors.
- A knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs coupled with a competent knowledge of a range of project procurement options.
- Great interpersonal skills, an ability to communicate effectively (both internally and with Clients), and a willingness and determination to progress your career quickly.
- The necessary ambition and drive to deliver a high-quality professional service.
- IT skills, such as Office, Outlook, BIM / CAD measure, Cost Planning software e.g. Cost-X.
- Good organisational skills.
- Self-motivation and keen to become an integral office team member.
- An ability to make your own informed decisions and work unsupervised.
- Full driving licence.
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