Independent Quantity Surveyor — Own Your Projects

Lemon Drizzle Recruitment; Durham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Car allowance

24 days annual leave

5% employer pension

Career stability

Job summary

Lemon Drizzle Recruitment seeks an experienced Quantity Surveyor for a North East main contracting role. You will own multiple projects end-to-end, from procurement to final account, with autonomy and support from a larger group.

Ideal candidates will have a main contracting background, experience in new build and refurbishment, and be commercially minded, organized, and collaborative within a close-knit team.

Qualifications

• Experience in main contracting and full commercial lifecycle.
• Experience across new build and refurbishment projects.
• Comfortable running own workload independently and managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Procurement and management of subcontractors and suppliers.
• Preparing and issuing subcontract orders.
• Managing applications for payment and valuations.
• Cost forecasting and budget management.
• Preparing and maintaining CVRs.
• Identifying, pricing and managing variations.
• Monitoring project costs, margins and commercial risk.
• Working closely with operations and site teams throughout delivery.
• Managing subcontractor payments and accounts.
• Attending project and commercial meetings.
• Contract administration and commercial reporting.
• Taking projects through to final account.

Skills

Procurement management

Subcontractor management

Cost forecasting

Budget control

CVR preparation

Variations pricing

Final accounts

Contract administration

Commercial reporting

Project cost control

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Lemon Drizzle Recruitment seeks an experienced Quantity Surveyor for a North East main contracting role. You will own multiple projects end-to-end, from procurement to final account, with autonomy and support from a larger group.

Ideal candidates will have a main contracting background, experience in new build and refurbishment, and be commercially minded, organized, and collaborative within a close-knit team.