Quantity Surveyor

Ross-Shire Engineering Limited; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Private Healthcare

Company Pension Scheme

Holiday 31 days + 2

Cycle to Work

EV/Hybrid Car Lease

Job summary

Ross-Shire Engineering Limited is seeking an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our Aberdeen-based Asset Management team on a permanent basis, delivering financial and commercial aspects of water industry projects and frameworks. You will work with an established team to manage contract performance and value across portfolios.

Occasional travel to Inverness is required; you will review scopes, prepare BOQ, payments, variations, and final accounts, while ensuring robust financial reporting and

Qualifications

• RICS qualification or equivalent in Surveying, Construction, Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications for Bills of Quantities.
• Experience in contract final accounts including valuations and variations.
• Experience with NEC contracts is beneficial.
• Good IT literacy with Excel; driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare activity schedules, BOQs and resource profiling.
• Prepare applications for payment for submission to clients.
• Review project scopes, notify and prepare variations as needed.
• Sub-contract administration including valuations and final accounts.
• Analyze commercial progress with the delivery team.
• Prepare internal financial reconciliation and performance forecasts.
• Negotiate final accounts with clients.

Skills

Interpret drawings & specs

Contract final accounts

NEC contracts experience

IT literacy

Driving Licence

Education

RICS qualification or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

What Are We Looking For?

Our Asset Management team is looking for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join us on a permanent basis to aid in the delivery of works to the Water industry, based in Aberdeen. Your role will involve working with an established team to manage and deliver the financial and commercial aspects of individual projects and larger portfolios of frameworks.

Please note with this position, you will be required to be visit the Inverness office on occasion.

Key Duties

• Preparation of Activity Schedules, Bills of Quantities and Resource profiling.
• Preparation of Applications for Payment for submission to Client(s).
• Reviewing project work scopes, notifying, and preparing variations as necessary.
• Sub-contract administration including developing sub-contract documents, reviewing, and agreeing valuations, managing variations, and negotiating final accounts.
• Analysing the commercial progress of allocated projects working closely with the project delivery team.
• Preparing internal reports such as financial reconciliation and anticipated project performance.
• Negotiating final account with Client(s).

What Do You Need?

• RICS recognised qualification or equivalent in one or more of the following – Surveying, Construction, Civil Engineering or Structural Engineering
• Ability to interpret drawings and specifications to allow the preparation of Bills of Quantities/Schedules of Rates and other such procurement documentation.
• Experience in contract final accounts including valuations and variations required.
• Experience in NEC contracts would be beneficial.
• Good IT literacy with competency in Excel.
• Full UK Driving Licence

Who Are We?

RSE is a trusted clean water technology company, developing market-leading products and solutions for purifying drinking water, recycling wastewater, and cleaning water in industrial processes. We are disrupting the water sector, delivering water treatment products, technologies, and services to clients across the UK. RSE provides offsite modular build solutions using a low-carbon approach compared to traditional construction methods and our unique offering to the market focuses on innovation, efficiency, and excellence.

Established in 1982, RSE has grown into one of the most prominent MEICA engineering businesses in the UK water industry. We have created a complete in-house and full-service capability from project inception through to design, fabrication, and delivery by means of installation and commissioning. We additionally have one of the largest servicing and maintenance teams in the market, to ensure we’re on hand for all our clients’ needs.

Our service offering presents industry-leading innovative solutions and our dedicated staff play a key role in delivering our sustainability and wider business goals. With over 2000 staff across our group of companies, our strategic ambition will see the business continue to grow as we expand our operations and diversify our products. One of RSE’s key focuses is driving servant leadership and giving our people the opportunity and responsibility to take an entrepreneurial approach in their career development.

What RSE Offer

• Industry-leading salary based on your experience.
• Hybrid Working (where applicable)
• A flexible career development path, with no restrictions on where your career can go.
• Private Healthcare (Personal)
• Holiday Allowance of 31 days per year, rising to 33 days per year after 2 years’ service.
• Holiday Buy / Sell Scheme
• Company Pension Scheme
• Cycle to Work
• Discounted National Gym Membership
• Professional Fees Paid
• Employee Discount Platform
• EV/Hybrid Car Lease Scheme
• Access to our network of health professionals including mental health champions and Occupational Health Nurse.