Quantity Surveyor

Transmission; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Salary

25 days Holiday

Pension

Learning & Development

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work

Employee benefits portal

On-site parking

Referral Scheme

Job summary

Aureos, based in Birmingham, is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our growing team. You will support the commercial function in ensuring profitability, cash management and cost control across multiple schemes.

You will contribute to forecasting, CVRs, sub-contractor management and monthly financial reporting, while developing your professional skills within a collaborative, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Degree or HND/HNC in a relevant field
• NEC experience preferred
• Working towards a professional qualification
• Driving licence required
• Post-degree experience desirable
• Knowledge of construction industry contracts and terms
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel

Responsibilities

• Support commercial team to ensure profitability and cost control across schemes.
• Assist with weekly cost-to-complete and budget reviews with contract delivery teams.
• Input into application, credit control processes and pricing of variations.
• Understand change control systems and production of forecasting data.
• Assist with sub-contractor management and documentation.
• Participate in project progress meetings and monthly financial reporting.

Skills

NEC Experience

Professional Qualification

Driving Licence

Post-Degree Experience

Contract terms knowledge

Education

Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! Aureos are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join us working from our Birmingham office. The Quantity Surveyor plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results. Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercial reporting and maximising profit. AtAureos, our people are central to our success. We are dedicated to maintaining a professional, supportive workplace where employees can perform at their best and contribute to the ongoing success of the business.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following: Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will assist the commercial team in providing support to the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, cost control and accurate reporting of all schemes.

• Input into the application and credit control processes
• Understanding of income forecast and pricing of variations
• Understanding of the change control system
• Understanding of project risk
• Understanding of the production of CVRs
• Understanding of CTC
• Understanding the production of forecasting data
• Understanding the costing process
• Understanding the management of the full sub-contract cycle and input into sub-contract documentation
• Assisting with weekly cost to complete/budget reviews with the contract delivery teams
• Upload documentation as and when necessary, in line with business requirements
• Review weekly site records including allocation sheets and site diaries
• Attend project progress meetings
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly financial performance reports
• Gain experience outside of the commercial function to better understand the role of the business and the quantity surveyor within the business

Secondary tasks and duties:

We operate a team ethos across Aureos and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value.

• Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are let
• Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI’s
• Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice across the client base
• Assisting with the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste
• Encourage, support and assist with the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams
• Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit
• Other tasks appropriate to the role of Quantity Surveyor, as identified by the Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor

Expectations:

Targets for the Quantity Surveyor will be set and reviewed on a 6 monthly basis, aligned with the responsibilities and behaviours listed within this job description. The section below will be used to record key targets, which will align with Performance Reviews undertaken via the current Group process.

• Contribute to the timely achievement of forecast figures for turnover, profit and income
• Contribute to timely production of accurate internal accounts and internal/external reports/audits
• Contribute to timely production of accurate cost and forecasting informationContribute to change control system
• Contribute to prompt placement and payment of sub-contracts.
• Maintenance of sub-contract KPI reports
• Maintain Professional Development Log

Skills, qualifications and experience:

• Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent.
• NEC Experience
• Working towards Professional Qualification
• Driving license
• Suitable post degree experience
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret construction industry conditions of contract
• Proficient in Microsoft packages (Excel)

In return you will receive:

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
• Pension
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Assistanceand wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Referral Scheme
• #DNPLI #CVL

Whether you are looking for progression in your new role or for your forever job, we will happily welcome your application.

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.