Quantity surveyor

GirlingJones; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction contractor in Somerset is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join their commercial team for a new residential site development. The role involves effective cash management, contract administration, and requires a strong background in residential building projects. Candidates should have experience as a Quantity Surveyor and an academic qualification in the field. This position offers a competitive salary package and benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with volume house building or residential projects.
• Familiarity with managing subcontractor accounts and cash flow.
• Driving license required due to site visits.

Responsibilities

• Manage cash and subcontractor accounts effectively.
• Ensure timely payments and compliance with contracts.
• Attend project and client meetings for contract administration.

Skills

Cash management

Contract administration

Team leadership

Relationship building

Education

Academic qualification in Quantity Surveying or construction financial management

Job description

Quantity Surveyor, Build residential contractor, Near Taunton, Somerset

Salary: £50-£65k per annum, depending on experience, plus car allowance and attractive company benefits.

Role: Leading, cash rich, construction main contractor with various regional offices in the South West are looking to add to their commercial team with the hiring of an additional Quantity Surveyor. This is for a new build residential site, phased over several years to accommodate 350 new build homes with a mix of open sale and housing association units.

Duties include

• Effective cash management including pursuit of timely Applications/ Certification/Invoices/internal notices and receipts, careful administration of subcontractor accounts, at all times being cognisant of the need to cultivate effective/longstanding relationships and promote dispute avoidance.
• Keeping the Managing Surveyor informed of the progress of all accounts both Client and Sub-contract through to finalisation, including, the release of retentions.
• Ensuring, in conjunction with the Managing Surveyor, that payments/notices are effected in accordance with the Sub-contract and Construction Act and in particular, ensure any commercial threats to Projects are identified swiftly and communicated to the Managing Surveyor.
• Contract Administration – attending monthly project and client meetings and ensuring that surveying information and cost advice is provided in an accurate and proficient manner.
• Where required, ensuring that the procurement of sub-traders and suppliers is undertaken in a timely and cost-effective manner in liaison with the Managing Surveyor, ensuring that packages are robust and buying gain is optimised.
• Timely production of the Main/Subcontract Final Accounts, including re-measurement as necessary to facilitate the optimum result, evaluation of all variations a loss and/or expense issues.

Candidate: Will have experience working for a recognised main contractor or residential developer either working as a number two quantity surveyor who is looking to step up and lead their own project or who already is in a lead quantity surveyor role running their own scheme. They will need to be used to volume house building, residential projects. They will also need to have some form of relatable academic qualification in Quantity Surveying or construction financial management. Due to workload and the need to be on site a number of times in the week, candidates will need to live within an easy daily commute of the Taunton area and be a car driver with full license.