Quantity Surveyor

Fawkes & Reece; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fast track progression

Yearly fixed bonus

Access to high-profile clients

Job stability

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece is offering an exciting opportunity for a Project Quantity Surveyor to manage substantial projects valued at £15 - £20 million across Europe. The role includes client communication, subcontractor management, and detailed reporting within the booming Data centre and infrastructure industry.

Successful candidates will experience fast-track progression and a competitive salary with bonuses. Applicants should be prepared for sustained travel across European sites. This role provides long-term stability and the chance to work with high-profile clients.

Qualifications

• Previous Data centre or Groundworks experience preferred.
• Extreme attention to detail required in reporting.
• Ability to travel across Europe for project management.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects up to £20 million in value.
• Create cost-plus reporting and financial applications.
• Liaise with clients effectively on project operations.
• Supervise subcontractors for project delivery.
• Implement changes on projects when needed.

Skills

Project management

Cost reporting

Client liaison

Subcontractor management

Attention to detail

Financial forecasting

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to work with an established international General Contractor working on exciting Data centre and infrastructure projects with high profile clients, working and travelling across Europe in countries such as, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Austria, Finland.

This role with offer great client exposure, fast track progression opportunities, the ability to run and manage your own projects with the potential to have multiple projects under your control.

About the role of Project Quantity Surveyor

You will be managing various other contractors beneath you, ensuring project operations run smoothly while managing upstream communication to the clients. There is a high level of detailed reporting required and you must be able to create cost + plans for clients, substantiate any financial plans, adhere to health and safety standards managing your own cost reports, and any and all applications while working on FSA contracts.

A PQS or QS will manage projects with values of £15 - £20 million, managing subcontractors and packages independently, on a variety of projects vary but a majority will be groundworks and footpath based for datacentres.

A QS / PQS will be expected to travel across Europe to multiple sites within their first two months of employment, then after you have settled into the role you can operate 1 week in the UK, and 1 week in Europe as a cycle. You must be ready and prepared to spend sustained periods overseas when required, up to one month or more at a time.

Responsibilities for Project Quantity Surveyor

• Ability to independently manage and run projects up to £20million in value
• Creating ‘Cost plus’ reporting, applications and financial reporting organisation and submitting skills, CVR’s, Lump sum, cashflow forecasting and other managing reporting duties
• Ability to travel when required across European sites
• Subcontractor management and package delivery
• Upstream communication effectiveness and client facing duties
• Be able to plan for and implement change on projects when required

Requirements for Project Quantity Surveyor

• Ability to travel within Europe
• Ability to stay abroad for sustained periods of time
• Client liaison and meeting experience
• Ownership and accountability of all work under your leadership
• Extreme attention to detail and skilled at producing any and all reporting
• Previous Data centre or Groundworks experience (Not a firm Requirement)

What we offer for Project Quantity Surveyor

• Fast track progression and direct higher management communication with the ability to progress to Divisional Director as projects and work grows
• Multiple projects to manage
• Long term secured work and job stability
• Above market salary and benefits with a yearly fixed bonus and uncapped bonuses on won projects
• Access to work in the booming Data centre and infrastructure industry
• Access to high profile clients valued in the billions