Quantity Surveyor

FM Conway; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

FM Conway is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor for its Street Lighting division to manage landmark projects in London. The role focuses on cost control, contract management, and liaising with stakeholders while offering opportunities for career development and numerous employee benefits including private healthcare and a pension scheme.

Benefits

23 days holiday plus bank holidays

Car allowance

Private healthcare

Contributory pension scheme

Life assurance

Free on-site gym

Qualifications

• Experience in either highways or street lighting.
• Driving license and CSCS card are essential.

Responsibilities

• Managing the change control process and contractual claims.
• Preparing and issuing contractual letters to clients and sub-contractors.
• Monitoring and reporting forecast against actual costs.

Skills

Costing

Measurements

Valuations

Expert knowledge of NEC and JCT contracts

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent

Job description

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FM Conway is currently recruiting for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Street Lighting division. As our Quantity Surveyor you will be working on some of the most iconic Street Lighting projects in London, specifically within our Term Maintenance contracts. You will be undertaking cost value analysis for all aspects of the Street Lighting works and performing risk, value management and cost control activities for the benefit of the contract. This is a permanent, full time position based from West Drayton.

The duties of the Quantity Surveyor role will include:

-Managing the change control process, capturing, notifying, valuing and agreeing variations and contractual claims

-Post contract liaison with stakeholders, designers, suppliers and internal divisions

-Preparing and issuing contractual letters to clients and sub-contractors

-Providing advice on the procurement strategy to include cost value analysis and procurement of sub-contractors

-Maintaining awareness of different contracts in current use, ensuring all current legislation and document control is adhered to

-Preparing, updating and presenting monthly CVR and P&L documents to senior management

-Monitoring and reporting forecast against actual costs and value throughout the programme of works and attending site visits when required

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for a driven Quantity Surveyor with industry experience in either highways or street lighting. You will have experience in NEC, JCT or ICE contracts and expert knowledge of costing, measurements and valuations. You will have a degree in quantity surveying or equivalent and you will have excellent knowledgeNEC contracts. A CSCS card and driving license is essential for this role.

What benefits will you receive?

At FM Conway we offer various career development opportunities and we support our employees towards studying for formal qualifications. You will receive 23days holiday plus bank holidays, a car allowance, private healthcare, contributory pension scheme and life assurance. We will also offer you a range of health and well-being benefits including 24-hour advice lines, access to our free on-site gym at our head office in Sevenoaks and support from our in-house mental health first aiders.

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Street Lighting Division

FM Conway is a family run business with over 60 years’ experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence . As a family business the heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family.

Our Lighting division have over 60 years of experience working on high-profile projects in Central London. From design and installation through to refurbishment and maintenance we understand what it takes to deliver lighting systems that combine cost and energy efficiency as well as optimum performance. At FM Conway we offer comprehensive end-to-end support, helping customers with project inception and development, all the way through to implementation and project delivery. Some of our iconic Lighting projects include the Illuminated River project which saw the business install lighting on London, Southwark, Cannon Street Railway and Millennium Bridges. We have also worked on Westminster City Council Sturgeon Columns and SureCharge, our Electric Vehicle charging solutions. This is an exciting time to be joining the business as we are at the forefront of deploying new technologies, asset management and small cell technology practices into the lighting sector.