Quantity Surveyor

Sewell Group; Hull and East Yorkshire; Hybride; GBP 42 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary (dependent on exp)

Résumé du poste

Sewell Group is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to manage commercial and contractual aspects across a range of projects in Hull. You will handle costs from pre-construction through final accounts, ensuring compliance and client satisfaction.

The ideal candidate will have NEC/JCT experience, a professional QS qualification, and a UK driving licence. The role requires collaboration with the project team and a proactive approach to delivering high-quality construction works.

Qualifications

• Experience with NEC and JCT contracts.
• Hold a professional qualification in Quantity Surveying.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience across health and education markets, including refurbishments and new builds.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Responsabilités

• Develop a detailed understanding of client requirements and contractual obligations, flag risks to the bid team.
• Undertake high-level cost planning and pre-construction estimates.
• Manage procurement schedules to ensure visibility and timely procurement across all projects.
• Prepare robust tender documents and subcontract enquiries, including local supply chain commitments.
• Undertake due diligence on supply chain members per governance procedures and ensure suitability.
• Negotiate and procure sub-contract works and manage cost to final accounts, including variations.
• Develop and implement suitable contracts with clients and supply chain.
• Ensure contract administration throughout project lifecycle to protect the business.
• Prepare and submit project valuations and final accounts, including pricing and variations.
• Produce monthly commercial CVRs and cash flow forecasts and monitor risks.

Connaissances

Excellent communication

Multi-project management

Team collaboration

Proactive attitude

Formation

Professional QS qualification

Outils

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Description du poste

Location: Geneva Way, Leads Road. Hull. HU7 0DG

Hours: 40 hours per week, 8.00am-5.00pm with 1 hour lunch break

Salary: Dependant on experience

Role Overview

Reporting to the Managing Surveyor and Contracts Manager, the Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for managing all commercial and contractual aspects of project delivery, across a range of projects generally valued between £200k and £10m, whilst ensuring compliance to all legal and quality standards.

The Quantity Surveyor will also be required to support cost development and commercial management during the pre-construction phase of projects as necessary, particularly those with which are developed on a two-stage or negotiated basis.

Working collaboratively with the wider project delivery team, the Quantity Surveyor will ensure full co-ordination with the operational team and work in harmony with the Contracts Manager or Project Manager to ensure commercial success and client satisfaction on each project.

The successful candidate will be required to commercially manage several projects at once taking full commercial responsibility for the projects allocated.

To learn more about Sewell Group and Sewell Construction, please follow the link below:

Home - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)

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Key Responsibilities

• Develop a detailed understanding of the client requirements and contractual obligations for each project and advise of any key risks to the bid team.


• Undertake high level cost planning and estimates during pre-construction phase.


• Manage and maintain procurement schedule(s) to ensure visibility and timely procurement across all projects.


• Prepare robust tender documents and subcontract enquiries to meet all requirements of the project, including our commitment to local supply chain spend.


• Undertake due diligence of supply chain members in line with company governance procedures, ensuring suitability of each supply chain member.


• Negotiate and procure sub-contract works and manage cost through to final account including agreeing variations to the works packages.


• Develop and implement suitable contracts, both with the client and supply chain.


• Ensure contract administration is undertaken throughout the lifecycle of each project to adequately protect the business and ensure compliance with contractual obligations.


• Prepare and submit project valuations and final accounts to the client, including pricing and agreeing variations.


• Monthly commercial reports to Managing Surveyor (CVRs, profit forecasting, cash flow etc).


• Actively manage the risk and opportunity identification process throughout to ensure visibility and adequate mitigations and forecasting can be implemented.


• Ensure compliance with all internal commercial processes.

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:

Essential:

• Experience across our core markets of health and education, including both refurbishment and new build.


• Have a strong knowledge of current Health and Safety practice and the ability to work closely with the operational team to ensure holistic decision making.


• A good understanding of the financial implications of methods and sequences of build.


• Ability to work on multiple projects at any one time and prioritise time and tasks accordingly.


• Extensive experience of working on NEC and JCT contracts (formal accreditation desirable)


• Hold a professional qualification in Quantity Surveying.


• Proactive attitude towards delivering construction works to a world-class standard


• Excellent communications skills and the ability to liaise with senior clients & subcontractors.


• Ability to work using own initiative but also as part of a close-knit team.


• Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression.


• Have a flexible approach towards working patterns (some out of hours working may be required to meet client deadlines).


• Excellent levels of computer literacy, and be fluent in Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel.


• Hold a full driving licence, valid in the UK.

Sewell Group is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience


• Annual Bonus opportunity


• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days


• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)


• Auto Enrolment pension


• Staff discounts


• High Street & Retail discount schemes


• Bike 2 Work Scheme


• Technology Scheme


• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes

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