Quantity Surveyor

Fawkes & Reece Group; Oldham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Continual professional development

Job summary

Fawkes & Reece Group in Rochdale is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to support social housing refurbishment and maintenance across the North West. You will report to the Commercial Director and manage procurement, sub-contractor trade packages, and cashflow forecasting.

The role offers a £50-55k salary, a car allowance, and a structured development path with ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a Quantity Surveyor in social housing
• Experience in procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers
• Experience producing cashflow, CVRs and cost budgets
• Ability to manage subcontract valuations and variations within contract terms

Responsibilities

• Manage the Procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers on all contracts under the QS's control.
• Placing all sub-contract orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring best price and contract adherence are achieved.
• Placing material orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring that all records are saved appropriately & details provided to finance.
• Comply with all deadlines
• Provide accurate and fully detailed cashflow & revenue forecasts for all schemes under the QS's control.
• Ensure a cost budget for each project is produced prior to works commencing. Constantly update the cost budget for the scheme within the monthly contract CVR process.
• Produce accurate monthly CVRs for each project, ensuring all cost heads have been reviewed for current costs and forecasted end of day costs.
• Ensure variations to the contract are captured and agreed with clients within a timely manner. Same applies with supply chain variations. All variations must be reviewed, and prices agreed before any certification within sub-contract valuations.
• Submit fully reviewed sub-contract valuations within the contractual timescales laid out in the sub-contract order. Allow for all legal notifications required and the adhere to the deadlines of such.
• Ensure client valuations are submitted in line with contract terms. Valuations are to be maximized ensuring that each contract remains in the best possible cash position.

Job description

We are working with an award winning Social Housing Contractor, who are well established throughout the North West and work across Refurbishment & Maintenance to tenanted Social Housing properties throughout the region.

The company work across schemes such as Kitchen & Bathrooms, Windows, Roofing, Retrofit & Decarbonisation under SHDF.

The company have a healthy pipeline of work and get regular repeat business from their clients due to the standard of service they provide. They focus on providing excellent customer service and the quality of the work they do. They also work across a number of established frameworks.

They are looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join them to be based in their regional offices in Rochdale, and covering sites across the North West region. This is a great opportunity for a candidate who wants to progress and develop their career with lots of opportunity to move upwards within the business.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, your duties will include:

• Manage the Procurement of sub-contractors and suppliers on all contracts under the QS's control.
• Placing all sub-contract orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring best price and contract adherence are achieved.
• Placing material orders in line with programme requirements, ensuring that all records are saved appropriately & details provided to finance.
• Comply with all deadlines
• Provide accurate and fully detailed cashflow & revenue forecasts for all schemes under the QS's control.
• Ensure a cost budget for each project is produced prior to works commencing. Constantly update the cost budget for the scheme within the monthly contract CVR process.
• Produce accurate monthly CVRs for each project, ensuring all cost heads have been reviewed for current costs and forecasted end of day costs.
• Ensure variations to the contract are captured and agreed with clients within a timely manner. Same applies with supply chain variations. All variations must be reviewed, and prices agreed before any certification within sub-contract valuations.
• Submit fully reviewed sub-contract valuations within the contractual timescales laid out in the sub-contract order. Allow for all legal notifications required and the adhere to the deadlines of such.
• Ensure client valuations are submitted in line with contract terms. Valuations are to be maximized ensuring that each contract remains in the best possible cash position.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a stable and progressive career history as a Quantity Surveyor, within the Social Housing sector ideally.

The salary is between £50-55k, depending on your experience + car allowance and package

The company are also proud to offer continual professional development for their employees.