Quantity Surveyor

Transmission; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary

Holiday allowance (25 days + BH)

Pension

Learning & development opportunities

Wellbeing support

Cycle to work scheme

Employee benefits portal

On-site parking

Referral scheme

Job summary

Aureos is seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join our Stockton on Tees office, playing an integral part in delivering commercial results and supporting the contract delivery team to ensure profitability and cash management.

You will report to the Commercial Manager, assist with cost control, forecasting, CVRs, and sub-contract management while gaining experience beyond the core commercial function. A professional development path is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent.
• NEC experience while working towards a professional qualification.
• Driving licence.
• Experience post-degree.
• Knowledge of construction industry contracts.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Assist commercial team in profitability and cost control across schemes.
• Input into application and credit control processes.
• Support weekly cost-to-complete/budget reviews with contract delivery teams.
• Attend project progress meetings and prepare monthly financial performance reports.
• Develop understanding of CVRs, change control and forecasting data.

Skills

Degree educated or HND/HNC

NEC experience

Driving license

Post-degree experience

Contracts knowledge

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree / HND / HNC in relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

If you are looking to work for a growing business who truly value and care for their employees, then look no further! Aureos are seeking a Quantity Surveyor to join us working from our Stockton on Tees office. The Quantity Surveyor plays an integral part in delivering exceptional commercial results. Core responsibilities encompass project delivery, commercial reporting and maximising profit. AtAureos, our people are central to our success. We are dedicated to maintaining a professional, supportive workplace where employees can perform at their best and contribute to the ongoing success of the business.

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will assist the commercial team in providing support to the contract delivery team to ensure the profitability, cash management, cost control and accurate reporting of all schemes.

Your role will require you to:

• Input into the application and credit control processes
• Understanding of income forecast and pricing of variations
• Understanding of the change control system
• Understanding of project risk
• Understanding of the production of CVRs
• Understanding of CTC
• Understanding the production of forecasting data
• Understanding the costing process
• Understanding the management of the full sub-contract cycle and input into sub-contract documentation
• Assisting with weekly cost to complete/budget reviews with the contract delivery teams
• Upload documentation as and when necessary, in line with business requirements
• Review weekly site records including allocation sheets and site diaries
• Attend project progress meetings
• Assisting with the preparation of monthly financial performance reports
• Gain experience outside of the commercial function to better understand the role of the business and the quantity surveyor within the business

Secondary tasks and duties:

We operate a team ethos across Aureos and strive to assist colleagues in the execution of their duties where this is appropriate and brings added value.

The Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the following in this respect:

• Ensure that the group commercial policies are adhered to and that the requirements of legislation are let
• Manage commercial performance against business targets and KPI’s
• Working with the commercial and operational teams to strive for continuous improvement
• Promote a culture of integration, continuous improvement and use of best practice across the client base
• Assisting with the use of key lean tools to drive efficiencies and reduce waste
• Encourage, support and assist with the delivery of successful collaborative planning with the contract delivery teams
• Commitment to their own professional development, and that of others across the Business Unit
• Other tasks appropriate to the role of Quantity Surveyor, as identified by the Senior Quantity Surveyor/Managing Surveyor

Expectations:

Targets for the Quantity Surveyor will be set and reviewed on a 6 monthly basis, aligned with the responsibilities and behaviours listed within this job description. The section below will be used to record key targets, which will align with Performance Reviews undertaken via the current Group process.

The Quantity Surveyor is expected to:

• Contribute to the timely achievement of forecast figures for turnover, profit and income
• Contribute to timely production of accurate internal accounts and internal/external reports/audits
• Contribute to timely production of accurate cost and forecasting information
• Contribute to change control system
• Contribute to prompt placement and payment of sub-contracts
• Maintenance of sub-contract KPI reports
• Maintain Professional Development Log

Skills, qualifications and experience:

• Degree educated or HND/HNC equivalent.
• NEC Experience Working towards Professional Qualification
• Driving license
• Suitable post degree experience
• Knowledge of and ability to interpret construction industry conditions of contract
• Proficient in Microsoft packages (Excel)

In return you will receive:

• Generous Salary
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holiday
• Pension
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Assistance and wellbeing support
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee benefits portal
• On-site parking
• Referral Scheme
• #DNPLI #CVL

Equal Opportunities

Aureos are an equal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

Aureos is a multi-disciplinary energy and transport networks specialist engineering services provider, spanning the design, engineering, installation, maintenance, and crisis response of critical infrastructures across power, renewables, nuclear decommissioning, railways, highways and local government sectors.