Quantity Surveyor - Leeds

Construction Marine Ltd; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Training opportunities

Pension

Volunteer days

Mental health support

Employee referral scheme

Job summary

CML in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, is recruiting a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team at the Head Office. You’ll work on projects ranging from £300k to £2.5m, with an average around £600k, driving cost control, commercial reporting and cash flow forecasting.

The ideal candidate has a BSc Quantity Surveying and 2–3 years’ contracting experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work independently.

Qualifications

• BSc Quantity Surveying or equivalent qualification.
• 2–3 years’ contracting/works experience essential.
• Ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised.
• NEC form of contract knowledge desirable.
• Civil Engineering in rail sector experience desirable.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• High attention to detail and deadline-driven.

Responsibilities

• Develop client relationships through regular meetings and updates.
• Monitor contract costs against budgets and forecasts.
• Ensure contract compliance and proper documentation.
• Provide commercial information and CVRs to senior staff.
• Identify financial risks and mitigation options.
• Produce final accounts in line with contracts.
• Liaise with procurement for subcontractor orders.
• Oversee contract payments, variations and final accounts.

Skills

Client relationships

Budget monitoring

Contract administration

Stakeholder engagement

Attention to detail

Education

BSc Quantity Surveying

Job description

CML have an exciting opening for a Quantity Surveyor to join our Commercial team at our Head Office in Chapel Allerton, Leeds. Would you like to work for a company that has spent over 3 decades developing its expert craft and ingenuity in Civil Engineering, and continues to receive consistent, outstanding client feedback? Do you want to work within a close knit, supportive team and enjoy a better work-life balance? If so, we'd would love to hear from you.

Your Responsibilities:

As a Quantity Surveyor at CML, you can expect to be working on projects ranging from £300k to £2.5m, with an average of £600k.

Within the role you can also expect to:

• Develop client relationships by maintaining regular contact and meetings
• Monitor contract costs against agreed budgets
• Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements, ensuring all contract correspondence is recorded
• Supply relevant commercial information and reports to the Senior QS and Commercial Manager for review, such as CVR’s, periodic valuations/ applications and cash flow forecasting.
• Identify potential financial risks and evaluate options to mitigate these
• Produce, submit and agree final accounts in accordance with contractual requirements
• Liaise with the Supply Chain for the procurement, negotiation and placing of subcontract and supplier orders
• Oversee the procedures for certification of contract payments/variations and settle final accounts to sub-contractors, in line with agreed terms and conditions

Person Specification:

The perfect candidate will have:

• BSc Quantity Surveying (or similar) - Essential
• A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience working within a contracting environment – Essential
• The ability to work on own initiative and unsupervised – Essential
• General knowledge of NEC forms of contract – Desirable
• Experience with Civil Engineering in the Rail Sector - Desirable
• The ability to manage a fast paced, high volume turnover of orders, with high standards of project performance and customer satisfaction
• Excellent communication skills and the confidence to engage with stakeholders
• An enthusiastic attitude and ability to hit the ground running
• Prioritises well and works effectively to deadlines
• High attention to detail

All offers are subject to two employment references, a Drugs & Alcohol and medical test.

The Package:

• Competitive Pay
• Working from our modern offices within a Grade 2 listed building, in trendy Chapel Allerton, North Leeds
• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period
• Company Sick Pay
• Annual professional subscription costs
• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our dedicated in house Training team
• A mentoring scheme to help you settle well into the company and your new role
• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events
• Annual Flu Jabs
• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team
• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary
• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire

At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices , their beliefs or what disability they may have.

We’re also striving to be a Disability Confident employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities apply and interview for roles.