Quantity Surveyor / Senior Quantity Surveyor

Harken Search LTD; Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in Scotland is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to oversee commercial responsibilities on large sites and manage budget control. Candidates should have strong systems experience and the ability to run their own sites. This position offers a competitive salary along with bonuses, healthcare, and pension benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Bonus scheme

Health care

Pension

Qualifications

• Experience with cost control procedures including budget management.
• Aptitude to embrace new systems for efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and advise on tender documentation for submissions.
• Manage and control budget and valuations by updating final costs.
• Control all commercial tasks and responsibilities on large sites.
• Contribute to conceptual designs to meet budget requirements.
• Compile Site Start budgets and liaise with all departments.
• Analyse and report on costs and cash flow.

Skills

Strong systems experience

Running of own sites

Tools

COINS

Job description

Overview

We are currently partnered with a 5* PLC housebuilder who are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team based in North Scotland. Our client are about to embark on an exciting growth trajectory, they will be increasing the new homes delivered by 50% over the next three years.

Job description

The role will have the commercial and surveying responsibilities for large sites and will have clear targets to be met for each site. COINS is the current system used and they are looking for someone with the aptitude to embrace this system.

• Prepare and advise on tender documentation required to enable comprehensive tender submissions to be returned from market
• Responsible for all cost control procedures, including managing and controlling the budget and valuations by always updating the estimated final costs, and having the ability to show absolute cost and value reconciliation.
• Must be able to control all commercial tasks and responsibilities on large sites.
• Contribute to the conceptual designs/options to ensure the design is kept within the budgeted values.
• Compile Site Start budget, liaising with all Departments to ensure document is completed on time to allow the construction to commence, and Sales to start marketing
• Analyse and report on costs and cash flow using the support systems available.

Essential experience

• Strong systems experience
• Running of own sites.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus scheme
• Health care
• Pension

Don't meet all of the above requirements? Harken Search are committed to championing inclusive and diverse recruitment, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn\'t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

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