Senior Quantity Surveyor

Randstad Construction and Property; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their team. You will manage large projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and to budget. Your role includes oversight of sub contract packages and implementing strategies to enhance delivery efficiency. Excellent salary and benefits are available for the right candidate.

Benefits

Excellent salary

Commitment to regional development

Supportive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor on large projects.
• Ability to manage a team and oversee commercial responsibilities.
• Familiarity with procurement processes and financial forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Ensure schemes are delivered on time and to budget.
• Manage sub contract packages and oversee procurement.
• Implement own ideas to improve project delivery.

Skills

Experience with large-scale projects

Commercial acumen

Team management

Job description

Overview

We are working with a Tier 1 national contractor who need an experienced Senior QS to join and initially help on a range of new schemes in Southampton, Reading, Oxford and Newbury. All the schemes have been procured and won on either a negotiated basis or frameworks and are a mix of local authority, commercial, mixed use, student and education and are all in excess of £40 million.

Responsibilities

• Work with the design and delivery teams to ensure the scheme is delivered on time and to budget for a client that has potentially 2 or 3 more schemes to follow on in a negotiated format should this be a success.
• Work alongside and manage a Project and Assistant level QS on site and have overview and responsibility for the commercial health of the projects including managing sub contract packages, procurement of materials and plant, remeasure, valuations, payments, managing variation accounts, forecasting, CVR's etc.
• Manage large, complex packages and be able to implement your own ideas to improve delivery and commercial performance.

Benefits and Opportunities

They have excellent salary and benefits available for the right people and are fully committed to the region from a regional hub in Reading and have secured a pipeline of work through to 2029 on a range of framework and 2 stage negotiated schemes.

Equality, Diversity and Eligibility

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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