Senior Quantity Surveyor

Rubicon Consulting; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading talent management consultancy in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for permanent employment. The role involves overseeing financial delivery within the Decarbonisation sector, ensuring cost control, managing variations, and engaging with subcontractors. An ideal candidate will possess a degree in Surveying or Cost Engineering, along with a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role and strong contractual knowledge. This position may require site visits across England, Wales, and Scotland based on workload.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years' experience in a similar commercial role.
• Demonstrated expertise in managing project costs effectively.
• Ability to engage with subcontractors and persuasive negotiation skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure successful financial delivery of projects by controlling costs.
• Liaise with estimating and pre-construction teams to understand project scope.
• Prepare timely monthly valuations based on site measurements.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Contractual knowledge of JCT and NEC

Organisation and time management

Microsoft Office literacy

Negotiation skills

Education

Third level qualification in Surveying or Cost Engineering

Job description

Rubicon Consulting is currently recruiting for Senior Quantity Surveyor on a Permanent Basis, based in Birmingham

Role Summary

We are hiring for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to specialise within the Decarbonisation sector.

On our Projects within the Decarbonisation Sector, we assume role of the Main Contractor,

meaning we have control of all elements of the build; Civils, Construction, Building Fabric, Solar, M&E etc.

What You’ll be Doing

• Be responsible for securing the successful financial delivery of projects by controlling costs, progressing monthly valuations, and managing variations and change orders.
• Liaising with contracts, estimating and pre-construction teams to obtain full understanding of each project scope.
• Review and set out project package allowances prior to handover for tendering of works by operations team.
• Review & collate subcontractor package awards.
• Engage Sub-contractors, handle negotiations, prepare sub-contract documents.
• Review and interrogate new and existing contracts, orders, and suppliers to ensure associated terms and conditions are relevant and acceptable.
• Track & maintain monthly job performance reporting and feedback the same to Lead QS.
• Prepare on-time monthly valuations following site measurements and work-in-progress reviews and follow up to make sure that payments are received on time as per the agreed contract conditions.
• Vette and process monthly subcontractor payments.
• Attend monthly commercial meetings to provide update on any ongoing contract specific negotiations and overall job performance.
• Assist in the commercial activities of the business and provide support / advice in this regard to the Projects Managers as required.
• Attend sites as required (England primarily, but may extend to Wales, Scotland or Ireland – dependant on workload and project awards).

Requirements

• Third level qualification in a Surveying or Cost Engineering discipline or can demonstrate an equivalent level of experience.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar Commercial role.
• Commercially astute and ambitious.
• Strong contractual knowledge of both JCT and NEC Forms of Contract.
• High standard of organisational and time management skills.
• High level of IT literacy, especially in Microsoft Packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Current UK Driving License.

Our Company

Rubicon Consulting is a Talent management consultancy which helps you to optimise business performance and competitive advantage by choosing the right people first time