Senior Quantity Surveyor

Fm Conway; Cudham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

car allowance

private healthcare

contributory pension scheme and life

24-hour advice lines and support from…

Job summary

FM Conway is recruiting a Senior Quantity Surveyor for its Major Projects division. Based at our Sevenoaks Head Office, you will manage commercial activities, provide expert advice, and oversee change control across major projects. A degree in Quantity Surveying and a CSCS card are essential, with knowledge of JCT, ICE and NEC contracts.

You will lead risk and cost control, drive procurement strategy, monitor forecasted costs and actively develop the commercial team within the projects portfolio.

Qualifications

• Degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent.
• Excellent knowledge of JCT, ICE and NEC contracts.
• CSCS card essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk, value management and cost control activities to benefit the contract.
• Lead and drive the procurement strategy including cost value analysis and procurement of sub-contractors.
• Maintain awareness of different contracts in current use, ensuring all current legislations and document control are adhered to.
• Monitor and report forecast against cost and value and the management of cashflow.
• Oversee and manage the commercial team on contracts and support their development.

Skills

Risk management

Cost control

Value management

Procurement

Sub-contractors

Contracts knowledge

CSCS card

Education

Quantity Surveying degree or equivalent

Job description

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our successful Major Projects division. As part of our commercial team, you'll play a key role in our major projects portfolio empowering decision-making, providing expert advice, managing all commercial activities, and overseeing the change control process. This is a permanent, full time position based at our Head Office in Sevenoaks, Kent.

The duties of the Senior Quantity Surveyor role will include:

• Performing risk, value management and cost control activities to benefit the contract
• Leading and driving the procurement strategy including cost value analysis and procurement of sub-contractors
• Maintaining awareness of different contracts in current use, ensuring all current legislations and document control is adhered to
• Monitoring and reporting forecast against cost and value and the management of cashflow
• Overseeing and managing the commercial team on your contracts and supporting their development

What skills and experience do you need?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Senior Quantity Surveyor with previous experience working in the construction, civil engineering or highways industry. You will have a degree in Quantity Surveying or equivalent and you will have excellent knowledge of JCT, ICE and NEC contracts. A CSCS card is essential for this role.

What benefits will you receive?

• career and professional development
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• a car allowance
• private healthcare
• contributory pension scheme and life assurance
• 24-hour advice lines and support from our in-house mental health first aiders
• free access to our on-site gym and subsidised restaurant
• 24-hour advice lines and support from our mental health first aiders

A brief introduction to FM Conway and our Major Projects Division FM Conway is a business of families with over 60 years' experience of creating sustainable and innovative transportation solutions. We pride ourselves on our core values, creating a culture around Care, Innovation, Integrity and Excellence. The heart of FM Conway has, and always will be, its great people and we are always searching for talented individuals to join our family. Our Major Projects team provide our clients with engineering excellence from design through to completion, across new-build works, heavy structural engineering, deep drainage schemes, earthworks and public realm improvements. From small works to complex projects, our multi-disciplinary capability requires meticulous planning and the delivery of sustainable solutions across the full spectrum of transport and urban infrastructure. So if you would like to Join our Family as our Senior