Senior Quantity Surveyor

Novax Recruitment Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Permanent opportunity

Career progression

Job summary

Novax Recruitment Group is recruiting for a Senior Quantity Surveyor/Quantity Surveyor in Derby. The role focuses on commercial management of multiple live projects, with ownership of accounts, payments, variations and contract administration.

You will work closely with clients, subcontractors and internal teams to maximise profitability. The ideal candidate has around six years of QS experience, strong cost control and reporting skills, and a proactive attitude.

Qualifications

• Around six years or more of Quantity Surveying experience for the Senior level, with strong commercial exposure.
• Experience managing project accounts and delivering core quantity surveying responsibilities independently.
• Good understanding of applications for payment, valuations, variations and cost control.
• Experience administering JCT, NEC or other construction contracts.
• Confidence with cost forecasting, cash flow, CVR/WIP and commercial reporting.
• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills with clients and supply chain.
• Proactive approach and interest in developing your career.
• Experience in structural steelwork or timber sectors is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of project accounts and implement the agreed commercial position after tender.
• Prepare and submit payment applications, carry out take-offs and manage valuations.
• Identify, price and negotiate variations to protect profitability.
• Review and administer JCT/NEC contracts and subcontracts.
• Manage costs, forecasts, cash flow and CVR/WIP reporting.
• Issue supply-chain enquiries, review quotations and agree subcontract terms.
• Monitor subcontractor accounts, variations and monthly payments.
• Attend client meetings and build strong commercial relationships.
• Collaborate with estimating, project management and site teams.
• Identify risks/opportunities and maintain accurate commercial records.

Skills

Quantity surveying

Cost control

Contract administration

Cost forecasting

Negotiation

Excel

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor / Quantity Surveyor

Structural Steel & Hybrid Construction | Derby

£40,000 - £55,000

Are you an experienced Quantity Surveyor looking for more ownership, responsibility and the opportunity to progress your career?

We’re working with a growing construction business specialising in structural steelwork and innovative steel and timber hybrid projects. Due to continued growth, they’re looking to bring an additional Quantity Surveyor into their commercial team.

They’re ideally looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor who can take ownership of projects, support colleagues and develop towards future Commercial Manager responsibilities. However, they’re equally open to a strong Quantity Surveyor with the right experience, attitude and potential to step up.

This is a great opportunity to join an established, friendly business where people are trusted to manage their own workload, supported in their development and given genuine opportunities to progress.

The Role

Reporting to the Associate Director (Commercial), you’ll take responsibility for the commercial management of your own projects, ensuring costs are controlled, contractual obligations are met and commercial opportunities are maximised.

You’ll typically manage three or four live projects at different stages, working closely with project teams, clients, subcontractors and colleagues across the business.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Taking ownership of project accounts and implementing the agreed commercial position following tender.
• Preparing and submitting applications for payment, carrying out take-offs and managing valuations.
• Identifying, pricing and negotiating variations to protect project profitability.
• Reviewing, negotiating and administering JCT, NEC and bespoke contracts and subcontracts.
• Managing project costs, forecasts, cash flow and monthly CVR/WIP reporting.
• Preparing and issuing supply-chain enquiries, reviewing quotations and agreeing subcontract terms.
• Monitoring subcontractor accounts, variations and monthly payments.
• Attending client meetings and building strong commercial relationships.
• Working alongside estimating, project management and operational site teams.
• Identifying commercial risks and opportunities, challenging costs and resolving issues.
• Maintaining accurate commercial records and ensuring key deadlines and reporting requirements are met.

For an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor, there will also be the opportunity to support and mentor the existing commercial team, contribute to departmental improvements and develop towards greater management responsibility.

About You

You’ll be commercially aware, organised and confident managing your own workload without the need for constant supervision.

We’re interested in speaking with candidates who have:

• Around six years or more of Quantity Surveying experience for the experienced Senior QS level, although strong QS candidates with around three years’ relevant experience will also be considered.
• Experience managing project accounts and delivering core quantity surveying responsibilities independently.
• A good understanding of applications for payment, valuations, variations and cost control.
• Experience administering JCT, NEC or other construction contracts.
• Confidence with cost forecasting, cash flow, CVR/WIP and commercial reporting.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver work to deadlines.
• Good communication and negotiation skills when dealing with clients and the supply chain.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• A proactive, motivated approach and a genuine interest in developing your career.

Experience within structural steelwork, steel fabrication, timber or other specialist construction environments would be particularly advantageous. Candidates from wider construction or civil engineering backgrounds will also be considered where they can demonstrate the right commercial experience.

For the Senior QS appointment, the ability to support and mentor less experienced colleagues would be a real advantage.

What’s On Offer?

• Competitive salary, dependent on experience.
• Company car.
• Permanent opportunity within a growing and established business.
• Genuine career progression, with potential to develop towards Commercial Manager responsibilities.
• The opportunity to work across varied structural steel and timber hybrid projects.
• A friendly, supportive working environment with a strong emphasis on staff retention and internal progression.
• Autonomy and trust to manage your own workload.
• Flexible start and finish arrangements, with a choice of working patterns.
• Company-provided IT equipment and access to wider group benefits.
• Regular team events and opportunities to celebrate company and individual milestones.

Working patterns:

Choose from 07:00-16:00, 08:00-17:00 or 09:00-18:00, with a one-hour lunch break. Friday finishes one hour earlier.

The business operates an office-based working environment, with occasional flexibility available where appropriate.