Senior Quantity Surveyor

Ogilvie Group Ltd; Elgin; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

32 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Well-being programme

Employee assistance programme

Counselling support

Job summary

Ogilvie Group Ltd invites applications for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our North Scotland team, covering a project in Elgin. You will report to the Commercial Manager and lead cost control, tender review, procurement, and contract administration across the project.

The ideal candidate holds a relevant degree and professional membership, with strong communication skills and the ability to lead a small team. Monday–Friday, with generous holiday entitlement and a company car on offer.

Qualifications

• Degree qualification in an appropriate discipline.
• Membership of a relevant professional institution.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to work with, support and advise a team.
• Ability to work on own initiative, be assertive and prioritise to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Review tender information including pricing, sub-contractors quotes, preliminaries and contract conditions.
• Prepare budgets/cost forecasts and cash flow reports.
• Advise on contract requirements and manage project risks with the team.
• Lead procurement of sub-contractors and manage payment processes.
• Coordinate and agree main contract interim valuations and final accounts.

Skills

Degree qualified

Professional membership

Construction knowledge

Communication skills

Team leadership

Initiative & prioritisation

Education

Degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Ogilvie Construction, part of the family-owned Ogilvie Group founded in 1946 has grown into one of Scotland’s leading privately owned construction companies. With a diverse project portfolio across multiple sectors such as community, education, health, residential, sports and student accommodation, we are a multi-skilled organisation that provides a rewarding and challenging working environment for all employees.

We have an opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team in North Scotland covering one of our projects in Elgin.

The role:

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will be responsible for:

• Reviewing and reporting on tender information including pricing, sub-contractors quotes, preliminaries and contract conditions.
• Reviewing internal contract preliminary requirements and preparing spend budgets/cost forecasts.
• Preparation of cash flow reports.
• Advising on contract requirements and managing project risks in conjunction with the project team.
• Early involvement on Design & Build projects in reviewing schedules of services, appointment and novation agreements and design responsibility matrices.
• Manage evaluation of the tender/contract sum, subcontractors and internally costed elements.
• Managing procurement of sub-contractor packages, placing formal orders and agreement of sub-contract terms and conditions.
• Responsible for arranging and recording sub-contractor pre-start meetings and minutes.
• Responsible for managing issue of budgets and target prices for internal trades
• Managing assistant quantity surveyor operations.
• Responsible for reparation of, submission and agreement of main contract interim valuations.
• Provide support and advice to administration/accounts staff on any monies due, the dates when monies become due, and provide support in collection of monies as and when required.
• Managing re-measurement of the works, for main contract, sub-contractor valuations and in-house operations.
• Managing the process of sub-contractor payment applications, payments, payment and withholding notices in line with protocols.
• Providing contract advice to the site team, advising on obligations of main contract and issuing any/all formal notices as required/agreed with the team.
• Managing project financial control, including preparation of prelims budgets and cost projections, managing cash flow and preparing end projection forecasts.
• Preparation of financial and written reports for monthly internal cost report (CPR) meetings, and recording minutes.
• Managing change control. Coordinating pricing of contract instructions, provisional sums, pending instructions and preparation of a change control monthly tracker.
• Responsibility for coordinating and checking requirement for and provision of bonds, collateral warranties, project insurances including 6.5.1 cover if required.
• Responsible for preparation, evaluation and agreement of contractual claims, to the client, sub-contractors and consultants.
• Managing agreement of final accounts with sub-contractors.
• Responsibility for preparation of, and agreement of the main contract final account with the employer/employers quantity surveyor.

What we’re looking for:

• Degree qualified in an appropriate discipline.
• Membership of relevant professional institution
• Sound knowledge of construction processes
• Good communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work with, support and advise a team.
• Ability to work on own initiative, be assertive and confident and to prioritise to meet deadlines.
• Mon – Fri, 8am – 5pm
• Early finish Friday (3:30pm)
• 32 days annual holiday entitlement
• Company Car
• Access to Well-being Champions and Mental Health First Aiders
• Generous contributory personal Pension Scheme
• Salary exchange pension with employer NI savings included
• Commitment to skills development
• Employee Assistance Programme including 5 counselling sessions

A family owned business supporting numerous industries

Ogilvie Group,
200 Glasgow Rd,
Stirling FK7 8ES