Senior Quantity Surveyor

Galldris Services Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a dynamic team at a leading firm. This role involves managing costs for building and civil engineering projects, ensuring value for money while maintaining quality standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong civil engineering background, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage commercial aspects effectively. Join a forward-thinking company that values expertise and offers a supportive environment for professional growth. If you are self-motivated and passionate about the construction industry, we want to hear from you!

Qualifications

• Extensive civil engineering experience with commercial project management skills.
• Fluency in contract law and proficiency in NEC3 contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage costs for building and civil engineering projects from start to finish.
• Prepare and negotiate claims, ensuring compliance with company procedures.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Cost Engineering

Estimating

Planning

Project Management

Procurement

Commercial Management

Microsoft Office

Communication Skills

Negotiation Skills

Education

Degree in Building Surveying

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Membership

CSCS Card

Tools

IT Packages

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Galldris Group

Location: Sizewell C, Leiston, Suffolk

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our Sizewell team. To be considered, you will come from a Civil Engineering background.

The Senior Quantity Surveyor will be responsible for managing all costs relating to building and civil engineering projects, from the initial calculations to the final figures, minimising the costs of a project and enhancing value for money, while achieving the required standards and quality.

The ideal candidate will have to hold a full UK driving licence.

Key Accountabilities include:

1. Analytical Thinking & Decision Making
   • Orders information and systematically checks data
   • Maximises digital opportunities
2. Cost Engineering
   • Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
3. Estimating
   • Critically appraises, estimates, and negotiates with 3rd parties
4. Planning
   • Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location
   • Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
5. Project Management
   • Monitors subcontract activities, measures and responds appropriately
   • Analyses the commercial progress and reports to senior project staff
   • Manages commercial aspects with Customers and Stakeholders for their area of responsibility
6. Procurement
   • Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
   • Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy
7. Commercial Management
   • Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and/or compensation events as required
   • Undertakes customer and stakeholder management for their area of responsibility
   • Prepares, submits, and negotiates claims when required. Prepares internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
   • Complies with Company procedures

Experience/Knowledge:

• Wide experience of civil engineering. Manage all commercial aspects of the project and be fluent in contract law and terminology
• High proficiency in operating the NEC3 Options A, B and C forms of contract
• Must be capable of producing robust Cost Plans and CVRs and presenting to regional managers/board
• Experience of managing a team
• Good knowledge of and adherence to the Company’s GMCEs, BMS and other governance

Qualifications:

• Degree in Building Surveying or similar technical qualification (HND/HNC)
• Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Membership
• CSCS Card

Skills:

• Ability to use a range of IT packages, Microsoft Office and bespoke packages
• Exceptional relationship building skills
• Self-motivated and proactive commercial awareness and understanding of the construction process
• Excellent communication skills, both oral & written
• Negotiation skills and ability to apply those skills internally, externally & with our supply chain
• Positive attitude at all times and the ability to integrate and play an active part in the Construction Team
• Good organisational skills and the ability to prioritise to meet deadlines

Interested applicants must be eligible to work legally in the UK.

Should you feel you have what it takes to be successful in this role then we would love to hear from you.

Galldris is an Equal Opportunities employer and does not discriminate against any protected characteristic.

Please note: We are not using recruitment agencies for this role. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable.