Senior Quantity Surveyor

Ardent Advisors; Ipswich; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their ambitious team in Ipswich. This exciting role involves managing contracts, supporting commercial leadership, and developing long-term relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will possess extensive construction knowledge and a strong commercial awareness, ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget. With hybrid working arrangements and a competitive salary, this position offers the opportunity to contribute to sustainable infrastructure development while enjoying a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Healthcare

Pension

Holiday Allowance (24-26 days)

Employee Benefits Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Car Allowance

Qualifications

• Extensive commercial experience in a contractor environment.
• Ability to manage complex contracts and motivate teams.

Responsibilities

• Support commercial leadership to maximize profitability and mitigate risks.
• Manage a team to ensure effective commercial contract management.
• Develop budgets and cost controls for financial objectives.

Skills

Contract Management

Commercial Awareness

Negotiation Skills

Communication Skills

Construction Knowledge

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Professional Qualification (RICS)

Job description

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We are ambitious

If you're ambitious, then we'll have a lot in common …

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team, to play an important role in helping us to achieve our vision of building a World where all infrastructure is sustainably built and maintained.

£65,000 - £75,000 DOE

Ipswich

We are ambitious

If you're ambitious, then we'll have a lot in common …

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team, to play an important role in helping us to achieve our vision of building a World where all infrastructure is sustainably built and maintained.

Responsibilities

• Support of commercial leadership on the contract to ensure that the company's rights and obligations are fully understood such that profitability is maximised and risks mitigated
• Line management of a team of professionals to ensure effective commercial management of contract and that personnel are fully trained and competent to deliver company and contract requirements and objectives
• Develop long term relationships with internal and external teams inclusive of negotiation and persuasion to ensure that relationships are maintained to meet the needs of the business
• Support the development of budgets and cost controls to ensure that the contracts meet financial and project objectives
• To support the weekly and monthly cost value reconciliation process to ensure that accurate and timely information is available for informed decision making
• Ensure that cash is managed effectively through maximising income and minimising work in progress exposure
• Ensure that variations to contract scope are identified, priced and agreed in line with contract requirements
• To ensure that subcontracts are engaged at appropriate rates and on appropriate terms having regard to the value of the subcontract works and risks, ensuring that subcontracts are properly administered in accordance with company procedure and contract requirements
  
  

Experience

To be successful in this role you will need to possess a positive, can-do attitude. Have extensive commercial experience within a contractor environment with the ability to motivate people to reach common goals. You will also possess most, if not all the following criteria:

• Demonstrable experience of managing a range of different contracts and dealing with complex contract arrangements
• Significant technical construction knowledge
• Highly developed commercial awareness with clearly demonstrable experience at Senior QS level
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and comfortable developing relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels
• Resourcefulness and ability to work under pressure with excellent attention to detail
  
  

Hybrid working arrangements are available and this post comes with a car/allowance.

Our Company

Every day we work smarter, greener and use our imaginations.

Our purpose at Clancy is simple - we make life better for everyone's growing families. We play a vital role in providing fresh drinking water and power to millions of homes and businesses and so much more.

We are one of the biggest family owned construction businesses in the UK and we care about our people, our clients and the environment.

What Next

You apply, and we respond within two weeks (we know how annoying it is not to hear anything back)! If you don't receive feedback within that timescale, please don't be afraid to chase us - one of our values is to do what we say we will do!

Benefits

In addition to helping you reach your career goals, a competitive salary, pension, healthcare and holiday allowance starting at 24-26 days per annum, we also offer perks including Clancy Xtras, our employee benefits programme with discounts for numerous well-known retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury's, Currys PC World and Vue Cinemas, cycle to work scheme as well as an Employee Assistance Programme.

Clancy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our employees. If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made for you to attend an interview, please do let us know and we will be happy to accommodate.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Committed.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Construction

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