Senior Quantity Surveyor

Randstad CPE; Reading; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional main contractor is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join their established team in Reading. The role involves managing packages, site financial matters, and training junior members while working on diverse local projects. Candidates should have experience with Tier 1 or 2 contractors and possess strong skills in procurement and cost planning. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to make a meaningful impact locally.

Qualifications

• Experience with Tier 1 or 2 main contractors or established main contractors.
• Strong procurement, cost planning, and site financial management skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with preconstruction teams to carry out procurement and cost planning.
• Manage packages and site financial matters including payments and valuations.
• Assist in training and developing junior and trainee team members.

Skills

Procurement

Cost planning

Site financial management

Team management

Job description

Overview

We are working with an established regional main contractor who have been operating across the South and M4 corridor for over 50 years and have opened a new office near Newbury and are now looking to recruit a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the established existing commercial team. They operate in the commercial, industrial, education and local authority worlds on schemes up to £30 million in the Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex areas so all local projects working with local clients and local trusted supply chain.

The role is to work with the preconstruction teams and directors at contract award stages to work on procurement and initial cost planning before taking onto site to manage the packages, site financial matters such as payments, valuations, variation accounts, CVR, forecasting and planning multiple projects. You will be asked to look after multiple projects and junior members of the team. An important part of their success has been developing their staff and you will have the opportunity to manage your day and workload to best suit your skills and talents within an agreed framework and you will have full autonomy to make decisions that suit the project and business as well as help train and develop the junior and trainee members of the team.

They are a great company to join with plenty of work in the pipeline with an established workforce and supply chain in place along with clients that trust them. If you have worked for a Tier 1 or 2 business or established main contractor and want to work locally on a range of projects and schemes where you can make a real difference and be appreciated for your efforts and hard work then this is the job for you so get in touch today.

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

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Responsibilities

• Work with preconstruction teams and directors at contract award stages to carry out procurement and initial cost planning.
• Take on-site responsibility to manage packages and site financial matters including payments, valuations, variation accounts, CVR, forecasting and planning across multiple projects.
• Manage multiple projects and junior members of the team; allocate workloads within an agreed framework.
• Exercise autonomy to make decisions that suit the project and business, and assist in training and developing junior and trainee team members.

Experience/Qualifications

• Experience with Tier 1 or 2 main contractors or established main contractors.
• Ability to work locally on a range of projects and schemes within the commercial, industrial, education and local authority sectors.
• Strong procurement, cost planning, and site financial management skills.
• Eligibility to live and work in the UK.