Senior Quantity Surveyor

Story Contracting Limited; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health cash plan

Wellbeing support

2 paid volunteering days

Company car/allowance

Pension

Job summary

Story Contracting Limited is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join the team in Scotland. You will manage project costs from concept through to completion, oversee contractual commitments and provide CVR reporting.

The role requires strong communication and stakeholder management across rail, infrastructure and civils projects. The successful candidate will have a professional qualification (MRICS/MCIPS) and a proven track record in cost control, reporting and working with diverse supply

Qualifications

• CVR and Target Cost experience.
• Experience in rail, infrastructure and civils.
• Excellent communication and relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage project costs from concept to completion.
• Oversee contractual commitments and CVR reporting.
• Build and manage relationships with stakeholders and supply chain.

Skills

CVR experience

Target Cost

Contract knowledge

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Education

Professional qualification (MRICS/MCIPS)

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Story Scotland

Are you an enthusiastic team player?

Can you deliver exceptional results on a range of projects?

Do you want to make a difference in a growing region?

Story Contracting has extensive experience in civil engineering, rail and construction. We pride ourselves on offering our clients practical and innovative solutions that challenge the status quo. We are award winning and have built a strong reputation for delivering a range of projects within the railway and civil engineering sector.

The Role

As part of a team of Quantity Surveyors and reporting to the Managing Quantity Surveyor you will manage project costs from concept to completion. You will oversee contractual commitments and challenge and support to identify best value solutions. With excellent communication skills, you will be client focused with the ability to build and manage effective relationships with multiple stakeholders, internal colleagues and supply chain partners.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will hold a commercial qualification and have extensive contract knowledge as well as CVR and Reporting experience. You should be able to demonstrate previous experience of working within rail, infrastructure and civil engineering sectors and possess the ability to manage projects with minimal supervision.

At Story Contracting, we invest in our people. We provide award-winning training and development opportunities for all employees to help you get to where you want to be in your career.

In addition to a competitive salary, pension (and company car/allowance). We show we care about our people by offering a health cash plan and wellbeing support to keep you fit and well - inside and outside of work.

Our agile working policy allows for a mixture of office and home working, and flexible working arrangements are available so that our people are engaged to give their best.

We care about our communities too and offer our employees two paid volunteering days each year to spend as a team or individually.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate will have:

• A commercial qualification and have CVR and Target Cost experience in addition to ICC & NEC3 Forms of Contract knowledge
• Experience of working within the rail industry, infrastructure, civils and frameworks.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written
• Ability to develop close relationships, particularly with the key influencers for the Project
• A well organised and disciplined approach, demonstrating the ability to accurately analyse and report on information gained
• Confidence to work on own initiative with good planning and preparation skills

Why Story Contracting?

Story Contracting is a privately-owned, award-winning infrastructure company who is financially secure and agile with a wide range of public, private and third sector clients who enjoy working with our talented and committed team. Our track record for delivery on time and to budget, safely and reliably, has meant repeat business from our clients, which is reflected in our motto of ‘Do It Right!’

Our values are at the heart of everything we do - the way we work and the behaviours we display. We believe that this is what makes Story Contracting and our people exceptional.

GROUNDED - Everyone is equal at Story. We are down to earth and treat each other with respect.

HARDWORKING - We all pull our weight and work hard for each other.

PROUD - We are proud of our safety, our projects, our people, our clients and the success we create together.

FAMILY - We nurture, train, develop and keep our people safe, just like a family. We are inclusive and do the right thing for the business and its people.

TRUSTED - What we say is what we do. Our clients, our people and our communities trust us to do it right.

WINNERS - We are hungry for success and want to be the best performing contractor for our clients, our people and our communities.

Every Story Matters

We are proud to be a place where everyone can be part of the Story!

As part of our pledge to eliminate discrimination and encourage diversity among our Story Team, our ‘Every Story’ policy ensures all employees are a part of a diverse environment and always feel included.

All applicants will receive careful consideration for employment regardless of who you are, where you come from or what you believe in.

Think you’d be a good fit?

Successful applicants will be contacted shortly after the closing date.