Senior Quantity Surveyor - Planned Maintenance & Refurbs

Howells Solutions Limited; Greater Lincolnshire; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Howells Solutions Limited in Lincolnshire is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor, focusing on planned maintenance projects for Social Housing for Local Authority and Housing Association clients. You will report to the Commercial Manager and own the commercial and contractual elements of projects.

You will manage cash flow, valuations, variations, and subcontractor payments, while mentoring junior staff and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Degree or other technical qualification.
• Quantity Surveying experience with a main contractor.
• Strong commercial awareness.
• Proven track record delivering contracts on time and within budget.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-Look Up.
• Data interrogation skills.
• Contractual awareness.
• Negotiating, communication & presentation skills.
• Knowledge of Supply Chain management.
• RICS / CIOB qualification - Preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/work-stream performance data
• Support the authorisation and submission of project variations.
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
• Manage junior team members, supporting and developing them
• Value work executed by sub-contractors and certify interim and final payments

Skills

Negotiating

Communication

Presentation skills

Data interrogation

Contractual awareness

Supply chain management

Education

Degree or technical qualification

RICS/CIOB qualification (Preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Lincolnshire based

Up to £65K+ package

We are looking for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a leading contractor based in Lincolnshire, working on planned maintenance projects within Social Housing, on behalf of Local Authority and Housing Association clients.

Reporting to the Commercial Manager, you will take responsibility, ownership and accountability of the successful management of the commercial / financial and contractual elements of projects. You will control and maximise the company's profitability, protect the company's legal and contractual obligations under the contract and manage all day to day commercial activity.

Senior Quantity Surveyor Key responsibilities:

• Provide commercial expertise to contracts, to include the production and submission of valuations, claims, budget monitoring, and contract/work-stream performance data
• Support the authorisation and submission of project variations.
• Maximise cash flow through the control, measurement (including quality) and valuation of work, and the invoicing of customers and payment of suppliers
• Manage junior team members, supporting and developing them
• Value work executed by sub-contractors and certify interim and final payments

Senior Quantity Surveyor Essential experience:

• Degree or other technical qualification
• Quantity Surveying experience with a main contractor
• Strong commercial awareness
• Proven track record delivering contracts on time and within budget
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and V-Look Up
• Data interrogation skills
• Contractual awareness
• Negotiating, communication & presentation skills
• Knowledge of Supply Chain management
• RICS / CIOB qualification - Preferred

Senior Quantity Surveyor Salary & Benefits:

You will be working for a modern, forward thinking business; that believe the strengths, skills and personalities of their people are the key to the groups success. This is a permanent, full time role for which you will receive a competitive salary of up to £65k plus company car / allowance and benefits package along with genuine opportunities to progress.