Senior Quantity Surveyor – Reading – c£85,000 plus package plus SUBSISTENCE

Pinnacle Recruitment Ltd; England; On-site; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Quantity Surveyor for a project in Reading, involving the management of fit-out works worth approximately £30 million annually. The ideal candidate will be responsible for cost management, procurement, and commercial oversight of the project. A degree in a relevant field and membership or progress towards RICS, ICES, or CIOB are required. Competitive salary of around £85,000 plus subsistence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Quantity Surveying with fit-out/refurbishment experience.
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage complex commercial projects.

Responsibilities

• Commercially manage the fitout of ongoing projects.
• Prepare, submit, and negotiate claims as necessary.
• Monitor subcontract activities and report progress.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Cost Engineering

Project Management

Estimating

Education

Degree qualified and a member of RICS, ICES or CIOB

Job description

Overview

Senior Quantity Surveyor – Reading – c£85,000 plus package plus SUBSISTENCE

Salary: c£85,000 plus package plus subsistence
Location: Reading
Region: Berkshire

Highly regarded Tier 1 Main Contractor urgently seek a Senior Quantity Surveyor for their busy site near Reading.

This role suits a candidate with Fit-out / Fitout / Refurbishment experience, ideally on projects around £30m in value, or a fitout scheme as part of a major project totalling around £30m per annum. The client will provide SUBSISTENCE in addition if you live more than an hour away.

The company is one of the UKs most prolific contractors, well respected for bidding and delivering prestigious projects across the UK. They offer an excellent staff retention record, progressive career paths, and a cohesive and professional work environment.

The project is a £350m newbuild of science blocks, laboratories, secure storage units and large communal areas. This role will commercially manage the fitout of these blocks and will amount to around £30m of work per annum; the project has at least another 5 years to run.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making
• Orders information and systematically checks data
• Cost Engineering
• Prepares Activity Schedules, Resource Schedules & analyses tender documents
• Estimating
• Critically appraises, estimates and negotiates the above with 3rd parties
• Planning
• Reviews complex contract programmes such as Time-Location
• Assists with the preparation of delay and disruption programmes
• Project Management
• Monitors subcontract activities, measure and respond appropriately
• Analyses the commercial progress and report to senior project staff
• Procurement
• Undertakes constructability analyses using construction programmes
• Prepares procurement programme and helps develop the strategy
• Commercial Management
• Analyses rates & prices, agreement of variations and/or compensation events as required
• Prepares, submits and negotiates claims when required
• Prepares Internal reports, commercial progress and financial reconciliation
• Development, Recruitment and Retention
• Maintains own Personal Development Plan
• Actively supports the development of others
• Produces plans for team to achieve goals / aspirations
• Supports recruitment of lower grades

Qualifications: The ideal candidate will be degree qualified and a member of RICS, ICES or CIOB or be working towards it.

How to apply: If interested please reply with a copy of your CV so you can be considered for the role.