Junior Quantity Surveyor

Zohorecruit; Castlebar; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

ID Recruitment are working with a large mechanical manufacturing company in Castlebar, Mayo to recruit a Junior Quantity Surveyor. This role will work closely with the lead Quantity Surveyor to provide day-to-day QS services on projects spanning industrial, commercial, healthcare and data centres.

You will benefit from excellent mentorship and exposure to varied projects with clear career progression as the team grows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Quantity Surveying, Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline.
• HVAC or mechanical experience is advantageous but not required.
• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to analyse drawings and specifications.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with project management and other departments to provide day-to-day QS services on projects.
• Assist tendering team to secure projects globally, ensuring risks are highlighted and specifications meet client requirements.
• Optimise purchasing of materials and other key elements for projects.
• Evaluate quotations from suppliers and subcontractors; ensure quantities and specs match tender and project requirements.
• Prepare payment applications and agree with client.
• Prepare variations with supporting data to support outcomes.
• Tender projects to successful outcomes and build relationships with client teams.
• Perform material take-offs prior to purchase requisitions and report irregularities.
• Maintain tracking data base templates as required.
• Examine subcontractors’ invoices; ensure contractual obligations; advise on payments.
• Prepare final accounts.
• Provide regular project performance data to management.
• Comply with QEHS policies and procedures.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Attention to detail

Analyse drawings & specifications

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in Quantity Surveying or Mechanical Engineering

Job description

ID Recruitment are working with a large mechanical manufacturingcompany in Castlebar, Mayo to recruit a Junior Quantity surveyor. This role whichwill work closely with the lead Quantity Surveyor will provide day to day QSservice on projects.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a junior QS to be partof a company that is involved in a variety of large projects includingindustrial, commercial, healthcare and data centres. The role will receiveexcellent mentorship for the existing QS team and as a fast growing company itwill also offer excellent career progression opportunities.

Main duties and responsibilities include;

• Coordinate with project management and otherdepartments to carry out day to day QS services on projects.
  
• Complete and be part of the tendering team tosecure projects globally, ensuring all risks are being highlighted andspecifications requirements of the end clients are being achieved or bettered.
  
• Optimise purchasing of materials and other keyelements for projects being delivered by the business.
  
• Evaluate quotations obtained from differentsuppliers & subcontractors, ensure quantities and specifications are inline with tender and projects specifications.
  
• Preparation of payment application and agreeingwith Client.
  
• Preparation of variations on a project,submitting these with accompanying supportive data to ensure a positiveoutcome.
  
• Responsible for tendering projects to successfuloutcomes, also forming relationships with the clients commercial and projectteams.
  
• Perform material take offs prior to purchaserequisitions for the projects and report any irregularities.
  
• Keep up to date all tracking data base templatesas required.
  
• Examine, control and evaluate sub-contractors’invoices and ensures the contractual obligations are satisfied and advise theproject management on payments of the same. Identify changes from AFC andTender drawings.
  
• Preparation of final accounts.
  
• Providing regular project performance datareports to management to ensure profitability is being maintained.
  
• Comply with company QEHS Management System requirements i.e.perform your work according to your process documents, procedures andmaintaining document information/completing forms/records as required.
  
• Understand and apply with our QEHS policiesstatement in all aspects of your work.
  

Requirements

Skills, education and experience.

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent in QuantitySurveying, Mechanical Engineering or similar discipline
  
• HVAC or Mechanical experience is an advantagebut not essential
  
• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail
  
• Ability to analyse drawings and specifications