Senior Quantity Surveyor

GMC Utilities Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

GMC Utilities Group is seeking an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to support project delivery from a commercial/contractual perspective. The role includes identifying risks, managing procurement schedules, and maintaining rigorous contract controls.

Candidates should have 10+ years in quantity surveying within construction or utilities, hold a QS qualification, familiarity with NEC contracts, and strong communication skills. A full driving licence is preferred.

Qualifications

• Civil/Utilities sector experience required.
• Minimum 10+ years in a Quantity Surveying role.
• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management or equivalent.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts helpful.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Identify commercial risks and opportunities and support value engineering.
• Prepare and manage material procurement schedules.
• Maintain records, contract notifications, and change control.
• Prepare internal cost/value reports for management.
• Review cost reports and manage subcontractor payments.

Skills

Civil experience

Education

Quantity surveying degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Role

GMC is currently looking for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team. The successful Senior Quantity Surveyor will support the delivery of projects across all aspects of the business from a construction point of view.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist in the identification of commercial risks and opportunities and carry out value engineering exercises as required.
• Prepare and manage material procurement schedules.
• Encourage and develop a culture of contractual awareness and ensure that contracts are fulfilled by rigidly maintaining records, contractual notifications, change control, etc.
• Prepare internal cost/value reports for upper management and other departments.
• Ensure risk registers, variation trackers and extension of time tracker sheets are reviewed and updated monthly and included within monthly reports.
• Preparation of Cost Reports and reviewing of project cost reports.
• Attend monthly management meeting, report on commercial issues, and offer opinion on matters arising.
• Subcontractor procurement and account reviews during project.
• Daily liaison with accounts department.
• Review of supplier requisitions and accounts.
• Review of subcontractor documents and updating of templates, including appointment documents, payment certificates.
• Measure, price, negotiate and agree budgets and costs for variations to project scope.
• Check project costs are correct and raise/resolve queries where necessary.
• Management of commercial and contractual aspects of relationships with customers, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Assess subcontractor payment entitlement and process payments.
• Carry out reconciliation of cost and value to date/forecast to keep the management team informed of project performance.
• Assist in the guidance and development of junior surveyors.
• Manage project costs to ensure overall budgets are maintained.
• Look for opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce cost and identify and investigate losses.
• Advise on contractual matters - general and project level.
• Process contractual claims and all associated records.
• Look for opportunities to maximise revenue and reduce cost and identify and investigate losses.
• Assist with project cash management.
• Advise and support with project correspondence.
• Negotiate and agree subcontractors.
• Negotiating subcontract and suppliers' prices and terms.
• Ensure final accounts are closed in a timely manner.
• Ensure timely drafting of commercial/contractual correspondence.
• Prepare subcontract and suppliers documents.
• Prepare and review monthly cost reports.
• Negotiating subcontractors and suppliers final accounts.
• Variations: measurement and pricing.
• Variations: Negotiate with client, quantity surveyor and subcontractor.

The Candidate: Required Experience and Competencies

• Civils, drainage, or utilities (water & electricity) experience essential.
• Minimum 10+ years' experience in a Quantity Surveying role within the construction or utilities sector.
• Professional qualification in Quantity Surveying/Commercial Management or equivalent is essential.
• Knowledge of NEC contracts.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Suite essential.
• Full clean driver's license.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confident, motivated, can work independently, be a team player as well as manage a team.
• Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines, whilst keeping a close attention to detail.
• A strategic mind-set with time management abilities to meet targets, monitor progress and budgets, and report on performance.
• Excellent relationship management and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues to find the best solutions to challenges.

Equal Opportunity Employment

GMC is an equal opportunity employer, and we aim to recruit and retain like-minded people from diverse backgrounds with a wide range of expertise. If you require any specific accommodations, we will make every reasonable effort to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process.