Quantity Surveyor (Civils)

Our client are offering an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated individual to join their North Commercial Team as a Quantity Surveyor.

• Warrington
• Permanent salary + package
• Permanent

This is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience and to progress your career with a highly reputable construction company, within a high standards and high rewards environment.

The Client:

Our client is a highly successful Civil Engineering and Building Contractor specialising in Infrastructure and Groundworks, covering most of the UK. They are an innovative, dynamic, and passionate business, that understands that the key to a successful business is successful people.

Key Responsibilities:

• Regular site visits and liaising with the production team.
• Preparing and reviewing tenders with estimators and assisting with understanding the client’s requirements to offer value engineering.
• Providing early cost advice to clients on variations and ensuring only authorised variations are undertaken.
• Offering technical advice on drawings and ensuring each projects have the correct documentation.
• Managing the end-to-end commercial aspects of the assigned projects to maximise value and collaborating with the Finance and Procurement departments accordingly.
• Ensuring all commercial accountabilities are undertaken in a timely manner, with a high degree of accuracy and measure.
• Analysing rates & prices and agreement of variations and/or compensation events as required.
• Identification and analysis of potential debt risks and negotiating financial reconciliation with third parties to provide reasonable solutions.
• Forecasting monthly and annual profit figures ensuring figures are maintained throughout the lifetime of the project.
• Understanding the principles of safety on sites and projects.
• Supporting the Safety Director and safety team in the application of safety policy and practice.
• Ensuring that any safety concerns are addressed immediately with the support of the safety team and Directors as appropriate.
• Building strong working relationships with clients including social networking.
• Allocating work to sub-contractors including assistance with procurement when required.

The Candidate:

• GCSE Minimum 7 A-C / 5-9 including math’s and English.
• Minimum 3 A-Levels at Grade B and above or equivalent BTEC.
• HNC Level 4 Qualification in Construction/Building or equivalent.
• Relevant experience as a Quantity Surveyor specifically in civils.
• Excellent computer skills, including Word and Excel.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate an extremely high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Full UK Driving license
• NEC experience
• Must be able to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Must be able to gather and analyse information skillfully.
• Must be highly motivated and be willing to work hard.

For an informal discussion please call Connor on 07990 569 825 or use the red button to apply online.

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