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Quantity Surveying Civil Engineering Contract Management Financial Reporting Client Relationship Management Tendering Team Leadership Risk Management

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Commercial · Leeds · Hybrid

Senior Quantity Surveyor - Leeds

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Your Responsibilities:

• Take commercial responsibility for a portfolio of works/multiple projects
• Manage train and provide support to a dedicated commercial team, carrying out regular job chats, PDR’s and helping to develop staff through PDP’s
• Provide advice to commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence
• Supply relevant commercial team/project staff on commercial and contractual matters including reviewing and drafting of correspondence
• Manage and produce formal reports to the Commercial Manager/Director for inclusion in the quarterly commercial board report
• Monitor contract compliance against statutory requirements
• Ensure all contract correspondence is recorded and logged
• Develop client relationships, achieving a progressive improvement in customer satisfaction
• Maintain and establish regular contact/meetings with client
• Oversee and monitor contract costs against agreed budgets
• Develop and monitor the use of cost and financial reporting systems
• Carry out monthly/periodic financial reviews (CVR’s) on portfolio/multiple projects and forecast final outturn values for cost, sales and margin
• Oversee and monitor the process for production and submission of variations/change including maintaining variation/change log
• Prepare and submit periodic valuations/application for payments ensuring that Client payment and cash collection is achieved in accordance with the contract
• Identify potential commercial/financial risk and opportunity and evaluate options to mitigate/realise
• Oversee the procedures for certification of contract payments/variations and settling final accounts to sub-contractors in line with agreed terms and conditions
• Assist with tenders, both in terms of formulating and review
• Comply and Promote the company safety policy
• Any other duties as may reasonably be required.

Person Specification:

• HND/ HNC/ Degree in Quantity Surveying – Essential
• A minimum of 5 years experience as a Quantity Surveyor - Essential
• Similar experience working within a contracting environment - Essential
• Civil Engineering experience - Essential
• Rail background - Desirable
• A membership with RICS/CES – Desirable
• The ability to confidently communicate with colleagues across the business, from Site staff to Directors
• Strong attention to detail and initiative to work independently
• The ability to guide and support team members in their learning and development within the department

The Package:

• Competitive Pay
• Working from our modern offices within a Grade 2 listed building, in trendy Chapel Allerton, North Leeds
• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Up to 2 working from home days per week, following a successful probation period
• Company Sick Pay
• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our dedicated in house Training team
• A mentoring scheme to help you settle well into the company and your new role
• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events
• Annual Flu Jabs
• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team
• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary
• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire