Senior Quantity Surveyor

About the Role & Team

As a key member of the Commercial South team and reporting into the Commercial Manager, your primary responsibility will be commercial lead on a project located in Blackheath, South East London. The role will initially be located in our Bermondsey office before moving to site (Lee, Blackheath) once construction starts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Preparing tenders and detailed scopes of works for project.
• Procurement of all contractor trade packages.
• Managing contractor accounts to include raising contractor payments, reviewing and assessing variation claims and preparing and settling final accounts.
• Reviewing drawing changes.
• Reviewing and approving Site Instructions & CCF’s where appropriate.
• Producing valuation reports to advise of any cost movements and reporting to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.
• Implementation of commercial function in line with the Commercial Policies & Procedures Manual.
• Attend design team meetings.
• Carry out detailed package review meetings & drive value engineering opportunities of design & scope information.
• Prepare all contract documentation and ensure accuracy.
• Financial accountability for the project budget.
• Partnership & co-operation with the Project Team for operational and financial delivery.
• Management of and delegation of work to Junior Members of Site Commercial Team where applicable.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Capable of working independently with minimum supervision and as part of the wider project team.
• Excellent communication skills to be able to communicate daily with the relevant members of the Technical, Sales, Construction, Buying and Finance teams.
• Very good commercial acumen.
• Good Interpersonal skills.
• Very good negotiation skills.
• Good construction knowledge.

What’s in it for you?

Ensuring you have a work-life balance and stay healthy and happy is important to [Employer hidden]. We offer the following core benefits.

Competitive compensation package, car allowance and discretionary bonus.
Private Medical Insurance.
Group Pension Scheme and Life Insurance.
25 Days holiday plus bank holidays including a holiday trading scheme and long service days

In addition to these core benefits, we offer other benefits which may result in tax or money savings. Some of these include:
Dental Cover
Bupa Employee Assistance
Virtual GP Service
Salary sacrifice scheme for electric vehicles
Cycle to Work
Gym Membership corporate discounts
Health Cash Plan
Perkpal (shopping discounts)
Tech Scheme
Payroll Giving
Free onsite gym (head office)
Free breakfast & lunch (head office)