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Senior Quantity Surveyor
November 29, 2023 | Comments Off on Senior Quantity Surveyor
Are you ready to take the plunge and work for one of the world's leading project and cost management consultancies? Ready to put your career first and work for a supportive management team who value your progression and training? Then keep reading!
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a well established construction consultancy firm in Cambridge.
Due to recent business wins within the property and real-estate sectors, we are looking for an ambitious Senior Quantity Surveyor to join a growing, sociable and dynamic office. This is your time to make an impact in your industry!
Responsibilities:
- Work within a team and provide a range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to completion.
- Prepare Cost Plans/Estimates/Bills of Quantities/Tender Documents.
- Provide post contract Quantity Surveying / Employer's Agent services.
- Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management/client.
- Assist in mentoring and development of junior staff.
- Work collaboratively with other service teams to provide an integrated approach to client delivery.
- Managing client relationships and service delivery on a project basis, in conjunction with senior management.
- You shall hold a broad contact and knowledge base of local markets and will be able to demonstrate a track record of supporting of the generation of repeat business.
Requirements:
- Qualified with a BSc (or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying.
- Chartered member of the RICS or working towards chartership.
- Extensive experience with both private and public sector clients on major projects and a working knowledge of JCT and NEC forms of contract.
- Commercially aware you'll work well as part of a team and demonstrate the people management skills to support and mentor where required.
- A knowledge and understanding of the component parts of a project and overall construction costs, coupled with a competent knowledge of a range of project procurement options.
- Great interpersonal skills, an ability to communicate effectively (both internally and with Clients), and a willingness and determination to progress your career quickly.
- You will have the necessary ambition and drive to deliver a high quality professional service.
- IT skills, such as Office, Outlook, BIM / CAD measure, Cost Planning software eg CATO
- Good organisational skills.
- Self-motivation and keen to become an integral office team member.
- An ability to make you own informed decisions and work unsupervised when necessary
- An ability to influence others using sound judgement and good sense.
- An individual who is keen to develop their professional network to support business growth and their own career.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working with flexible working hours
- Up to 15% pension
- Life assurance
Aldwych Consulting values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.