Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Fareham
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
The Role:
The Project/Senior Quantity Surveyor is responsible for the project budgets and keeping on top of all the costs involved in large-scale construction projects.
You will oversee projects and monitor plans to ensure deadlines are met, projects stay within budget and work is up to standard.
The job holder will be supported and guided by the Operations Director, to whom they will report to.
The successful applicant must possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills and be able to demonstrate strong attention to detail.
The role will be Head Office based in Fareham, Hampshire with occasional travel to sites in the South region. Office hours will be Monday – Friday, 8.00am – 5.00pm.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Maximise profit and minimise cost
- Review and issue budgets for labour, plant, material, prelims etc…
- Oversee and maintain monthly cost reports against budgets
- Identify and effectively highlight and manage any risks
- Manage expectations internally and externally
- Build a team to provide commercial support and advice for each department.
The Candidate:
- Ideally have the relevant experience / hold a relevant qualification (e.g. Quantity Surveying or Construction Management).
- Strong educational background with good numeracy and literacy skills.
- Demonstrate and develop an understanding of cost and value with strong contractual knowledge.
- Be self-motivated, detail orientated and very organised, with an aptitude for working with numbers and absorbing and analysing technical information.
- Strong commercial awareness
- Demonstrate a genuine interest and understanding of construction processes.
- Be able to work well both in a team and individually with the ability to manage a team.
- Possess good communication skills.
- Remain calm under pressure.
- Hold a valid, clean driving licence.
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Senior Quantity Surveyor, Project QS, QS Consultant, Managing Quantity Surveyor, Estimator, Senior QS may also be considered for this role.
