Job Title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Basingstoke
Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 plus £5,000 Car allowance.
Job type: Permanent, Full time.
Hours of Work: 41 hours per week, 08:00 to 17:30 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 to 16:00 on a Friday with a one-hour unpaid lunch break each day.
What We Offer / Benefits:
- Car allowance.
- 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays.
- 5 Company Sick Days.
- Individual Private Medical Insurance.
- Free on-site parking.
- 4pm finish on a Friday.
About us:
R W Armstrong is a family business with over 60 years’ experience working on some of the finest properties in the South of England. As part of our Basingstoke Large Projects Division, you will be joining a highly experienced team to complete large scale projects of high value and complexity. You will be based predominantly on site, with a typical project duration of 1-3 years. From new builds to period refurbishments upwards of £10m in value, no two of our projects are the same and you will be given the opportunity for continual challenge and growth.
Main responsibilities
GENERAL
- Have a good understanding of traditional building methods and products associated with the refurbishment of listed buildings and up-market period houses.
- Be confident in dealing directly with Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Clients and Subcontractors.
- Manage multiple projects.
- Be able to keep a tight control on potentially high numbers of variations on a large number of on-going projects, assisting site managers and contracts managers in recording all variations, pricing them and accurately recording their effect on final accounts and ensure that AI’s are received for all variations.
- Take a lead in the calculation and preparation of all company valuations and final accounts.
- Prepare and present monthly job cost analysis data.
- Analyse current methods and procedures and develop improved methods of working.
- Assume full control of subcontract orders, applications and assist with subcontract enquiries and management. Overall responsibility for ensuring that all subcontract/supplier orders placed are within budget.
- Pay regular visits to site, as well as liaising directly with Contracts Managers and Site Managers to ensure that all variations are recorded on CVIs and copied to all interested parties.
- Ensure that reminders are sent to Contracts Managers at the appropriate time and that retentions are collected in full without delay.
- Try to ensure that PQS’s cost reports to clients are up to date.
- Report to line manager as soon as any individual budget is exceeded or likely to be exceeded.
- Communicate also on all matters affecting the performance of projects, employees, associates, and the commercial interests of the company.
- Ensure that no deposits are paid to third parties without equivalent sums first being paid to ourselves.
- Ensure that valuations and final account for each contract are formatted / presented to suit the exact requirements of the individual PQS/architect/client, in order to speed up the certification process.
- Responsibility for ensuring that VAT assessments/calculations are correct.
Knowledge
- HNC in Construction or relevant Degree level qualification
- Detailed knowledge private residential building contracting.
- Awareness of property taxation matters and contractual law.
- Have a good technical understanding of traditional and modern building methods and products associated with refurbishment and new build projects of both traditional and contemporary design in the prime and super prime residential sector.
SKILLS
- Have a good working knowledge MS Office – Intermediate level of Excel.
- To be able to write clear and precise communications which might include detailed and complex figures, calculations and specific building information.
- Strong numeracy and financial management skills and the ability to learn construction management IT packages.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV, Cover Letter and Portfolio for this role.
Candidates may have experience or relevant job titles of; Experienced QS, Experienced Quantity Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Project QS, Managing QS, Estimator, Experienced Estimator, Sales Estimator, Bids and Tenders, Project Surveyor, Network, Budgeting may also apply for this role.
