Senior Quantity Surveyor
Morson Talent
- Cambridge
- £65,000-70,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
- Salary: £65k - 70k per year + Car package, bonus, pension
- Category
- Sector:
- Contract type Permanent
- Consultant: Paul Wilkinson
- Produce draft budgets and site start budgets for each site allocated to the Senior Quantity Surveyor.
- Produce quarterly valuations and complete material 'cost to complete' exercises for each site
- Produce sub-contract payments and final accounts, ensuring that the sub-contractor has signed these off.
- Produce sub-contract orders, ensuring they are authorised by the authorised representative, together with all necessary documentation.
- Complete on-site measurements and assess payments to contractors.
- Attend and contribute to various meetings, such as pre-order meetings, quarterly valuation meetings and project review meetings with senior management, construction team as well as external contractors.
- Manage all sub-contract orders on site, meeting sub-contractors as and when required.
- Maintain trade specifications.
- Price customer extras and liaise with sales department as necessary.
- Manage Professional Fees Budget.
- Assist with material buying when required.
- Assist the Estimator and / or Commercial Manager with take-offs for land appraisals when required
- Experience of working as a Senior Quantity Surveyor or Quantity Surveyor with a residential house builder.
- HND/HNC Building Studies
- GCSE Grade C/4+ or equivalent in English and Maths
- Current CSCS card or equivalent is desirable
- Strong communication and listening skills, with good negotiation skills
- Highly motivated to deliver quality developments
- Ability to work on own as well as part of a team
- Excellent attention to detail and demonstrates ability to meet deadlines
- IT literate and the ability to adapt to new systems
- Good administration skills
- Committed to diversity and inclusion
- The Role and Working Conditions
- Excellent basic salary
- Company car / car allowance
- 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
- Contributory pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Flexible working