Senior Quantity Surveyor

2 weeks ago

Peterborough, United Kingdom Vistry Group PLC Full time

Role overview

  • ID: 2024-6113
  • Entity: Vistry
  • Region: Vistry East Anglia
  • Department: Commercial
  • Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time
  • Job Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
  • Date Posted: 23.08.2024

We have a new opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry East Anglia, at our Peterborough office. This is a senior role and the successful candidate will have worked in a similar level role for a main contractor or developer within the region. You must be proven in commercial and risk management, have a reputation for integrity, maturity, and sound business judgement; be totally comfortable managing trainee and assistant surveyors;  possess the creativity, commercial expertise, and commitment to successfully play an important role within the commercial and site teams. 

  • Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you...
    • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus
    • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance
    • Agile working possible (dependent on role)
    • Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
    • Private Healthcare 
    • Competitive contributory pension scheme
    • Life assurance – 4 x your annual salary
    • Share incentive schemes
    • Employee rewards portal with many more benefits...
  • In return, what we would like from you...
    • Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality
    • HNC in Surveying or Construction or equivalent
    • Experience of working within the Construction industry for a residential housing developer
    • Excellent IT, analytical and communication skills
    • Strong mathematical ability
    • Ability to assess and analyse information
    • Good business sense
    • Good understanding of budget management
    • Negotiating and networking skills
    • COINs user experience
    • Enthusiasm
    • Flexibility
    • Able to work within a busy team and under pressure
    • Good team working skills
    • Accurate with an eye for detail
    • A methodical approach
    • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it
    • HND or higher qualification
    • Professional membership of MCIOB or RICS preferable.
    • National House builder experience
    • Different methods of construction i.e. Timber Frame
  • More about the Senior Quantity Surveyor role...
    • Strive to optimise the profitability of the Contracts.
    • Ensure that the Contracts achieve the optimum cashflow position.
    • Completion and compliance with required contract documentation including Performance Bonds, Parent Company Guarantees and Warranties.
    • Ensure that all contract documentation and sub-contract documentation is completed and stored centrally.
    • Compliance with Commercial and Company procedures through the Business Management System.
    • Presenting and agreeing the external valuation with the Client’s Representative.
    • Pricing and agreeing variations with the Client’s Representative.
    • Prepare and manage key and large risk subcontract accounts from inception to final accounts.
    • Subcontract procurement strategy and implementation.
    • Ensure the procurement of sub-contractors is in line with the Vistry Business Management System and that the packages cover the scope of the works.

Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us...

We’re Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. Our core values of integrity, caring, and quality shape all we do; our partnership-led approach helps us build sustainable communities where they’re needed most.

You’re probably familiar with our unmatched portfolio of brands: Linden Homes, Bovis Homes, and Countryside Homes. We also have Vistry Works, our timber frame manufacturing operation, and Vistry Services, our support functions. Together, we build more than homes, so there’s nowhere better to build your career. We’re proud that our culture sees everyone treated fairly and respectfully, with diversity and inclusion a top priority and reasonable adjustments provided during the application process. Join us in making Vistry.

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Benefits

Agile Working

Offers a flexible way of working.

Annual Leave

Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days.

Pension with Legal & General

Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available.

Volunteer Days

With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities.

Why Vistry

Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.

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