Quantity Surveyor

3 weeks ago

Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom Synergy Personnel Limited Full time

Job Description

Synergy Personnel Limited is seeking a highly skilled Quantity Surveyor to join our team in Swindon, Wiltshire.

Overview

As a Quantity Surveyor, you will play a central role in ensuring projects are delivered on time and profitable. You will be responsible for ensuring sub-contract orders are let expeditiously and in line with the subcontractors' procurement schedule, and for preparing accurate project reports for management consideration.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Promote company visions, values, and a culture of continuous improvement.
  2. Communicate with colleagues, customers, consultants, and subcontractors in a warm and persuasive manner, adopting a style suitable for the audience and building a positive working relationship.
  3. Comply with best practice in health and safety, relevant codes of professional practice, and standards of professional competence.
  4. Select appropriate contracts and place orders with sub-contractors for necessary packages of work, liaising with relevant members of the project team as necessary.
  5. Ensure that comparative prices are obtained and that company procurement procedures are followed.
  6. Ensure that the terms agreed with sub-contractors are robust and that risk and cost-effective solutions for the project are provided.
  7. Liaise closely with the buyer, ensure that subcontract orders and professional appointments are documented properly and in a timely manner.
  8. Check accounts submitted by subcontractors, ensure payments are raised, and that any necessary contractual notices are in place with sub-contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
  9. Liaise with the contracts manager throughout. Promptly agree final accounts with subcontractors and ensure final account agreement forms are copied to Finance.
  10. Agree schedule of valuation dates with customer or their representative. Ensure that contract valuations are submitted so as to obtain timely issue of certificates, thus maximising the company's cash.
  11. Keep a record of dates for valuations, issue of certificates, and receipts of payment on the project.
  12. Ensure that all variations are priced and agreed progressively throughout the contract to enable the final account to be agreed as close as practically possible to practical completion of the project.
  13. Ensure that retention monies are promptly released at the correct time.
  14. Keep records, and with the main contracts manager prepare any applications for extensions of time awards and loss and expense accounts.
  15. Maintain any other contractual correspondence or records that may be required to protect the company's commercial position.
  16. Ensure the customer and their representatives are kept aware of appropriate financial matters, including advising of the likely forecast final account.
  17. Attend pre-commencement meetings and ensure that all relevant information is transferred from the estimators to the project team selected for the project.
  18. Attend regular review and control meetings with the management team.
  19. Advise of any disputed item in external valuations and final accounts, overdue valuations, certificates, and payments, any sub-contract problems, disputes, or other issues or potential issues, and address difficult situations as soon as they arise.
  20. Submit financial reports (including the monthly project reviews) in line with company reporting timetable.
  21. Produce reports of standard company templates and COINS software.
  22. Review in detail the cost and values, progress, procurement, design status, and profitability of the works in hand as well as work planned.
  23. Ensure the contracts manager is kept up to date with the financial status of each project.

Qualifications

Degree, MCIOB, MRICS, or similar

Salary/Package

Is open to discussion

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