Senior Quantity Surveyor

3 weeks ago

Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Vistry Group Full time
Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team at Vistry Group. As a key member of our commercial team, you will be responsible for managing costs and ensuring the successful delivery of our residential house building projects.



Key Responsibilities


  • Manage build costs and rates, ensuring accurate records and liaison with the Senior Estimator.
  • Attend specification meetings to confirm site-specific requirements and applicable build regulations.
  • Compile tender packages, receive tenders, and qualify them in accordance with Commercial Best Practice Manual.
  • Coordinate activities with the Material Buyer and Company Estimator to achieve CV1 and CV2 sign-off.
  • Authorise and place sub-contract orders within budget and programme requirements.
  • Attend and minute sub-contract order adjudication meetings.
  • Compile reports on contract letting vs. estimate for each site, periodically.
  • Liaise with the build department on sub-contractors' performance and compliance with order conditions.
  • Deal with complex consortium sites and attend relevant meetings.
  • Attend project team meetings as required.
  • Complete sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements.
  • Liaise with company management to provide forecast and site budget information.
  • Attend monthly cost valuation meetings.
  • Control and report post-contract cost movements per development.
  • Review professional fee provisions and statutory service costs.
  • Ensure invoices and applications for payments are processed in accordance with Bovis Homes Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.
  • Maintain a half-yearly site reserve list.
  • Issue Payment Withhold Notices, where a contractor application or part thereof is in dispute.
  • Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action.
  • Diligently use the Bovis Homes construction system to manage site project administration.
  • Assist in the regular review of materials on-site and material valuations.
  • Agree and process all sales variation requests.
  • Properly categorise on the construction system 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order amendments.
  • Settle all variation invoices and applications for payment.
  • Process groundwork's payments and applications for payment.
  • Ensure the collection of retention against all sub-contract orders.
  • Manage and certify retention releases on completion of the development.
  • Complete and agree sub-contract final accounts.
  • Maintain final account schedule and completed development provision on CV1.
  • Maintain CV2 reserves as part of the 'Old Site Reserve' central file.
  • Liaise with the technical department to secure site adoptions and tender maintenance orders.
  • Complete formal site closedown procedure.
  • Ensure correct financial controls of sites are maintained at all times.
  • Inform the management team of any abnormal cost or circumstances.
  • Ensure Quantity Surveyors are pro-active on sites within their daily control.
  • Mentor, manage, and develop assistant/junior surveyors.
  • Ensure the efficient running of the surveying team.
  • Keep up to date with legislation changes and attend training and technical training as required.
  • Deal with queries from site managers.
  • Maintain open lines of communication with colleagues in other regions.
  • Ensure all relevant stakeholders are informed of key departmental developments.
    About Vistry Group

Vistry Group is 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.



We have a range of brands, including 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.



Why Vistry Group?

We 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.



We are 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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