Senior Quantity Surveyor

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team at Vistry Group, a leading provider of affordable mixed-tenure homes. As a key member of our commercial team, you will play a crucial role in managing costs and ensuring the successful delivery of our new build residential developments.

• Manage all costs related to new build residential developments, including maintaining accurate records of current build costs and rates.
• Collaborate with the Senior Estimator to ensure all records are up-to-date and accurate.
• Attend specification meetings to confirm site-specific specification requirements and ensure compliance with the latest applicable build regulations.
• Compile tender packages for all sub-contract trades and dispatch in accordance with Commercial Best Practice Manual.
• Receive and qualify tenders, compiling analysis sheets for each trade comparing tender levels with CV1/CV2 estimates and latest management plans.
• Coordinate the activities of the Material Buyer and Company Estimator to achieve CV1 and CV2 sign-off.
• Obtain authorization to 'let' all sub-contract orders valued over thresholds as noted in Commercial Best Practice Manual.
• Place and issue sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements.
• Attend and minute all sub-contract order adjudication meetings.
• Compile reports on contract letting vs. estimate for each site periodically, as required.
• Liaise with the build department on sub-contractors' performance and compliance with order conditions.
• Ability to deal with complex consortium sites and attend relevant meetings.
• Attend and project team meetings as required.
• Complete sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation.
• Set up and regularly review with the site management team the PPQA tick sheet to facilitate sub-contract contract work payment.
• Liaise with company management and provide all necessary forecast and site budget information to meet the business's reporting requirements.
• Attend a monthly cost valuation meeting.
• Control and report post-contract cost movements per development every month.
• Update CV1 and CV2 site-specific reports and provide details of all 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order revisions, i.e., Site Instructions and site purchase orders.
• Provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager.
• Review professional fee provisions and statutory service cost, and credits, with the technical department.
• Ensure invoices/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 in accordance with Construction Act.
• Immediately advise management of notification of impending claim or legal action arising from a disputed claim or payment from a Sub-Contractor/service provider.
• Where necessary, determine a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment and liaise with Build Department in this respect.
• Diligently use the Bovis Homes construction system to manage site project administration, including orders, variations, valuations, etc.
• Assist in the regular review of materials on-site and material valuations.
• Agree and process all sales variation requests, including works to show homes, stock plots, and sales incentive works in accordance with group procedures.
• Properly categorize on the construction system 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order amendments.
• Settle all variation invoices/applications for payment in accordance with Bovis Homes Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract.
• Process groundwork's payments/applications for payment using the Bovis Homes AGA payment system as outlined in Commercial Best Practice Manual.
• Ensure the collection of retention against all sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy. Manage and certify retention releases on completion of the development.
• Complete and agree sub-contract final accounts within 6 months of the last legal completion on-site and prior to the first release of retention to the individual sub-contractors.
• Maintain final account schedule.
• Maintain 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, let, and administer maintenance orders, as required.
• Complete formal site closedown procedure in accordance with Group Policy.

• HNC/HND in Surveying or equivalent.
• Proven experience as a PQS/SQS/Commercial lead working within a residential house builder (dependent on position level).
• Experience may be gained from a similar position or promotion.
• A good understanding of building regulations and legal obligations.
• A good knowledge of construction methods and materials.
• Strong mathematical and IT ability.
• Ability to assess and analyze information.
• Good business sense.
• Good understanding of budget management.
• Negotiating and networking skills.
• Excellent communications skills.
• Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work.
• 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.

• Degree in Surveying or similar.
• Working towards being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

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'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.

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