Senior Quantity Surveyor

4 weeks ago

Devonport, Plymouth, United Kingdom Vistry Group Full time
Senior Quantity Surveyor Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team at Vistry Group. As a key member of our commercial team, you will play a crucial role in managing the costs of our new build residential developments.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage all costs related to new build residential developments, ensuring that they are minimized and value for money is achieved.
  • Collaborate with the Senior Estimator to maintain accurate records of current build costs and rates.
  • Attend specification meetings to confirm site-specific requirements and ensure compliance with applicable build regulations.
  • Compile and present tender packages for sub-contract trades, ensuring that they are in accordance with Commercial Best Practice Manual.
  • Receive and qualify tenders, compiling analysis sheets for each trade and comparing tender levels with CV1/CV2 estimates.
  • Coordinate the activities of the Material Buyer and Company Estimator to achieve CV1 and CV2 sign-off.
  • Obtain authorization to 'let' sub-contract orders valued over thresholds, in accordance with Commercial Best Practice Manual.
  • Place and issue sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice, ensuring that they are within budget and program requirements.
  • Attend and minute sub-contract order adjudication meetings, ensuring that all issues are resolved in a timely manner.
  • Compile reports on contract letting vs. estimate for each site, 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 project team meetings as required, ensuring that all stakeholders are informed and aligned.
  • Complete sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements, in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes.
  • Set up and regularly review the PPQA tick sheet with the site management team, to facilitate sub-contract contract work payment.
  • Liaise with company management to provide forecast and site budget information, meeting the business's reporting requirements.
  • Attend a monthly cost valuation meeting, controlling and reporting post-contract cost movements per development.
  • Update CV1 and CV2 site-specific reports, providing details of all 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order revisions.
  • Review professional fee provisions and statutory service costs, 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.
  • Determine a sub-contract order in accordance with Standard Terms and Conditions of Employment, liaising with the 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.
Requirements:
  • 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.
  • Good understanding of building regulations and legal obligations.
  • 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.
  • Methodical approach.
  • Willing to work extra to meet deadlines as and when the business needs require it.
Desirable:
  • Degree in Surveying or similar.
  • Working towards being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), or Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
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'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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