Job Description
Job Title: Senior Quantity Surveyor
Location: Launceston
Salary: Up to 70k
Job Type: Full Time, Perm
Our client is looking for a Quantity Surveyor to join their established team in Launceston.
Role Requirements:
• Maintaining the commercial interests of OCU at all times and throughout all activities.
• Overall responsibility for managing the quantity surveying team in daily/ weekly/ monthly tasks.
• Proficient in reviewing forms of contract, notably NEC3/ NEC4 and negotiating with clients concerning contract provisions.
• Ensuring contract compliance throughout the entire OCU region, and always taking steps to mitigate OCU’s exposure to any commercial risk caused by poorly administered contracts.
• Responsible for all business reporting requirements, to support key business targets.
• Assisting the region and central functions with new contract tenders.
• Ensuring that the process for submitting variations/compensation claims to clients is produced and submitted on time and covers all additional scope works. management tools are updated and monitored by all key personnel for all commercial activities.
• Managing submission of all payment assessments through to prompt cash collection.
• Ensuring a robust subcontractor management process is employed supported by robust governance procedures.
• Promote cost saving and increased productivity through initiatives and value engineering.
• Ensuring sound commercial practice is employed by commercial, and operational, teams on all works and promote business culture.
• Ensuring a fluid line of communication with key client representatives.
• Manage effective dispute resolution with clients and subcontractors as required.
• Supporting Regional Director with monthly reporting.
Candidate Requirements:
• Holder of a Full UK Drivers Licence.
• Educated to Degree level, or equivalent experience.
• Experience within a similar role
• Confident IT skills, proficient in the use of MS Office in particular MS Excel.
• Experience of CEMAR preferable, but not essential
• Excellent Communication skills.