Senior Quantity Surveyor

02 May Senior Quantity Surveyor

RESIDENTIAL BESPOKE NEW BUILDS / EXTENSIONS / CONVERSIONS

Salary

£38,000 – £48,000 a year

Job type

Full-time
Permanent
Mon-Fri 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 Years experience as a Senior Quantity Surveyor
• Minimum HNC Building Studies/ The Built Environment or similar equivalent

FULL JOB DESCRIPTION:

Fancy being part of a forward thinking construction company with a focus upon delivering projects to an exceptionally high standard? Do you have the eye for detail and the hunger to be one of us? Do you wish to be part of an industry leading workforce, complimenting one-another’s skills and knowledge? If you consider yourself able to support our team with the strengths needed in your role as a Senior Quantity Surveyor, whilst communicating openly and honestly and contributing as part of our team, we’d love to hear from you.

Unicorn Construction are seeking a highly motivated Senior Quantity Surveyor.
Responsible for overseeing the commercial delivery of our secured building projects.

You will be responsible for ensuring that our projects are delivered by a competent experienced team, to the agreed specification and that our projects are delivered on budget, in order to realise our tendered margins.

You will report directly to the Managing Director, but work alongside our Project Support Administrator, and our Project Design Manager, in order to support each of our projects Working Foremen, with the main aspects of our works being undertaken by our own project delivery teams.

You will be required to send out enquiries / obtain quotations / organise pre-let meetings and place subcontract and material orders within timescales to maintain construction program’s, whilst ensuring orders represent best value for money.

You will play a key role in producing monthly progress reports and chairing progress meetings held with our clients/ clients agents and our project delivery teams for all live projects.

You will be expected to produce updated financial performance reports which track the financial performance of all of our live projects on a monthly basis.

You will be expected to provide the commercial support for up to 5 live projects at any time, with a total estimated cumulative project value of circa £3 million per annum. Which would be expected to grow to £5 million per annum with commercial resource assistance.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

You will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of using Microsoft Excel software. Have experience in providing quantity surveying responsibilities from a similar role within previous employment with a minimum of 5 years previous relevant experience.

HNC in Construction / Built Environment or equivalent qualification required as a minimum.

You must have a sound understanding of residential construction methods & techniques with a good understanding of the sequencing of the works necessary in planning the development of our projects.

PERSONAL QUALITIES:

You must be commercially aware, hard working, work well under pressure whilst ensuring a good eye for detail in the work that you produce, be self motivated and organized.

We are seeking an individual who works and contributes well as part of a team. Someone hardworking, considerate and supportive. Someone who is charismatic, who has a great rapport with others and someone who is prepared to go the extra mile to ensure that the delivery of our projects can be considered exceptional.
If your looking for an opportunity to embrace a challenging role whilst becoming a valued member of our outstanding team, let us know why we’d be right for you?

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £38,000.00-£48,000.00 per year

BENEFITS:

• SSP
• 28 days holiday per year
• Pension Scheme