Are you a Quantity Surveyor / QS? Can you reduce cost and risk but maintain great value? Would you like a company to support your development and encourage further education and training? If the answer is yes, then the opportunity below is for you!
The opportunity:
Explore Manufacturing are seeking a Quantity Surveyor / QS to join the team at the Laing O'Rourke Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction, Europe's largest and most advanced pre-assembly manufacturing facility.
The investment in our own purpose-built facility, which opened in 2009, has united the power of our experience and knowledge of construction with state-of-the-art processes and technology, providing our clients with leaner, smarter and more cost-efficient options for the built environment.
What will the role Quantity Surveyor look like?
* Sole responsibility for a specific area or areas within a project.
* All Commercial duties including measurement, valuation and agreement of work sections.
* Assist with preparation of interim applications for payment and internal valuations.
* Management and reporting of monthly costs
* Draft, manage and settle subcontracts, with assistance
* Preparation, agreement, maintenance and filing of records.
* Advise project management on contractual implications of intended courses of action
* Assisting in preparation of claims.
* Identifying change and administering change control process
* Assisting with the preparation of final account, including pricing.
* Drafting and preparation of monthly contract review reports.
* Drafting and preparation of weekly Business Performance Review (BPR) information.
* Keep your manager fully advised of any issue/risk which has arisen or might arise and which could affect the business/project
* Communicating clearly and confidently to a professional standard.
* Day to day management of any trainee and/or assistant Commercial personnel
What skills & experience are we looking for?
* Degree qualified in relevant discipline (Quantity Surveying / Commercial Management, Civil Engineering, Construction Management)
* JCT/Mixed contract experience
* A good knowledge of coins, for both sub-contract and cost management.
* Cost management of prelims
* Familiarity with the CRF and CiM processes.
* A desire to learn the risk and opportunity process both internal and with our client.
* A drive to learn and grow to the next grade.