With a client's increasing workload, Search are currently looking to work with a (Senior) Quantity Surveyor to further strengthen the client's commercial team. The ideal candidate would be based in the Inverness area and have a Civils Background.
KEY DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES
Commercial Activities:
1. Form part of the construction team for specific contracts.
2. Assist financial and contractual control over the contracts allocated.
3. Undertake the re-measurement of all trades specific to each contract.
4. Prepare interim applications for payment.
5. Value all relevant and valid variations to the contract for applications for payment.
6. Prepare and process supplier/sub-contractor payments.
7. Assist the Site Manager in placing material orders.
8. Produce correspondence of a contractual nature in consultation with the Commercial Manager.
9. Attend all progress/team meetings as considered necessary.
Other duties/ responsibilities:
1. Developing and maintaining good professional relationships with colleagues, suppliers, subcontractors, clients, and their representatives.
2. Regularly updating the Director/Commercial Manager of any potential commercial threats and opportunities.
3. Provide any other reasonable duties as requested by the Director/Commercial Manager.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
1. Provision of accurate financial information.
2. Avoidance of any significant contractual disputes.
3. Relationships with key external and internal business contacts.
KEY COMPETENCES
1. The ability to negotiate terms, conditions, and final accounts with sub-contractors, suppliers, clients, and/or their representatives.
2. The ability to financially and contractually control construction projects.
3. Have detailed knowledge of construction techniques and principles.
4. Have detailed knowledge of the industry's most commonly used conditions of contract.
5. Good communication skills.
Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their background, beliefs, or other characteristics.
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