Job Description
Job title: Quantity Surveyor
Location: Garvagh, Northern Ireland
About us:
Smyth Steel is a market leader in structural steel design, fabrication, painting and erection across many varied sectors UK wide. These sectors include Education, Defence, commercial, industrial, infrastructure and retail. Established in 1978, our Company has become a significant player in the structural Engineering industry, operating throughout the UK and Ireland. We are a mainstay “go to” Fabricator of choice for numerous UK wide Main Contractors.
Our approach is highly innovative, using state of the art robotic cutting and drilling equipment and combining industry best practice, BIM Modelling using various software models to provide a service which is uniquely tailored to meet the needs of all our customers. Our process entails end to end coordination from tender through to site erection.
Your new opportunity :
Reporting to the Operations Director, you will play a key role in ensuring a diverse range of projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality, while maintaining professional communication channels with both clients and supply chain. This role is critical in ensuring the commercial success and efficient execution of our projects.
What we offer:
We offer a competitive salary that is based on proven skills and experience. Hard work is celebrated and rewarded.
All team members have access to a variety of benefits that are constantly reviewed and monitored to ensure they work for you. These include:
* Competitive Salary.
* Bonus twice a year.
* Career progression opportunities.
* Enhanced holiday entitlement + additional holidays for length of service.
* Half day Friday.
* Life Assurance.
* Uniform provided.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide the full range of Quantity Surveying duties from project inception through to handover and final account preparation.
* Cost Management: Prepare, monitor, and manage project budgets, ensuring costeffective solutions, reporting to the Line Manager all issues which impact on the commercial delivery of any project
* Estimating Assistance on tenders: Accurately assist in the estimating of the cost of materials, labour, and equipment for new projects and assist in preparing detailed bids including preparing estimates/cost plans/tender documents and tender reports.
* Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate contracts with clients, suppliers, and subcontractors. Build and maintain positive relationships with clients.
* Project Coordination: Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth project execution including collation of contemporary records.
* Raising and recording of all notices as required under the contract.
* Risk Assessment: Identify and mitigate commercial and contractual risks associated with projects and manage accordingly.
* Reporting: Prepare data and reports to timescales in a format required by line management/clients.
* Monthly Cost Value reporting including Earned Value, costs to complete, overhead monitoring and control reports.
* Compliance: Ensure all projects comply with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols.
Our requirements:
* 2-3 years’ experience working as a Quantity Surveyor within construction and/or engineering with specific experience in structural steel.
* Bachelor’s degree in quantity surveying, Construction Management, or a related field.
* Proficient in using industry-standard software for cost estimation and project management including BIM / CAD measure, Cost-X, Knowledge of Tekla or other BIM software would be an advantage although full training will be given.
* Knowledge and working use of various forms of Contract including but not limited to NEC; JCT; CECA.
* Strong analytical and numerical skills with meticulous attention to detail.
* Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
* Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
* Knowledge of relevant industry standards and regulations.
* Full driving license.
* Experience of working on own initiative and acting to resolve any issues impacting upon performance