The Quantity Surveyor are responsible for the financial and contractual administration of projects carried out by client, ensuring that general quantity surveying duties are performed to the highest standard and ensuring full contractual and monetary entitlement in the most advantageous terms with client.

Plus will be accountable for savings on projects.

The post holder will take full ownership of the project and workstream to ensure all costs and required contracts are in place.

You will be confident in supporting operational colleagues and all other relevant colleagues to ensure that all significant project issues and correspondence and all necessary contractual processes have been observed.

You will be able to take control of the management of subcontractors and suppliers to always achieve best value to a programme whilst protecting the business contractually and providing accurate financial forecasting.

The postholder will have experience and knowledge on:

• Providing mitigation strategies for immediate implementation of all matters relating to contract and subcontract for review by Managing Quantity Surveyor or Head of Commercial.
• Managing budgetary constraints using forensic cost control techniques
• Strong analytical skills and will be highly numerate with data interrogation skills  Experience of managing principal and subcontractor arrangements
• Be confident in managing performance
• You will have a good understanding of Cost value reconciliation for a workstream
• Commercial Awareness with good legal/contractual knowledge
• Competent in use of standard methods of measurement
• Role will require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered

How to Apply

If you would like any further details about this position, please contact Liam at Marks Consulting Partners.

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